文件簽名公證

許多申請表格在申請者簽名的下面有類似以下的文字：

The following to be completed by a Notary Public, Consular Official, or First-Class Magistrate. 
Subscribed and sworn to (or affirmed) before me this _______________day of ____________________ , 20______ by ______________

Signature of Notary Public, Consular Official, or First-Class Magistrate:
____________________________________________________ 
Official Title _____________________

或

授權人簽字(Principal Signature)：
(以下由權責機關填寫/For Authorized Staff Only) 
I certify that on this day the individual, named (Printed Name of Individual)
appeared before me and acknowledged to me that the foregoing document was executed and signed by him/her personally on a free and voluntary basis, and that the document shall be used for the purposes mentioned therein. 

______________________________, ___________________
(Signature and Seal of Notary Public)       (Date)

像這些文字就代表這份文件需要請公證人公證申請者的簽名。
填法如下：

_(日期)__ day of  (月份)___, 20 (年)___ by ___(申請者簽名)___

Signature of Notary Public ___(公證人簽名)___ (公證章)

請申請者由公證人驗明身分後，在公證人面前簽名。