Posted by Marlene/USNA on 7/19/06 1:50pm
Msg #134077

RE: Msg #133923, Form DS-3053 - Statement of Consent

Form DS-3053 accompanies passport applications of children under 14 whose parents (or guardians) cannot both appear in person at the local passport office at the time of application.

USNA just posted an article on our website about how notaries should notarize this form.

Go to http://www.enotary.org/notaryreview.shtml.

Click the link to the "Better Late Than Never? Child Passport Application Updated" article.

Reply by LisaWI on 7/19/06 4:06pm
Msg #134133

Marlene,
Thank you for posting this. It makes sense to me now. I called my SOS about it and they said to attach a loose certificate, but as the article said, I would be worried about it getting rejected.

Reply by Marlene/USNA on 7/20/06 8:04am
Msg #134223

Happy to help.

You're right, when dealing with government forms, don't attach anything they don't ask to be attached. It can be an automatic rejection.