Notarize Copy of Passport

[mox 298]

I didn't have any passports notarized. I just copied the thing and sent it in.

Our copier, here at work, has a warning on it that it is against national law to copy certain things.....passports, checks, and licenses are included in that. I laugh every time I think how many times I have copied all of those. Now, the money, stocks, bonds............those I get. The others, not so much.

Heh. I love it when people say things like that. It's not illegal to make copies of money, it's only illegal to counterfeit. The government has actually talked photocopier companies and Adobe (who make Photoshop) into putting in safeguards that make it almost impossible to actually copy/scan money (and when I say "talked" them into it, I mean they're cooperating with the government volunarily), but the act of actually making a copy of money isn't in itself illegal. Or any of the other documents you mention.

[payxibka 10,045]

By notarizing your documents you technically are providing "originals" and therefore eliminate the need to have originals later. Not that you shouldn't take them with you at any rate.

I think a review of notorial services (at least in the USA) you will find that this is not the case...

[pushbrk 12,882]

Still don't understand why notorize in the first place? Please stun me with a valid reason for that. May I be pointed to the rule, regulation, document, or requirement for a notorized copy of a passport anywhere in this process? (sneaking suspicion that more unnecessary ####### is being submitted to USCIS to further clog up the paper path).

I didn't submit a notarized copy of passport or any passport copies to USCIS. (I'm K3 so submitted marriage certificate instead of proof of meeting.) My wife took the notarized passport copy to the interview as evidence of my two visits. If I could have been in China, she would simply have carried my passport to the interview.

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

[payxibka 10,045]

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

Is this a Guangzhou specific request?

[pushbrk 12,882]

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

Is this a Guangzhou specific request?

It wasn't a request at all. It was a pro-active action on my part. It was my way of making absolutely certain there was no question about anything to do with a passport.

I've seen questions pop up about why somebody visited a certain problematic country, like Afghanistan or North Korea, Iran etc. Copying only relevant pages leaves open the possibility you're hiding something. Notary certification on each page, including blank ones removes all such questions, no matter how unlikely.

Earlier I was asked why I bothered to have the pages notarized. That's my answer. Nothing more and nothing less, should be read into it.

[payxibka 10,045]

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

Is this a Guangzhou specific request?

It wasn't a request at all. It was a pro-active action on my part. It was my way of making absolutely certain there was no question about anything to do with a passport.

I've seen questions pop up about why somebody visited a certain problematic country, like Afghanistan or North Korea, Iran etc. Copying only relevant pages leaves open the possibility you're hiding something. Notary certification on each page, including blank ones removes all such questions, no matter how unlikely.

Earlier I was asked why I bothered to have the pages notarized. That's my answer. Nothing more and nothing less, should be read into it.

Still trying to figure out why notarizing a passport is done at all. I am not sure what "value" it adds to this particular piece of evidence...

[pushbrk 12,882]

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

Is this a Guangzhou specific request?

It wasn't a request at all. It was a pro-active action on my part. It was my way of making absolutely certain there was no question about anything to do with a passport.

I've seen questions pop up about why somebody visited a certain problematic country, like Afghanistan or North Korea, Iran etc. Copying only relevant pages leaves open the possibility you're hiding something. Notary certification on each page, including blank ones removes all such questions, no matter how unlikely.

Earlier I was asked why I bothered to have the pages notarized. That's my answer. Nothing more and nothing less, should be read into it.

Still trying to figure out why notarizing a passport is done at all. I am not sure what "value" it adds to this particular piece of evidence...

You'll never know if there's any value at all until you don't have something you wish you had. I'm not responsible for what you do or don't understand. I'm simply giving my reasons.

[payxibka 10,045]

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

Is this a Guangzhou specific request?

It wasn't a request at all. It was a pro-active action on my part. It was my way of making absolutely certain there was no question about anything to do with a passport.

I've seen questions pop up about why somebody visited a certain problematic country, like Afghanistan or North Korea, Iran etc. Copying only relevant pages leaves open the possibility you're hiding something. Notary certification on each page, including blank ones removes all such questions, no matter how unlikely.

Earlier I was asked why I bothered to have the pages notarized. That's my answer. Nothing more and nothing less, should be read into it.

Still trying to figure out why notarizing a passport is done at all. I am not sure what "value" it adds to this particular piece of evidence...

You'll never know if there's any value at all until you don't have something you wish you had. I'm not responsible for what you do or don't understand. I'm simply giving my reasons.

Obviously you do not understand what notarizing a document by a US notary does... A far cry I am afraid from what you think it does....

[pushbrk 12,882]

Notarization of a passport is not needed for any USCIS purpose. We used it for the interview only.

Is this a Guangzhou specific request?

It wasn't a request at all. It was a pro-active action on my part. It was my way of making absolutely certain there was no question about anything to do with a passport.

I've seen questions pop up about why somebody visited a certain problematic country, like Afghanistan or North Korea, Iran etc. Copying only relevant pages leaves open the possibility you're hiding something. Notary certification on each page, including blank ones removes all such questions, no matter how unlikely.

Earlier I was asked why I bothered to have the pages notarized. That's my answer. Nothing more and nothing less, should be read into it.

Still trying to figure out why notarizing a passport is done at all. I am not sure what "value" it adds to this particular piece of evidence...

You'll never know if there's any value at all until you don't have something you wish you had. I'm not responsible for what you do or don't understand. I'm simply giving my reasons.

Obviously you do not understand what notarizing a document by a US notary does... A far cry I am afraid from what you think it does....

No sir. I am quite familiar with US Notary procedures (They vary by State.) and know exactly what was accomplished. I described it earlier.

The Notary made a cover statement indicating all attached pages were true copies of the original, then stamped and signed all pages. Get it?

If you have something to add to the discussion, please stop humping my cyberleg and add it.

[mox 298]

Still trying to figure out why notarizing a passport is done at all. I am not sure what "value" it adds to this particular piece of evidence...

I think everyone's made it pretty clear as to what 'value' they believe is added. Nobody is saying that they ran into a case where they were required to have a notarized passport. Where I think you are confusing the issue is what you believe to be the *actual* value of notarizing the passport, versus the *perceived* value that caused the person to pursue that particular course.