Australian Spouse Visa and Statutory Declaration Form 888?

I have applied for a Spousal Visa for my husband from the United Arab Emirates 4 months ago. They have requested the medical tests and some other forms now, but we are having trouble understanding the statutory declarations. I can only get one Australian to complete one form(my father) and for the other i’ll have to get someone else. My first question is: I dont know how to attest my fathers passport. How is that done?
2nd question: What is requested from the witness? Documents, passport photo etc.

3rd: What if i cannot get someone from the qualified occupations to witness? Then what happens? Can we get someone else to witness?

The reason why i am posting here and not contacting the embasy, consulate or the visa centre is because i am having so much trouble getting through to them. The service is HORRIBLE. :(

Please put all the steps in order for attesting the passport. Thanks so much in advance.

1. For a certified copy of your father’s passport, you (or ideally, your father) must take the passport and a photocopy of it to a JP or a Comissioner for Declarations and they sign and stamp the copy as a true copy of the original document.

2. Read page 25 of the Partner Migration booklet.
http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/1127.pdf
(Sorry, forgot to include the link before)

3. At http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Statutorydeclaration_Statutorydeclarationsignatorylist, you will find a very extensive list of people who can lawfully witness a Statutory Declaration. No one not on the list is acceptable.

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  1. 1. For a certified copy of your father’s passport, you (or ideally, your father) must take the passport and a photocopy of it to a JP or a Comissioner for Declarations and they sign and stamp the copy as a true copy of the original document.

    2. Read page 25 of the Partner Migration booklet.
    http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/booklets/1127.pdf
    (Sorry, forgot to include the link before)

    3. At http://www.ag.gov.au/www/agd/agd.nsf/Page/Statutorydeclaration_Statutorydeclarationsignatorylist, you will find a very extensive list of people who can lawfully witness a Statutory Declaration. No one not on the list is acceptable.
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