notorization in the UK

[lirwin2000 0]

we are currently about to send out iv-15 check list back to the embassy in london and noticed if over 4 months has passed we need notarized letters of intent to marry. where in the Uk are we able to get these letters notarized? we are both currently living in Northern Ireland...

[SunDrop 59]

http://www.lawsoc-ni.org/notaries.htm

[Rito 28]

we are currently about to send out iv-15 check list back to the embassy in london and noticed if over 4 months has passed we need notarized letters of intent to marry. where in the Uk are we able to get these letters notarized? we are both currently living in Northern Ireland...

Hey Lirwin -

My fiance is also from Belfast, good to meet another! You can get your letters notarized at most banks.

- Rito

[Welshcookie 17]

You can get your letters notarized at most banks.

I don't think this is the case in the UK...notaries are usually solicitors/barristers, but I guess there is no harm in asking. I actually didn't get my letters "notarized" but witnessed by a solicitor and they were accepted...the difference being 5 pounds per letter as opposed to 40 pounds if I had their notary do it, but in the letter from the embassy it did actually state that they needed to be 'witnessed' or 'notarized'.

[SunDrop 59]

You can get your letters notarized at most banks.

I don't think this is the case in the UK...notaries are usually solicitors/barristers, but I guess there is no harm in asking. I actually didn't get my letters "notarized" but witnessed by a solicitor and they were accepted...the difference being 5 pounds per letter as opposed to 40 pounds if I had their notary do it, but in the letter from the embassy it did actually state that they needed to be 'witnessed' or 'notarized'.

Exactly, you have to be a licensed solicitor to be registered as a notary here. Unlike the US, where anyone can apply for a license after a quick class! Realtors are usually notaries in the States, so they can witness relevant documents.

[Mags 112]

we are currently about to send out iv-15 check list back to the embassy in london and noticed if over 4 months has passed we need notarized letters of intent to marry. where in the Uk are we able to get these letters notarized? we are both currently living in Northern Ireland...

Hey Lirwin -

My fiance is also from Belfast, good to meet another! You can get your letters notarized at most banks.

- Rito

Agree with the last two posters. The UK and NI is not like the USA, where a notary is present in most banks. A Notary in the UK is a different creature entirely!

[Welshcookie 17]

A Notary in the UK is a different creature entirely!

Indeed, I got the feeling from the letter I received from the embassy that maybe at long last they have got idea that getting a letter "notarised" is a huge expensive pain in the a$$ if you live in a rural, even semi-rural part of the UK....if they hadn't accepted the solicitor's witnessed letters from my family or my son's biological father, they would have had to travel 30 miles to the nearest notary....I am lucky that I know they would have done that regardless...but some people aren't as lucky.

I forget how cross I was at some issues..this and the whole confusion about notarised letters from unmarried biological parents, I swore I would write angry letters to London getting them to address these issues...I never did, but I think I will

Edited November 9, 2009 by Welshcookie

[Captain Oates 910]

Apparently ALL solicitors are 'Commissioners for oaths' but notary pubics are a much rarer breed

I think there were only a couple in Leeds when I was looking for one

It's difficult as the US is looking for the word NOTARY when in fact a UK 'commissioner for oaths' far outranks a US notary

[Mags 112]

I forget how cross I was at some issues..this and the whole confusion about notarised letters from unmarried biological parents, I swore I would write angry letters to London getting them to address these issues...I never did, but I think I will

I was one such creature who was sent a letter after the interview, telling me I was approved but I needed to get a letter from my son's Dad even though I had provided one previously.

The wording wasn't quite good enough so they told me exactly what they needed to be written. Of course, it had to be notarised - to the tune of 75 quid!

I think what was more annoying was that, at the time, there was nothing in the list they sent you saying this was required. I hope things have changed a bit since 2006, but I doubt it very much!

[FrostyMist 1]

I learnt on Wednesday that I need to get notarized letter of intent. The closest place I could find near me is about 30 minutes away, but at least they were able to schedule me for Monday (would have done sooner, but I couldn't get there any sooner than Monday). They quoted me £65 originally, although when the appointment was actually confirmed, I was told it might be £45 since it sounded like a pretty simple thing.

[Justine+David 218]

I was pretty sure I read that only the USC needed an updated notarized letter of intent?

[Erynn 0]

I was pretty sure I read that only the USC needed an updated notarized letter of intent?

As am I.

[RUSSandRACHEL 3]

Hold on a sec, am I right in saying you only need the letter of intent notarised if 4 months have passed since you recieved your NOA2???

Well... thats ages away for us (March 4th), surely most people dont have to wait 4 months!?

[Justine+David 218]

Well, my fiance is planning to make his POE in June, so we've delayed sending paperwork a bit and asked for a late February to mid-March interview because of that.

[amykathleen2005 441]

I was pretty sure I read that only the USC needed an updated notarized letter of intent?

I'd like to know the answer to this as well.