Apply In-Person:

1. To Get Certification of Photocopies, the applicant has to approach the Department of Lands And Survey, The Bahamas. Please click on the following link to view the contact details and address of the office Link
2. Visit the office and request for Certification of Photocopies from the concerned authority.
3. Pay a fee of $5.00 and collect the document once it is ready.
4. The process can take up to 7 days approximately.

List down the documents required for successfully completing the procedure.
e.g.
1. Proof of child birth from the Hospital.

Lands and Surveys Department
Bay & Armstrong Sts
P. O. Box N 592
Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas
Phone:(242) - 502-1200
322-2329
Fax: (242) - 322-5830
Contact Link

Provide eligibility criteria's for going through this procedure.

Click on the following link to view the fee structure Link

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

It will only take around 7 days approximately to obtain the document/s.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&>
from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Please provide other instructions related to the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or Country of Birth.

A certified copy is a photocopy of a primary document that has on it an endorsement or certificate that it is a true copy of the primary document. A certified copy is often used as a convenient way of providing a copy of documents.

Enter other information which might help.

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.