I’m very interested in getting officially certified to improve my skills and job opportunities
Certification will not necessarily improve your skills; follow tutorials, read the docs and build stuff! Are there employers actually requesting Certification of you; I have never ever been asked if I am certified in all the years I have been using Laravel (or any programming language/framework?
Does anyone know if there is an official Laravel certification program?
There is not
Or can you recommend trusted platforms where I can get a Laravel certificate?
@mendozape no worries. I understand the want to be "certified", but this is fodder to potentially unscrupulous third-parties* to offer something that is effectively worthless. If you feel so compelled, please do you due diligence to ensure you are not being ripped off.
FWIW, I would prefer to see a potential hire's side project(s) over a certificate. It gives me the opportunity to ask about actual problems they have encountered and the solutions they found.