Originally Posted by
saltspring
I have been wondering about this too. How would any border agent in any country know that the signature in front of them is an actual notary? Have there been any situations of notary's signatures verified? Sounds almost unbelievable.
My signature and seal is on file with the official docs office in YYZ. US ones are with state agencies as I recall. I would highly doubt the Ontario database of signatures and seal impressions is accessible to CBS agents. In fact, I guess I could do an FOI request to find out if this personal information of mine is shared with anyone. I also doubt this is shared with US customs.
I also know they compare it closely when authenticating here in YYZ as my old signature was slightly off versus my new one and I had to update it since the authentication was rejected.