Authentication by the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco and Legalization/Notarization by the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco
Because of popular request, we now offer authentication and notarization/Legalization services by the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco.
Price: $600 for the Entire Authentication Process by the
Chinese Consulate in San Francisco
Length of Time: 2 weeks (Extra costs for expedited requests)
Authentication
Authentication, also known as certification or legalization,
is a service provided by the Chinese Consulate General , at the request of a natural person, a legal person, or an
organization, to authenticate or legalize the last seal and
signature on a document issued in the U.S. in order for the
document to be recognized and used in China..
In order for the documents to have legal effects in China, the
documents first need to be translated into Simplified Chinese.
The detailed procedures are described below.
II. Our Authentication Process (Or the steps need to be
followed should you wish to do it yourself with the Chinese
Consulate in San Francisco)
Step 1.
The document needs to be certified by a local notary public, or
a certified copy should be issued by the competent authorities
before consular authentication.
Step 2.
The document needs to be certified by the Secretary of the State
of a U.S. state government in which the document is executed.
(Some states, such as California, require that the document should be certified by
the County Clerk first.)
Step 3.
Applicants must apply for authentication at the Chinese
Consulate General of the consular district where the document is
certified. The consular district of the Chinese Consulate
General in San Francisco covers: Northern California, Alaska,
Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Only documents certified by the
Secretaries of State Office of the above listed 5 states (click
here for their contact Information) can be certified by the
Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco.
III. Documents Required for Authentication by the Chinese
Consulate in San Francisco
1. One fully completed Notarization and Authentication
Application Form.
2. The original and a photocopy of the document to be
authenticated.
3. The original of the applicant's passport and a photocopy of
the photo/information page of the passport or other valid ID.
4. If an applicant has entrusted someone else to submit the
application on his/her behalf, a photocopy of both the entrusted
person's and the applicant's valid ID will be required.
5. If the document is a business license, a photocopy of the
passport or driving license of the company's legal
representative and the company document that can prove the
person's legal representative status should be submitted.
Please contact us for more information.
Also see Chinese Translator in San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, Sacramento