The term "formal official" is correct and can be used in written English. It is typically used to describe a situation where documentation or communication follows a set of rules or regulations and is intended to be used for officially binding purposes. For example, "The dispute was resolved through formal, official channels."
Only a formal, official notification will not be issued".
Washingtonpost.com, December 31stOfficially unofficial "He will not have a formal official role.
But they also say that this will not be a formal, official request for budget targets to be relaxed.
And when, after ninety years, formal, official school segregation was outlawed the deed was not done by the elected representatives of the people.
Scottish government civil servants will be asked to draw up a detailed schedule of new powers to present to Cameron's ministers, putting the negotiations on a formal, official footing which the SNP hopes will help make them difficult to ignore.
But, if symptoms continue and we are worried that this is more than a one-time or occasional thing, then we may want to pursue a formal, official diagnosis of asthma.
Restrictions were imposed by China in response to the BSE outbreak in the 1980s and 1990s but it is expected that formal official-level talks will begin on opening up a market that could be worth up to £120m to the British economy.
I think it's going to be a very formal, very official, staged event.
But for an established author to get thrown out of the union is the formal and official stamp of disgrace.
MPA in Environmental Science and Policy (MPA-ESP) faculty member Rohit "Rit" Aggarwala works on cities, transportation, and the environment, from the perspectives of formal public official, policy expert, and historian.
The "War Lord" has abdicated and has fled to Holland, though we are yet without any formal and official renunciation of his rights.
