Consent to Travel Documents (for Minors)

The Department of Foreign Affairs recommends that minors travelling with one parent have the other parent’s documented consent for such travel. This is also required by the border officials of many countries. Please visit the DFAIT travel website for up-to-date travel requirements:
http://www.voyage.gc.ca/main/before/children_travel-en.asp.

Price: $65 (includes everything); if you have a document already drafted, we can notarize it for $45.

Passport Applications 

You may require the services of a notary if you are unable to provide a guarantor for your passport application. You can then make a Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor (Form PPT 132), which the Notary can commission along with certifying your photo and documents supporting identity. More information on the application process and requirements for a Canadian passport can be found at http://www.ppt.gc.ca/menu_e.asp. 

Price: $60 (includes everything).

NB. If you have lost your Canadian passport, we can help you complete and notarize a statutory declaration to that effect which must be included in the application for a replacement.

Permanent Resident Card Applications

You may require the services of a notary if you are unable to provide a guarantor for your permanent resident card application. You can then make a Statutory Declaration in Lieu of Guarantor (section G of your application), which the Notary can commission along with certifying your photo and documents supporting identity. More information about the card and the application process can be found at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/pr-card/.

Price: $60 (includes everything).

Letters of Invitation for a Canadian Visitor’s Visa

This is a letter that a Canadian citizen or permanent resident uses to invite nationals of countries for whom a visa is required to visit Canada.  Notarizing the letter gives it stronger authority, and is required by many visa offices.

Price: $80 (includes everything); if you have a letter already drafted, we can notarize it for $45.

Certification of Documents

Copies of an original document can be certified by a notary public to be a true and accurate copy of the original by affixing a signature, seal and statement to that effect.

Price: $45 (includes everything); $15 for every additional copy certified during the same visit.

Commissioning Affidavits & Statutory Declarations

Any affidavit, statutory declaration or other oath can be commissioned by a notary.

Price: $45 (includes everything) for the first commission; $15 for every subsequent commission made during the same visit.

Drafting Affidavits & Statutory Declarations 

An affidavit is a document setting out a statement or sequence of events that a person (the deponent) swears to be true and correct. A statutory declaration is a solemn declaration authorized by the Canada or Ontario Evidence Act and is used to assert the truth of any fact or facts or of any account rendered in writing. These can be commissioned by a notary.

Price: $100 (includes everything); if you have an affidavit or statutory declaration already drafted, we can have it commissioned for you for $45.

Legalization / Authentication

Authentication is where a government body certifies that the seal and signature appearing on a notarized document is that of an authentic notary public.  This is often required when the document is sent to a foreign country.

Legalization involves the foreign embassy certifying a notarized document for use in the foreign country.  Embassies will usually require the documents first be authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Price:  Authentication - $100 (includes everything)
             Legalization     - $125 (plus embassy fees)
             Both  (special)    - $195 (plus embassy fees)