diff --git a/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Jobs/FinalizeDocument/FinalizeDocumentJob.vb b/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Jobs/FinalizeDocument/FinalizeDocumentJob.vb
index 29e5328e..5862440f 100644
--- a/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Jobs/FinalizeDocument/FinalizeDocumentJob.vb
+++ b/EnvelopeGenerator.Common/Jobs/FinalizeDocument/FinalizeDocumentJob.vb
@@ -160,26 +160,36 @@ Namespace Jobs
                     Using oFinalStream As New MemoryStream()
                         Using oDocumentPDF As New GdPicturePDF()
                             Using oReportPDF As New GdPicturePDF()
+                                Dim oStatus As GdPictureStatus = GdPictureStatus.OK
 
                                 ' Load the source file into memory
                                 oDocumentPDF.LoadFromStream(oDocumentStream, True)
-                                If oDocumentPDF.GetStat() Then
-                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Document could not be loaded: {oDocumentPDF.GetStat}")
+
+                                oStatus = oDocumentPDF.GetStat()
+                                If oStatus <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then
+                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Document could not be loaded: {oStatus}")
                                 End If
 
                                 ' Load the report file into memory
                                 oReportPDF.LoadFromStream(oReportStream, True)
-                                If oDocumentPDF.GetStat() Then
-                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Report could not be loaded: {oDocumentPDF.GetStat}")
+                                oStatus = oReportPDF.GetStat()
+                                If oStatus <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then
+                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Report could not be loaded: {oStatus}")
                                 End If
 
                                 ' Merge the documents 
                                 Dim oMergedPDF = oDocumentPDF.Merge2Documents(oDocumentPDF, oReportPDF)
-                                If oDocumentPDF.GetStat() Then
-                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Documents could not be merged: {oDocumentPDF.GetStat}")
+                                oStatus = oMergedPDF.GetStat()
+                                If oStatus <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then
+                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Documents could not be merged: {oStatus}")
                                 End If
 
-                                oMergedPDF.SaveToStream(oFinalStream)
+                                ' Convert to PDF/A
+                                oMergedPDF.ConvertToPDFA(oFinalStream, PdfConversionConformance.PDF_A_1b, True, True)
+                                oStatus = oDocumentPDF.GetStat()
+                                If oStatus <> GdPictureStatus.OK Then
+                                    Throw New MergeDocumentException($"Document could not be converted to PDF/A: {oStatus}")
+                                End If
 
                                 Return oFinalStream.ToArray()
                             End Using