Notary Public Center is a private company. We are not a U.S. government agency and we are not affiliated with one. We do not issue, process or obtain passports, visas, civil records or any other government document. Our service is limited to notarizing the document you sign.

INTERNATIONAL NOTARIZATION

Notarize U.S. documents from abroad

Sign before a commissioned Florida Notary Public over live video, from wherever you are, without travelling to the United States. The notarial act is performed under Florida law and carries the same weight as a signing in our Miami office.

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Private company. We do not obtain government documents; we notarize the document you sign.

Florida commission HH 382121

Active RON registration

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English, Spanish and Italian

You deal with the notary directly

The problem

The signature is the last thing standing between you and the closing

A U.S. closing, probate or corporate filing is waiting on one signature — and you are on the wrong continent

The escrow officer, the registrar or the transfer agent will not move without a properly executed notarial certificate. Everything else is ready.

Your local notary's seal was rejected in the United States

A civil-law notarial deed is not the same instrument as a U.S. acknowledgment or jurat. Perfectly valid where you signed it, and refused by the county recorder in Florida.

03 · the most common wall

Online notarization platforms lock you out at the identity step

They ask you to answer questions drawn from U.S. credit files you have never had. There is no appeal button, and nobody explains that the law itself provides another route.

The nearest U.S. consulate is booked out for months, or has suspended notarial services

And even when you get the appointment, the consular officer’s schedule — not your deadline — sets the date.

You have been told to fly to the United States for a ten-minute signing

Flights, a hotel and three days of your time, for one certificate.

Nobody will tell you in advance whether it will actually be accepted

You want a straight answer about validity before you pay, not a support ticket afterwards.

Time zones turn every clarification into a lost day

Two emails a day, each answered while you sleep, and a deadline moving closer.

The answer

What we actually do about each of those

What is blocking you

How we clear it

A U.S. transaction waiting on a signature

We review the document first and tell you which notarial certificate the recipient will require, before the session is booked.

A local seal that was refused

The act is executed under Florida law, with a Florida commission and seal, in the form U.S. courts, banks and recorders expect.

Identity checks that lock you out

Florida law accepts a foreign passport without a USCIS stamp when the signer is outside the United States (§117.201(6)), with biometric verification in place of credit-file questions.

Consular backlog

We do not depend on a consulate. We set the appointment.

Being told to travel

Florida authorizes the notary to act regardless of where the signer is located (§117.265(3)).

Uncertainty about validity

Validity is determined by Florida law regardless of your physical location (§117.265(4)). We show you the statute before you commit.

Time zones and language

English, Spanish or Italian, and a video session scheduled around you, not around us.

The part nobody explains

No U.S. Social Security Number? Florida law gives you a second route

Florida requires three things for an online notarization: remote presentation of a government-issued identification credential, credential analysis of that credential, and identity proofing of the signer (§117.265(4)(b)). The part almost nobody explains is that the third step has more than one path.

Route A — With a U.S. Social Security Number

Identity proofing runs as knowledge-based authentication. The statute sets the standard precisely: five or more questions with at least five answer choices each, drawn from third-party public and proprietary data sources and identifiable to the signer’s Social Security number or other identification information; a two-minute limit and a minimum of 80 % correct (§117.295(3)(a)).

Route B — Passport only, for signers outside the U.S.

This is the route that resolves most international cases, and it is written into the statute:

“However, for an online notarization of a principal not located within the United States, a passport issued by a foreign government not including the stamp of the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services may be used as a government-issued identification credential to verify the principal's identity.”

Florida Statutes, §117.201(6) Tuit

Your national passport works as issued, with no U.S. immigration stamp, precisely because you are outside the country. Identity proofing is then completed through biometric verification, which the statute expressly recognises as a valid method (§117.201(7)).

Said plainly, which is the only way worth saying it

The passport covers the credential, not the whole process. Identity proofing still applies, and there are cases where it cannot be completed — when that happens the law forbids the notary to proceed (§117.265(4)), and we will tell you before you pay, not after.

One more requirement we always meet

Where the signer is outside Florida, the notary must confirm — verbally or in writing — that you want the act performed by a Florida Notary Public under Florida law (§117.265(3)). We do this at the start of every session and it stays in the recording.

The process

How it works, end to end

Send the document and we review it

By WhatsApp or email. We confirm whether it can be notarized, which certificate it needs, and whether the U.S. recipient is likely to ask for anything else. This pre-check is what prevents most rejections.

We verify your identification

Remote presentation of your credential, automated credential analysis, and identity proofing by whichever route fits your case — KBA if you hold a U.S. SSN, biometric if you are going by passport.

The live video session

You and the notary on live audio and video. You sign electronically; the notary applies the electronic seal and digital signature. The session is recorded, as Florida law requires.

You receive the notarized document

Electronically signed, with the Florida notarial certificate embedded and verifiable.

Who signs

Who actually notarizes your document

Not an anonymous platform. Zulma Eliana Bourelly, founder of Notary Public Center in Brickell, Miami. Every credential below is verifiable with the body that issued it.

Your document has to cross two legal systems. The person notarizing it was trained in Latin American civil law and practices under the Florida system — which is exactly the seam where cross-border documents fail.

Credential

Number

Issued by

Florida Notary Public

Commission HH 382121 · Notary ID 1297933 · valid to 2027-04-07

Florida Department of State

Registered Online Notary (RON)

Same commission, concurrent validity

Florida Department of State

Florida Supreme Court Certified County Court Mediator

#40851 C · circuits 1–20 · no sanctions · renews 2028

Florida Supreme Court — Dispute Resolution Center

NNA Certified Notary Signing Agent

Certified & Background Screened · E&O insurance in force

National Notary Association

Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

2020

ACAMS

Real Estate Sales Associate

SL3350296 (2014)

Florida DBPR

Diploma in U.S. Law, Transnational Litigation and International Arbitration

2015

Florida International University

Attorney at law, Colombia

Professional Card 85463

Superior Council of the Judiciary of Colombia

A disclosure we make ourselves: the law degree is Colombian. Zulma Bourelly is not licensed to practice law in the United States and does not provide legal advice. A Florida Notary Public attests to signatures and identities; she does not draft instruments or advise on what you should sign. If your matter needs a U.S. attorney, we will say so.

A physical office in Miami

175 SW 7th St, Suite 1905 — not just a website

Document review up front

Before you are charged, not after

You deal with the notary directly

No call centre, no intermediary

A Florida commission since 2010

Continuously held notarial commission

reviews

“Good and courteous service. Friendly staff. Always on time.”

“Highly professional, clean environment in a central location.”

Frequently asked

What people ask before we start

Is it legal to notarize a U.S. document while I am in another country?

Yes. Florida law expressly authorizes an online notary located in Florida to act “regardless of whether the principal or any witnesses are physically located in this state” (§117.265(3)).

I have no U.S. Social Security Number. Can I still do this?

Yes, and this is the most common situation among our international clients. Florida law accepts a foreign passport without a USCIS stamp when the signer is outside the United States (§117.201(6)), with biometric verification replacing the credit-based questions.

Does my passport work even though I have never entered the United States?

Yes. The §117.201(6) exception exists precisely for signers who are outside the country and therefore carry no U.S. immigration stamp.

Is the passport alone enough for the whole process?

No, and we would rather be straight about it. The passport covers the identification credential. The process still requires credential analysis and identity proofing. If identity proofing cannot be completed, the law prohibits the notary from proceeding (§117.265(4)) and the notarization does not happen.

How valid is a document I sign over video?

As valid as an in-person Florida notarization. Validity “shall be determined by applicable laws of this state regardless of the physical location of the principal” (§117.265(4)).

Which documents typically go through this route?

Powers of attorney, affidavits, consents and authorizations, corporate records of U.S. entities, instructions to banks and agreements between private parties. If yours is something else, ask us first and we will tell you whether it qualifies.

Do you draft the document?

No. A Florida Notary Public attests to the signature and the identity of the signer; she does not draft the instrument or advise on its contents. If you need the document drafted, you need a professional qualified to do that.

What language is the session in?

English, Spanish or Italian — your choice.

Is the session recorded?

Yes. Florida law requires the audio-video recording of every online notarization to be retained. That recording is also your evidence.

What if the recipient in my country asks for a further step afterwards?

That can happen and depends on the country and the receiving body. We flag it during the document review so it does not surprise you at the worst moment.

Do you obtain my passport, visa or civil records?

No. Notary Public Center is a private company and does not issue, process or obtain any government document. Those are handled by the competent authority in your country or by the relevant U.S. body. Our service is limited to notarizing the document you sign.

How long does it take?

The session itself takes minutes. What determines the real timeline is whether your document and identification are in order — which is why we check both before booking.

Send us the document and we will tell you today whether it qualifies

We will confirm whether it can be notarized, which identification route applies to you, and what you need to have ready. No obligation.

Private company

Notary Public Center is a private company. It is not a U.S. government agency and is not affiliated with one. We do not issue, process or obtain passports, visas, civil records or any other government document. Our fees are separate from any official fee that may apply.

On notarial services

Under Fla. Stat. §117.05(11): a Florida Notary Public is not an attorney and may not give legal advice or accept fees for legal advice. We are not attorneys, nor immigration consultants or specialists, and we do not represent anyone in immigration matters.

On the legal references

Citations to the Florida Statutes (§§117.201, 117.265, 117.295) are provided as general information and are verifiable on the Florida Senate’s official site: flsenate.gov. They do not constitute legal advice.

Notary Public Center · 175 SW 7th St, Suite 1905, Miami, FL 33130 · +1 305 507 8464 · info@notarypublic.center