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But if you use this method to sign important documents, you need to know that a scanned signature holds no legal validity. To create a legally acceptable electronic signature in a Word or PDF document, your client needs to have their own digital signature certificate.

The IRS doesn't specify what technology a taxpayer must use to capture an electronic signature. The IRS will accept images of signatures (scanned or photographed) including common file types supported by Microsoft 365 such as tiff, jpg, jpeg, pdf, Microsoft Office suite or Zip.

With eSignature you can sign IRS forms: From nearly anywhere, on most devices. In many document formats, like Microsoft Word or a PDF. Be confident your documents are highly secure.

For forms that require an original ?wet? signature, per form instructions, USCIS will accept electronically reproduced original signatures for the duration of the National Emergency. This temporary change only applies to signatures. All other form instructions should be followed when completing a form.

If you are filing your form with a USCIS service center, we recommend that you do not: Hole punch, staple, paper clip, binder clip, or otherwise attach documents to one another. Include photos or documents smaller than 4x6 inches for evidentiary purposes. Provide photocopies of these items instead.

Taxpayers, who currently use Forms 8878 or 8879 to sign electronic Forms 1040 federal tax returns or filing extensions, can use an e-signature to sign and electronically submit these forms to their Electronic Return Originator (ERO).

USCIS provided clarification regarding the intake process: Scanning: The Lockbox facility scans all documents that are mailed in with a petition or application, with the exception of the documents mailed in with a Form I-140 or an Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur (Form I-526).