Getting my passport Scrivener Notarized in the U.K ?

[rainbowgeezer 0]

Not quite sure what section to put this in but I figured those married to an American may have encounted this before.

I'm currently in the UK,my wife in the US. For tax purposes she needs a notarized copy of my passport,but it has to be Scrivener Notary. Has anyone done this? I've had little luck in finding someone outside of London and the cost of £60 seems crazy to me. Any advice?

[Rebster 0]

Not quite sure what section to put this in but I figured those married to an American may have encounted this before.

I'm currently in the UK,my wife in the US. For tax purposes she needs a notarized copy of my passport,but it has to be Scrivener Notary. Has anyone done this? I've had little luck in finding someone outside of London and the cost of £60 seems crazy to me. Any advice?

I have not had to notarize anything for the IRS, but I did have to use a notary for signing closing documents on a house in the US. I had to go back and forth with the lender and title company, but they finally relented and said I could use any UK notary as long as their forms were translated into English. (huh???) Anyway, they had told me at first I had to use the US consulate notary, but that turned out to be wrong. I had to explain to them that in the UK, general notaries are solicitors who have been granted notary powers - unlike in the US where nearly anyone can be a notary. They ended up accepting that & we paid £40 for 5 signatures to be notarized here in Berkshire. Double check and make sure that you need a Scrivener.

If indeed you do need a Scrivener Notary, I'm afraid you will have to go to London & pay whatever they are asking. According to the Scrivener website, there's only 27 Scrivener Notaries in England and they can only practice within a 3-mile radius of the city of London.

Wikipedia:

"In England there are three classes of notaries. Scrivener notaries, who get their name from the Scriveners' Company, are the only notaries permitted to practise in the City of London. Due to their geographical proximity to many civil law countries, scrivener notaries are only appointed after five years' articles to a practising notary. Scrivener notaries must be fluent in one or two foreign languages and be familiar with the principles and practice of foreign law."

Also see: http://www.notaries.bc.ca/article.php3?99

Good luck!

[M+S 0]

Hello

welcome to VJ ...well I have done the same thing one month ago .. I live in Egypt and my husband is An American citizen so for us to file our tax return I had to go to the embassy and get a copy of my passport notarized in the US embassy in Cairo and also I had to fill a form called W-7 you need to check the US embassy in London website and see how much it cost to notarize this copy of your passport it cost me about 34 Dollars..it's so easy ,and when you to the embassy go to "AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES"

this is what i did if you meant filing for your Tax return "you and your wife " in USA I mean

Good luck and have a beautiful day

Salwa

[Cygnet 0]

Hello

welcome to VJ ...well I have done the same thing one month ago .. I live in Egypt and my husband is An American citizen so for us to file our tax return I had to go to the embassy and get a copy of my passport notarized in the US embassy in Cairo and also I had to fill a form called W-7 you need to check the US embassy in London website and see how much it cost to notarize this copy of your passport it cost me about 34 Dollars..it's so easy ,and when you to the embassy go to "AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES"

Salwa

I did the same but here in Canada. I went to the Montreal US consulate. And yes, it is under "American Citizen Services". You have to fill out a W-7. The US notary photocopied my passport and put a special stamp and signature on the photocopy, then attached it to the W-7.

But if they tell you that you have to go to a Scrivener notary, then you should do that.