[saxonww]

Yeah, this is crazy. Do not have 3rd parties do this on your behalf.

That said, I just tried to sign up for a Treasury Direct account, and while it was 'successful,' I immediately got an email saying they could not verify some of my information and so my account was on hold pending receipt of a notarized form I have to mail. For my protection. It says the average approval time for this form is up to 13 weeks, so I can probably forget about I Bonds this year.

[jeffmc]

I too had a problem (maybe same email with multiple accounts). You have to get the form stamped with a "medallion stamp", not just a notary. So check your bank if they have someone that can do this

[mritchie712]

Yotta likely doesn't solve the issue you bumped into though

[saxonww]

Yeah, to be clear I would rather not invest at all than have Yotta do this for me. That is a bad pattern and clearly the company cares more about visibility than customers or they wouldn't even offer it.

[UncleMeat]

OP is in this thread and has confirmed that they cannot handle that case.