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teetom:
Hi fellow nairalanders. I want to know your view on
issue of laminating certificates,especially those that
have had the opportunity of travelling abroad.Some
say lamination of certificate is the best option to
preserve it because any slight alteration renders it
useless and valueless and you know it's not easy
to get another once it is altered.

While some say
many foreign establishments and even embassy
reject laminated certificate.

Please what are your
views on it?

Yes, it's necessary in order to protect them. Organization like embassies don't reject laminated certificates but would rather confim the genuineity of these documents.

Yes it is important 2 laminate ur certificate,because sm print might clean,it happen 2 me when I collected my wasc certificate nd I put it inside newspaper when reaching home,some letter of my name nd grade of clean off,nd school refuse 2 accept dat certificate,say it have be alter

in most transcript and record offices in higher institutions, it is discouraged.

I asked similar questions in the past
https://www.nairaland.com/1899124/laminating-important-documents-certificates

bennieman :
I have laminated my certs oh because I can't afford to have any erroneous alterations/defacing on them. BTW can someone tell us why those foreign establishments reject laminated certs?

to show them if the gurus have not worked on it or try to be sure if it not a replica

Now the big question, how can you remove the cover of a laminated document without altering the document in any way?

I was planning on laminating mine. With these information, I won't do that no more.

For Those enrolling their candidates for WAEC, NECO, JAMB, My signature might be useful to you.

aside laminating their are other preventive measures. I don't laminate o


and if am in place of accepting document someday, laminated doc are invalid.












when laminated. how do u you prove to me it the real doc?
if it's the real doc, was it laminated or u laminated it?
the official that handed it over knew this before they gave it out un-laminated....

Why not try and SCAN all ur Certs and Documents, save them in your email inbox or draft. They remain safe in there. I ve seen someone trying to laminate his Degree certificate, they end up burning more than half of the certificate due to leaving the laminating machine to get over heated before laminating.

CAPITAL NO!!!

Laminated certificates are not tenable in some countries e.g Canada.

Not advisable, once you scan it the security features can't be accessed again. Watermarks can't be read, thickness can't be verified.

that reminds me on d day of our pop, some corpers were rushing to laminate dia cert but on d process one person fall victim of getting her cert burnt..

horlarmelehqan:
Its nt acceptable @ d embassy

who said so?? i used them at uk, us and brazilian embassies and no problem! Even certificate of attendance for a conf. i got from a foreign body was laminated by them before handing over to me.
The fact that we africans think absurd sometimes doesnt mean everyone does! lamination is to protect your cert, #Dasall

I could have laminate my cert today. Na God say make I read nairaland first b4 going out. Hmmm, back to file.

End time tins. Lol

Well, in this our computer age, I c reasons why someone would be skeptical about a laminated document. But not until my old man passes on, those reasons are invalid.....Lol. Nothing wey that man nor go laminate, remain small e for say make I laminate my school notes.


The fear of rats is the beginning of lamination!!!

yorex2011:
Yeah, true that many foreign establishment reject it.. So i use soft lamination so i can remove the laminating paper whenever i need do.

hw does soft laminat8 looks like because am in doubt as well.

Its no longer advisable because it destroys the SEAL on it. Embassies has also advised against it because if this.
Simply keep it in a laminating film but don't laminate it.
Alternatively, buy A4 size transparent nylon paper from any bookshop near you.

condralbede:
I laminated all my own....But don't knw if it's bad or not.

its depend on kind of privacy enjoying @ ur hse.

Mehnn, me laminate my important documents ooh, i nor wan narrate any story for the gods.

jeje123:
hw does soft laminat8 looks like because am in doubt as well.

The soft lamination is actually the best. They will only laminate the tip of d document,so u can easily it off and remove the document.

NEVER EVER LAMINATE UR DOCUMENTS O OR U DO SOFT LAMINATION. Me I sha don talk my own.

DancingSkeleton:
Don't laminate them at all
Reasons u can submit a laminated document for an official use... Like me for instance I laminated my birth cert. So after gaining admin. Into d UNI . I needed to submit it just cos it was laminated I had to go and issue another one which cost me more than I expected

After gaining admission into Uni, you submitted your original birth certificate?
You never reach to lie sef

KingBish:
After gaining admission into Uni, you submitted your original birth certificate?
You never reach to lie sef

ode can u photostat laminated document ... Olodo rabata

MrLouisVanGaal:
My uncle once told me a day would come in the not too distant future where our kids would go on the Internet to ask 'why do you wake up in the morning?'... ova a bottle of bear back in poland where i schooled we just laughed over it but today.... ohh great alvaro

u lied

DO NOT ever laminate your certificates...birth certificates, naturalization certificate or whatever. It would be unacceptable by embassies and schools, hospitals etc that are up to international standard practices. If you need to...have it framed like a photo..or for storage keep in plastic. People do make copies and have the copy laminated. If you already laminated your certificates I suggest you start now to get them replaced....it will take some time and would not be cheap.

bennieman:
I have laminated my certs oh because I can't afford to have any erroneous alterations/defacing on them. BTW can someone tell us why those foreign establishments reject laminated certs?

laminted documents kinda obstruct mercury light verification

Lamination helps preserve your certificates for a long period. However,when laminated,it is difficult to vet if its original or not. Recall that all these cert has a watermark that can be used to acertain the authenticity of the cert,so if the lamination prevents that from happening,how can they verify its originality? Hence it devalues your certs

Last bullet: dnt laminate bt strive to preserve it!

earlalright:
laminted documents kinda obstruct mercury light verification

How come do they verify laminated certs in nysc camp even with d mercury light?when it's not as if it's nt transparent.

But people who have travelled out that i know told me there's no problem with laminated certificates including doctors. They told me your academic transcript is what matters.

T'is normal bro,I laminated all my certificates and my atm cards too

I was once warned by waec official when i received the reprinted copy of my Waec cert never to laminate because if i do waec will never accept it incase of any future complaint and that with time laminated document tend to swell why some of the signature and official stamp will be distort. It had happened to my statement of result after some years, thank God i never laminate my original certs. I use soft nylon A4 size with folder and guest what, my cert look like day old each time i see them.

Pamcrest:
Op, scan it and save it. Then laminate the original certificate to preserve it. Whenever u need to give out original copies, just print out d scanned copy on colour printer. I have seen it done and it was accepted.
My humble submission

Scanning after lamination doesn't alter it,right?