I have a job screening going on and it was discovered that the date of birth on my WAEC certificate is different from the date of birth on my affidavit of age.

I grew up to discover that there was no evidence or record or whatsoever of my birth. After my secondary school I decided on the advice of my family to get court declaration of age which unfortunately did not correspond with the age on my WAEC certificate which I got years after. I couldn't get another affidavit because I have gone far with the present one before I got my WAEC certificate, the difference is just with two years, and people said that my court affidavit has covered all.

Now going through thorough screening for a job the issue came up, they asked me

To go and get another court affidavit that correspond with the age on WAEC cerficate and go to bank and change my age. But I am not comfortable with this because all my records immediately after secondary school - my higher educations, my jobs so far are with the age on my affidavit.

My question is this

Is there a way I can get another WAEC certificate with the corrected age,

What is the implications of getting another court affidavit which will invalidate my present one

Best of luck bro ..thats all i can say

Court affidavit of age supercedes any other age... Those people clearlly don't have any idear

why not post it in the right section....as for me i dont knw anything about it

You might decide to stop using the WAEC certificate and continue with the WAEC online print out. It's same result,but the print out does not bear date of birth.

dingbang:
Court affidavit of age supercedes any other age... Those people clearlly don't have any idear

This is not true.

njideoby:
You might decide to stop using the WAEC certificate and continue with the WAEC online print out. It's same result,but the print out does not bear date of birth.

Thanks
But my weac was dated in 1999 as at then there was no online stuffs

Yuh sh!t x quite confusing....

Go to oluwole they will print out another one with the correct age for you. More authentic than the original......just kidding.

On a serious note I think you should do another affidavit to correspond with your waec age. Its easier and will save you all the stress. Most employers believe your waec certificate more than the affidavit.

njideoby:

This is not true.

okay.... Then Nigerians are confused people

Rita30:

Thanks
But my weac was dated in 1999 as at then there was no online stuffs

Mine is older than yours but I have the online print out with me.
WAEC updated their site to accommodate all the older results.

dingbang:
okay.... Then Nigerians are confused people

This is to avoid fraud. It cannot work in Nigeria because there is no data Base or accurate registry of all births, so anybody can wake up and go to court, tell them any date you preferred to be born and it will be typed out and stamped for you.
Court affidavits in Nigeria is the worst of all frauds.

njideoby:

This is to avoid fraud. It cannot work in Nigeria because there is no data Base or accurate registry of all births, so anybody can wake up and go to court, tell them any date you preferred to be born and it will be typed out and stamped for you.
Court affidavits in Nigeria is the worst of all frauds.

what if she made a mistake while typing in her birthdate when registering for waec?

There is a way... a friend of mine had similar prob.. she was told to rite a letter to her school using waec pobox office and she paid 10k... maybe her school took d letter to waec... but it's all good now... go 2 your sec school and ask for solution... ... if your sec school na conner conner college jst know say your own don finish.... ...

dingbang:
what if she made a mistake while typing in her birthdate when registering for waec?

Certificates are not written twice. In some instances, WAEC can write and stamp a correction(To Whom It May Concern) on the issue if the fault is theirs ( if it was proved that the candidate filled the actual fact but WAEC made a typographical error in entering the fact on the certificate)

Damn 1999 and even older... hmmm it's like most ladies here are from black and white age... ....

If the mistake on your WAEC result was their fault then I suggest you write them and ask to be issued another certificate

Kobicove:
If the mistake on your WAEC result was their fault then I suggest you write them and ask to be issued another certificate

Read her post again, the mistake is not from WAEC.

Rita30:
I have a job screening going on and it was discovered that the date of birth on my WAEC certificate is different from the date of birth on my affidavit of age.

I grew up to discover that there was no evidence or record or whatsoever of my birth. After my secondary school I decided on the advice of my family to get court declaration of age which unfortunately did not correspond with the age on my WAEC certificate which I got years after. I couldn't get another affidavit because I have gone far with the present one before I got my WAEC certificate, the difference is just with two years, and people said that my court affidavit has covered all.

Now going through thorough screening for a job the issue came up, they asked me

To go and get another court affidavit that correspond with the age on WAEC cerficate and go to bank and change my age. But I am not comfortable with this because all my records immediately after secondary school - my higher educations, my jobs so far are with the age on my affidavit.

My question is this

Is there a way I can get another WAEC certificate with the corrected age,

What is the implications of getting another court affidavit which will invalidate my present one

How were you admitted in school with different birth dates on WAEC result and court affidavit?. This your problem is a tough one 'cause if you correct the dates on your WAEC result, you'll have to go back to the tertiary institution where you finished to correspond the corrections with an affidavit.