Help about Notary Public!!!

euglycaemia

I am not sure where to post this.....

I need to renew passport for my boy [Indian Passport] and need notary public to sign for the change of appearance photos...

Is there anyone else can do this [someone suggested people from the Nursery, hospital doctors etc.,] Unfortunately I couldnt much info on the web site and the phone response is 'nil'

Any suggestions?

[Note...GP asking £25 for this whereas they will do at the embassy for £8 but the pain is going there in person]

diamond_dave

Go to any solicitor and they will sign the form for £5.00 I did it recently for the Deposit Protection service. Works out at about 300 quid aminute

Little_miss_morrissey

Ive recently had trouble getting someone to witness my passport, here is a list of acceptable signatorys

Acceptable countersignatures:

• Accountant
• Airline Pilots
• Articled clerk of a limited company
• Assurance agent of recognised company
• Bank/building society official
• Barrister
• British Computer Society (BCS) - Professional grades which are Associate (AMBCS), Member (MBCS), Fellow (FBCS) (PN 25/2003)
• Broker
• Chairman/director of limited company
• Chemist
• Chiropodist
• Christian Science practitioner
• Commissioner of oaths
• Councillor: local or county
• Civil servant (permanent)
• Dentist
• Designated Premises Supervisors
• Director/Manager of a VAT registered Charity
• Director/Manager/Personnel Officer of a VAT registered Company
• Engineer (with professional qualifications)
• Fire service official
• Funeral director
• Insurance agent (full time) of a recognised company
• Journalist
• Justice of the Peace
• Legal secretary (members and fellows of the Institute of legal secretaries)
• Local government officer
• Manager/Personnel officer (of limited company)
• Member of Parliament
• Merchant Navy officer
• Minister of a recognised religion
• Nurse (RGN and RMN)
• Officer of the armed services (active or retired)
• Optician
• Person with honours (e.g. OBE MBE etc.)
• Personal Licensee Holders
• Photographer (professional)
• Police officer
• Post Office official
• President/Secretary of a recognised organisation
• Salvation Army officer
• Social worker
• Solicitor
• Surveyor
• Teacher, lecturer
• Trade union officer
• Travel agency (qualified)
• Valuers and auctioneers (fellow and associate members of the incorporated society)
• Warrant officers and Chief Petty Officers

MilaJ

If he goes to school his teacher could sign it.

sallyrsm

A notary public is NOT the same as someone signing like a doctor... I work for a solicitor and we have one they charge £50 upwards as the document needs to be sealed etc. Look on yell.com for a notary public or ring a local solicitor if they've not got one they'll know a firm that has one.

Marty06

Hi - my wife is trying to close a US bank account and they have said the letter requesting closure needs to be notarized. In the US this would involve a trip to Mailboxes etc. or your local bank who would do it for free or minimal cost (these places have notary services, but they are not necessarily 'notary publics' as far as I can make out - the term 'notary' having a more general meaning). There is no such service in the UK. Is my only option taking it to a notary public (which is probably beyond what the bank wants) and paying £80, or can she take it to a solicitor or even the Post Office to get a witness to the signature (like we would if we wanted confirmation of ID for a UK bank account)? Any thoughts?

Marty06

I think I've just found the answer to my own question from here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=95418

This suggests that whilst it is possible that the bank wants a notary public, it is more likely that they want the service that would be provided here by a solicitor of witnessing a document, which is equivalent to the cheap notarizing services in the US. I've just rung up the local solicitor and they said it would be £5 to witness a signature which sounds a far more happy figure!