OCI application for minor, New Parental Authorization Form - Notarized?

[kaashparinda]

There is now a new and strange Parental Authorization form, authorizing your child (in my case, my six month old) to visit India. Anyway from what I have read, it seems like more bureaucratic stuff that makes no sense. The form here:

http://www.in.ckgs.us/resources/pdf/checklist-parental-authorization-form.pdf

says that it needs to be notarized. Does this mean it needs to be signed by both parents and a notary public? This will delay my daughter's application even further!
I am submitting the application in San Francisco via Cox and Kings.

Thanks, KP

[dce3535]

There is now a new and strange Parental Authorization form, authorizing your child (in my case, my six month old) to visit India. Anyway from what I have read, it seems like more bureaucratic stuff that makes no sense. The form here:

http://www.in.ckgs.us/resources/pdf/checklist-parental-authorization-form.pdf

says that it needs to be notarized. Does this mean it needs to be signed by both parents and a notary public? This will delay my daughter's application even further!
I am submitting the application in San Francisco via Cox and Kings.

Thanks, KP

Yes. It does need both parents' signatures and notarization. Part B of the OCI application also needs to be notarized.

[kaashparinda]

Yes. It does need both parents' signatures and notarization. Part B of the OCI application also needs to be notarized.

Part B doesn't specifically say that it needs to be notarized. When I applied for my wife last summer, this was not necessary. This parental authorization seems something brand new.

[dce3535]

Part B doesn't specifically say that it needs to be notarized. When I applied for my wife last summer, this was not necessary. This parental authorization seems something brand new.

If the applicant is a minor, notarization is required for Part B. It is mentioned vaguely somewhere in the checklist, I believe. I called CKGS and confirmed this when I was sending my family application. In fact, one notary would not notarize it as there is nothing mentioned on the form either, and was only willing to give a supporting note. I had to get it done with someone else.