In reply to JanetK CA, I guess it might be worse for CA than my state. CA has exact wording for the oath certificate, and can't add the requested statement "I have properly verified the identity of the affiant(s) by personally viewing the above-notated identification document(s) and matching photocopy(ies)."
I think other CA notaries have reported in the forum they used loose certificates and they were accepted.
One thing I wonder about is where in the process this form is actually evaluated. Is it by the person at the acceptance facility (often a post office), or when it arrives at the US State Department, or both? It would be nasty if the guy at the post office accepts it but two months later the applicant finds out it was rejected at the State Department. |