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Affidavit
A document that contains a statement, made under oath or affirmation, signed by the affiant and a jurat certificate signed and sealed by a notary. The most common type of affidavit that gets notarized is an immigration document called the Affidavit of Support which is a document where a person swears that they will take financial responsibility for another person that they are sponsering to come to the United States. Another common Affidavit is an Affidavit of citizenship which is a document where the affiant swears under oath that they are a citizen of the United States. Affidavits of citizenship used to be an acceptable travel document that could substitute a passport in many cases before September 11, 2001.