notarizing application forms

[gerrybyrne]

I have been requested to send in copies of my original application forms to London U.K. along with supporting documents ( passport copy, marriage cert etc ). I know the supporting documents ( except police cert )have to be notorized.
My question is : Do the copies of my original application forms have to be notorized.

 

[Sir K]

No, you don't have to notarize your application. That's not stated anywhere.
Cheers

 

[gerrybyrne]

But it says in index A of Visa Office Specific instructions. Send notorized photocopies of all documents. Its very confusing.

 

[jtob]

gerrybyrne,

that means you have to notarize your supporting documents, but not the application forms

 

[Sir K]

As far as I know, the main reason for notarizing is to show that a particular document(photocopy) can be regarded as the original document, in the absence of the original document. For the application forms, those are the originals that you are sending and you need not notarize it.
Cheers.

 

[alice_chained]

man how can you notarize the copy of the application forms when the orignals are with CIU in Sydney or the Visa Office?? No Notary public will Notarize anything without seeing the orignals, and if they do that's very suprising..

 

[wpc71]

Agree with alice_chained .
But you need original signatures on copies.

 

[alice_chained]

Yes when you submit the application froms to the vis office specif to you, then you have to sign the copies of the application forms.

Kind Regards,

Amin.

 

[devern]

You need original signature on the forms you are sending to your visa office

 

[blueboy]

What is meant by original signatures? Does it mean the photocopy of the ones those are on the original form? or Do we need to sign them again?

I am not sure if the word original here means the original on the main form that we sent or original as in we need to sign it ourselves again?

 

[devern]

take a look at this http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/information/applications/guides/EG74.asp

My understanding is that you need to copy the forms before you sign so that you can place an original signature on each form (or just print 2 copies if you use the computer)