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Request certification
Tell us what you need certified and a little about your organisation. We’ll return a costed scheme of work — usually within two business days. No obligation.
Your request
Fields marked * are required. We’ll email you a reference number.
- 1Organisation
- 2What you need
- 3Documents
- 4Review
Transfers and recertifications: pick Current CAS client and give a certificate number — likewise for adding a standard to an existing certificate (expansion).
Please complete all fields in English only.Your certificate is issued in English, so the organisation name, scope and every other field must be in English (not Arabic).
What to expect
- ✓ A costed proposal within 2 business days
- ✓ Audit time set by the accredited rules
- ✓ A two-stage initial audit (ISO/IEC 17021-1)
- ✓ An independent certification decision
- ✓ Annual surveillance & 3-yearly recertification
Before you apply
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Want to read the terms first? Conditions of certification →
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From request to certificate
How your request moves through to a certificate, under ISO/IEC 17021-1.
- 1
You submit this request
Choose your standard(s) from our full catalogue — ISO management systems, food safety, Halal, Kosher, GMP, social/ethical and market-access schemes — describe your scope and size, list your products for Halal/Kosher, and attach your legal documents (e.g. commercial register and tax card). It takes a few minutes and there's no obligation.
- 2
We review & prepare a proposal
≤ 2 business daysOur certification team reviews your request, confirms the scope and applicable scheme(s), and prepares a costed scheme of work (proposal) based on the accredited audit-time rules.
- 3
You accept the proposal
Once you accept, we issue the agreement and invoice, and plan the audit. The conditions that will apply are published in our Conditions of Certification.
- 4
Stage 1 & Stage 2 audit
Competent, impartial auditors carry out a two-stage initial audit under ISO/IEC 17021-1. Stage 1 checks readiness; Stage 2 evaluates implementation and effectiveness.
- 5
Independent certification decision
A decision-maker who was not part of the audit team reviews the audit file and makes the certification decision — keeping the grant of certification impartial.
- 6
Certificate issued & maintained
We issue your certificate and certification mark, then maintain certification through annual surveillance and three-yearly recertification.