Your application form can take a signature. That is not the same thing as a waiver, and knowing which one you need saves an awkward conversation later.
This article is for administrators setting up consent and legal documents.
A field that shows the person a document and takes an e-signature before they can submit.
It is quick, it happens inside the form they are already filling in, and it is the right tool for something short: a code of conduct, a photo release, a privacy acknowledgement.
A different instrument entirely.
You upload your real document, mark up the fields on it, and the person opens it, completes every required field, signs, and their signed copy comes back to you.
The step carries its own status, moving from Pending to Signed to Complete, so a signed waiver can be verified before it counts.
Digital consent on the form, when:
A Fillable PDF in a sequence, when:
Yes, and you should, in that order.
Put a short consent on the application form, so nobody applies without agreeing to the basics. Put your real waivers in as Fillable PDF steps in the onboarding sequence that gets assigned once that form is submitted.
You are then not asking a stranger to sign a legal document before you have decided you want them, and every waiver you hold belongs to somebody you actually onboarded.
No. The hand-off is automatic.
A form automation assigns the onboarding sequence on submission, so the person signs the short consent inside the form, and the waiver steps arrive on their own without an admin sending anything.