UK Notary Public Fees

[loosegee 3]

Hello all. I need to have an affidavit of support notarized by a solicitor in the UK. Anyone any idea about how much this costs? I read somewhere that to have a document notarized is around £65 but to have a signature witnessed is only around £5. Do i need the affidavit notarized or just witnessed? Thanks

[loosegee 3]

Hello all. I need to have an affidavit of support notarized by a solicitor in the UK. Anyone any idea about how much this costs? I read somewhere that to have a document notarized is around £65 but to have a signature witnessed is only around £5. Do i need the affidavit notarized or just witnessed? Thanks

I should clarify that this is for an affidavit of support from third parties for mine and my wifes relationship.

"Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by third parties having personal knowledge of the bona fides of the marital relationship. (Each affidavit must contain the full name and address, date and place of birth of the person making the affidavit, his or her relationship to the petitioner or beneficiary, if any, and complete information and details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge of your marriage)"

Do such affidavits require notarizing?

[britishspouse 1]

I should clarify that this is for an affidavit of support from third parties for mine and my wifes relationship.

"Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by third parties having personal knowledge of the bona fides of the marital relationship. (Each affidavit must contain the full name and address, date and place of birth of the person making the affidavit, his or her relationship to the petitioner or beneficiary, if any, and complete information and details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge of your marriage)"

Do such affidavits require notarizing?

we didnt. Ours were just typed up, and signed by the people lol. no notarizing or anything

[loosegee 3]

we didnt. Ours were just typed up, and signed by the people lol. no notarizing or anything

Thanks for the reply British. Was there anything you both had to get notarized? From what i understood my wife and i have to draw up an affidavit that we both needed to sign and have notarized stating our relationship history and because we as yet haven't lived together and don't have any bills or such with our names on them, affidavits of a bona fide marriage from some friends or family which i thought also needed to be notarized.

Edited July 26, 2011 by loosegee

[britishspouse 1]

Thanks for the reply British. Was there anything you both had to get notarized? From what i understood my wife and i have to draw up an affidavit that we both needed to sign and have notarized stating our relationship history and because we as yet haven't lived together and don't have any bills or such with our names on them, affidavits of a bona fide marriage from some friends or family which i thought also needed to be notarized.

nope nothing at all

Obviously your marriage cert will already be notarized and officially stamped, and the other originals etc.

I have heard of people getting things notarized but honestly I dont believe it says anywhere in the rules too, so dont do the extra legwork if you dont have to.

They wont expect you to have lived together yet probably anyway so joint bills arent a worry, that bit comes when you remove conditions after 2 year GC expires Thats when you send off all your 'joint' proof such as bills/leases etc.

In this bit just send the proof your a true couple, such as what is asked for i.e affidavits written and signed by people knowing you both, and mentioning how they know, if they were present at your wedding etc. We had one from my parents, one from hubbys parents, and one from our mutual friend

We didnt write anything about our relationship history and get it notarized. Obviously the paperwork asks when you were married, and the affidavits mention how and where you met normally, but the whole 'history' doesnt really come up. I went to interview loaded with photo's, flight ticket stubs, and 'proof' of our 5 year relationship but NONE of it was asked for. To be honest it seemed the guy paid more attention to my I-864EZ and where hubby worked than he did to asking our relationship lol

Unless they changed things I dont think it being notarized is needed. We filed our I-130 last December and had no RFE's and was approved at interview yesterday. Some countries may require it, but i dont think england does

Edited July 26, 2011 by britishspouse

[britishspouse 1]

England is a very low fraud country so we are lucky about this

The affidavits are mainly just to add in some extra voices to your case and show that other people can vouch for the fact your a true couple and have met. Simply write their full name and address and phone number on them, so that if USCIS or NVC wish to contact them, they can do

The ones our families did followed this format, it went something like this....

"Name- address- phone number"

"Citizenship status and country of bith, relation to petitioner and beneficiary"

"To whom it may concern,

I am the father of ...... and am signing this affidavit to hereby swear that the parties listed below entered into their marriage in good faith and have a legitimate, honest and legal relationship. I first met .... (hubbys name) in 2005, and have met him 5 times since. My wife and I were also present at their marriage on .... (date).

Signed on ...(date) then signature.

Thats kinda how we wrote ours. And did not get any of them notarized

[loosegee 3]

England is a very low fraud country so we are lucky about this

The affidavits are mainly just to add in some extra voices to your case and show that other people can vouch for the fact your a true couple and have met. Simply write their full name and address and phone number on them, so that if USCIS or NVC wish to contact them, they can do

The ones our families did followed this format, it went something like this....

"Name- address- phone number"

"Citizenship status and country of bith, relation to petitioner and beneficiary"

"To whom it may concern,

I am the father of ...... and am signing this affidavit to hereby swear that the parties listed below entered into their marriage in good faith and have a legitimate, honest and legal relationship. I first met .... (hubbys name) in 2005, and have met him 5 times since. My wife and I were also present at their marriage on .... (date).

Signed on ...(date) then signature.

Thats kinda how we wrote ours. And did not get any of them notarized

Fair enough. Thanks for all the info and congratulations on the approval

[britishspouse 1]

Fair enough. Thanks for all the info and congratulations on the approval

thanks

So yeah not needed, but if it will put your mind at rest to get notarized then do it.

I was told i didnt need to bring any evidence with me to London, but was so worried about it, that I did , then turned out they didnt ask for it anyway so i should have listened lol, but at the end of the day better to do certain things, than not do them, so if it will make you feel better go ahead and notarize

and thanks im totally excited hehe

[loosegee 3]

thanks

So yeah not needed, but if it will put your mind at rest to get notarized then do it.

I was told i didnt need to bring any evidence with me to London, but was so worried about it, that I did , then turned out they didnt ask for it anyway so i should have listened lol, but at the end of the day better to do certain things, than not do them, so if it will make you feel better go ahead and notarize

and thanks im totally excited hehe

Well from what i've found so far it'll cost me close to £80 if not more to have a 2 page affidavit notarized. I just got back from 8 weeks in California so it'll have to wait a few weeks.lol

[britishspouse 1]

Well from what i've found so far it'll cost me close to £80 if not more to have a 2 page affidavit notarized. I just got back from 8 weeks in California so it'll have to wait a few weeks.lol

eek lol, tbh then I wouldnt bother

Thats crazy. You should have had them done in america, banks over there do them free if your spouse is with them. You could inquire maybe at the banks in this country if they'd do it too? I dunno. would depends on if they had a registered notary i guess

[loosegee 3]

eek lol, tbh then I wouldnt bother

Thats crazy. You should have had them done in america, banks over there do them free if your spouse is with them. You could inquire maybe at the banks in this country if they'd do it too? I dunno. would depends on if they had a registered notary i guess

As far as i can find it's a lot more formal here. I don't think banks can do it here

[britishspouse 1]

As far as i can find it's a lot more formal here. I don't think banks can do it here

yeah its def more of a common practice there. Over here Ive never needed anything notarized, so wouldnt even know where to go

One of my hobbies is entering online competitions and over there for big prizes (over $100) they send you an affidavit to get notarized before they send you the prize, whereas over here when ive won expensive prizes they just either send it to you or get you to fill out a simple form, no notary necessary

Edited July 26, 2011 by britishspouse