Thread Topic: Notarizing a "H1B" work visa
Topic Originator: Kenneth Lachner
Post Date March 14, 2010 @ 4:54 PM |
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Kenneth Lachner
27 Posts
(Livermore, CA)
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Hi it's been a while and many notarizations since I last posted. I was approached by a gentleman requesting notarization on copy of US work certificate. Says that hisconsulate required a Notarized copy of certificate, but did not mention if it was an Ack / Jurat.
Unable to contact my "Hot line" not open on the weekends. I advised that I couldn't do the Notarization w/o knowing which one was required. My question to ya'll is have you notarized "Work Visa" certificates and if so which "Affidavit" did you use.
Thanks KEn
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Marian Harmon
271 Posts
(Lancaster, CA)
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Well, first... you need to find out specifically which form it is. It's not the H1B, that's the actual visa.
The form will likely begin with the Letter 'I'. It used to be that the I-134 (Affidavit of Support) was commonly notarized, but that is no longer the case. The USCIS no longer requires a notarization on the form -- but there is a lot of misinformation online about it, and some companies still distribute the old forms.
Most of the USCIS forms do not call for notarizing by the US government any longer. However, if his consulate wants his signature notarized on something, it can be done.
You can notarized just about any signature on any form or document. But it's up to the entity requesting the notarization to give you more details on how they want this done. Most of them do not care or even know the difference between and ack or a jurat -- you should simply ask them if the signature is supposed to be under oath or not.
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Kenneth Lachner
27 Posts
(Livermore, CA)
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Thank you very much, that helps out alot. I did ask if it was suppose to be unde oath or not, and he was unsure. He says will research on his end and then get back to me again thank you
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