You may have received an Affidavit prepared by a legal practitioner, financial institution or government office that requires that your signature be notarized;

These documents cover a wide spectrum of issues. Often these declarations will be provided to you and you just have to fill out the information and bring it to our office for execution and notarization. However, often you will be asked to prepare the Statutory Declaration on your own. In that event, our office will prepare it for you based on the circumstances and information that the Declaration is required to cover.

If your child or children are under 19 years of age and are travelling out of the country with only one parent, or another family member or friend, you will be required to sign a document allowing your child to travel abroad without you.

Many countries require a family member or friend to declare that they will support foreign visitors prior to granting the travel visa for such visitors. You can prepare your own invitation letter and bring it to us for execution and notarization, or we can prepare the document for you.

Are you receiving a pension from another country? We can notarize your life certificate to confirm that you are still living, so that you can continue receiving your foreign pension.

Has ICBC or your home insurance asked you to declare a loss? We can witness your execution of such declarations.

With respect to the Builders Lien Act, contractors or sub-contractors are often asked to declare that all suppliers and sub-trades have been paid in full. We can assist you with these declarations.

Are you looking after a minor from a foreign country who is studying here in Canada? The local authorities will require you to declare that you have been appointed as Custodian by the minor’s parents.

Are you changing your legal name with the Division of Vital Statistics. We will witness your declaration confirming all information in the application is true and correct.

Are you applying to Pharmacare for assistance with your medical prescriptions? Both you, and your spouse, will be required to execute this Declaration in the presence of a Notary Public.

Is Immigration Canada asking you and your spouse to declare your common-law status for immigration purposes? Both you, and your spouse, will be required to attend at our office to execute this Declaratoin.

Many documents, depending on the use or country, will require an authentication and/or legalization process. This process involves confirmation that our Notary is in good standing with The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia, and often requires further documentation and approval by the consulate or embassy of the country in which the legal foreign document will be used. We will ensure that the document you have executed will be approved by The Society of Notaries Public of British Columbia, the appropriate consulate or embassy, and in some cases the Governor General of British Columbia.

You may be asked to provide a notarized copy of your legal documents such as passport, birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate, drivers licence, landing permit or permanent residence card to a third party. In order to prepare a certified or notarized copy of a legal document, we will require that you provide us with the original, we will make a copy in our office and certify the copy to be a true and accurate copy of the original.