Ravinder Gill

Dear Experts

I am ready to create notarized copies of my application supporting
documents. In the UK, the notary service is incredibly expensive and I am
hoping to reduce the cost by providing some original documents. In
particular, it is cheaper for me to order bank statements from the bank and
just send them as original documents then it is to send notarized copies of
them. Is this okay? Or, will this upset the Canadian official who will be
assessing my Application - don't really want to upset them over a few
pounds!

BTW, does anyone know if there is a Public Notary service that is not
extortionate, in the UK?

canadienne

Yes, notaries in the U.K. are very expensive. I went to a solicitor where I had all the photocopies stamped as being a true copy of the original and signed by her. I had ten pages and she charged me a pound a page!! That's exactly what the notary will do and I don't see the difference

Mind you, see what the others have to say. I did that when I submited a skilled worker application where it was required. I have since withdrawn that application and submitted a spousal sponsorship.

Just a thought for you!!

Tam

On 25/2/04 9:07, in article
[email protected], "Ravinder Gill"
<[email protected]> wrote:

    > BTW, does anyone know if there is a Public Notary service that is not
    > extortionate, in the UK?

It's far cheaper (given that notaries charge £50) to take a weekend break to
New York or Toronto and notarise everything there. In the UK solicitors
endorse copies to certify them. The trouble is that North America goes
berserk if there is no raised seal (indeed, New York City had that problem
when they computerised the issuance of birth certificates: the "raised seal"
is just a raised printed copy of the Seal of the City of New York and not a
genuine embossed seal at all).

One alternative is having the copies certified by a consular officer. But
the US embassy charges the same as local notaries (and only notarises for US
purposes or US persons). Perhaps the Canadian High Commission does the same
cheaper?

I don't see any problem with duplicate originals, including certified copies
from registrars of births and deaths, university transcripts, etc. Much
cheaper in most cases than notarisation.

canadienne

Well, that was a cheap notary for £50.00! The notary I called wanted £ 180.00 for 10 pages, when I had the same done by a solicitor off the street for £10.00.

Robert

"Tam" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:BC623913.ED39%[email protected]...
    > On 25/2/04 9:07, in article
    > [email protected], "Ravinder Gill"
    > <[email protected]> wrote:
    > > BTW, does anyone know if there is a Public Notary service that is not
    > > extortionate, in the UK?
    > It's far cheaper (given that notaries charge £50) to take a weekend break
to
    > New York or Toronto and notarise everything there. In the UK solicitors
    > endorse copies to certify them. The trouble is that North America goes
    > berserk if there is no raised seal (indeed, New York City had that problem
    > when they computerised the issuance of birth certificates: the "raised
seal"
    > is just a raised printed copy of the Seal of the City of New York and not
a
    > genuine embossed seal at all).
    > One alternative is having the copies certified by a consular officer. But
    > the US embassy charges the same as local notaries (and only notarises for
US
    > purposes or US persons). Perhaps the Canadian High Commission does the
same
    > cheaper?
    > I don't see any problem with duplicate originals, including certified
copies
    > from registrars of births and deaths, university transcripts, etc. Much
    > cheaper in most cases than notarisation.
Its amazing how often this subject crops up.

There are many ways of having a copy certified / notarised from within the
UK.

Solicitors, Notaries, Doctors, Police officers, Priests, Lay preachers,
Judges, J.P.'s are just a few of those that have been used

Americans seem to almost demand the raised notary seal, but you are not
dealing with "America"

Not all have cost money.

But at the end of the day whichever you choose remember, It is better to
have everything in order than to risk delays or rejection with an
application.

Lee

as i matter of interest........how much does it cost to notarize
docs........im close to this point now



"Ravinder Gill" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>...
    > Dear Experts
    >
    > I am ready to create notarized copies of my application supporting
    > documents. In the UK, the notary service is incredibly expensive and I am
    > hoping to reduce the cost by providing some original documents. In
    > particular, it is cheaper for me to order bank statements from the bank and
    > just send them as original documents then it is to send notarized copies of
    > them. Is this okay? Or, will this upset the Canadian official who will be
    > assessing my Application - don't really want to upset them over a few
    > pounds!
    >
    > BTW, does anyone know if there is a Public Notary service that is not
    > extortionate, in the UK?

wingz

You need to shop around..the magistrates court charges 7 pounds per page!!

Some so-called noatries I called wanted 120-160 pounds and a week to notarize my 100-odd pages, but in the end I found a wonderful notary public with all the official seals and bells and whistles who did it all in half a day and for 60 pounds in Warminster.

Ravinder Gill

    > It's far cheaper (given that notaries charge £50) to take a weekend break
to
    > New York or Toronto and notarise everything there.

LOL and its true. I was lucky enough to get my bank to certify my documents
in the end and it cost me nothing :-)