What Doral sends me
The requests that come most often from this part of Florida:
- Powers of attorney for property, registries and inheritance in Venezuela.
- Corporate resolutions, certifications and banking paperwork.
- Sworn statements for consulates and foreign offices.
- Documents that will need an apostille before they travel.
- Travel consent letters and family documents.
Worth knowing in Doral
Venezuela is part of the Hague Apostille Convention, so the route is a Florida apostille and the document does not have to pass through a consulate, which matters when consular services are hard to reach.
The registry or notary in Venezuela decides whether the wording of a power is sufficient, so the best move is to ask them for the text before signing anything here.
For companies, I verify the identity of the person signing but not their authority to bind the business, which is why banks usually ask for a resolution or a certificate of incumbency alongside.
How an online session works
You book a time, and I send a secure link, usually for the same day or the next, and the platform then checks your identification and asks a few questions drawn from public records, before we meet on video, where I confirm you understand what you are signing and that nobody is pressuring you.
You sign electronically, I complete the notarial certificate, and you download the finished document with its seal and audit trail, all of which normally takes about fifteen minutes.
What you need
- A phone, tablet or computer with a camera and microphone.
- A current, government-issued photo ID.
- The document, complete and unsigned.
- Confirmation from the office receiving it that they accept an electronic notarization.
In person, honestly
I am based in Lakeland and travel inside Polk County, so I do not drive to Doral for a signing, so if your document has to be signed on paper in front of a notary, look for a mobile notary there, and if it can be done online, we can start today.
Frequently asked questions
- Do you travel to Doral?
- No, I travel inside Polk County only, and everything else is done in an online session, which is valid across Florida and carries the same legal weight as signing in person.
- Is an online notarization valid here?
- Yes, Florida authorized remote online notarization in 2020, and a document notarized this way has the same effect as one notarized across a desk, though the office receiving it can still ask for paper.
- Do I have to go to the Venezuelan consulate?
- Not for this route, because with a Florida apostille the document is ready to travel, and that is precisely why many families here sign with a U.S. notary instead.
- Can our director sign from Caracas or Madrid?
- Yes, an online session works wherever they are, and the identity check is done by the platform during the session.