Documents executed in the United States
and to be used in China should be authenticated by the Chinese Consulates in
the US. The Consulate authenticates documents such as birth/death
certificates, power of attorney, single status, marriage certificates, diplomas, adoption
application, business license, etc. The Chinese Consulate in Houston
certifies documents from the following 8 States:
Alabama,
Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Procedures
1.
Applicant needs to
write a sworn statement in regard to the documents. The statement needs to
include the following:
Applicant’s names, birthday, birth place, current nationality, current
passport number, occupation, work address and home address;
A sworn
statement about the document’s content and the purpose of the document;
and
Applicant’s signature.
IMPORTANT: Please do no write down any date on your statement before your statement is
notarized.
2.
The Statement needs to
be notarized by a notary of public.
IMPORTANT:
Please make sure your notary dates the statement.
If you
are going to notarize your supporting documents, your sworn statement and
every supporting document need to be notarized by the same public notary and
on the same day.
3.
Applicant needs to
have the statement certified by the Secretary of the State Office of his/her
State where the statement is executed. Click here for the contact information of state certification
agencies.
IMPORTANT: we can
not authenticate your statement/documents without Secretary of State
certifying the notary of public that notarized your statement.
IMPORTANT: If your document is directly issued by the Secretary of the
State with the Secretary of State Seal and signature, Please DO NOT notary
the document.
4.
Please complete
One
Authentication Application
Form (G1).
Download the form here,
If you cannot view the page, please click
here
to
download Adobe Acrobat Reader . If you have any problems downloading the
form, please contact this office.
IMPORTANT: Please complete the G1 form with the applicant’s name. For
example, if you are certifying a birth certification for your child, the
applicant’s name is the child’s name and not the parent.
5.
Please provide a copy of all
support material such as birth certification, marriage
certification etc. For birth certification, please also provide parents’
passport copy and for Chinese Citizen, please also provide Green Card or
U.S. visa.
6.
A copy of the applicant’s
passport. If you are a Chinese Citizen, please also provide a
copy of Green Card or visa.
7.
If you are authenticating business documents, please
provide a copy of the Articles of Incorporation.
If you are a lawyer/accountant applying on behalf of your client, please
notice: we need you to fill out the form with your client’s name and we
need a copy of your client’s passport. Please make sure your client is a
owner and his/her name is in the Articles of Incorporation.
8.
If you are selling/inheriting property in China, we need
verification of ownership and property layout. If the property is not under
your name, we need proof of relationship between you and the owner and
verification that you have the right to sell/inherit the property.
IMPORTANT: If the purpose of your authentication is to sell/inherit
property, we need verification of ownership. For example, if you are
authenticating your passport so that you can use it to sell property in
China, we need verification of ownership.
We also strongly advise our
customers to first talk to agencies in China to find out exactly what you
need to be authenticated.
After you have completed the
above, please send the following items to our office:
The original applicant’s sworn statement with
certification by the Secretary of the State Office
A copy of the applicant’s sworn statement with
certification by the Secretary of the State Office
Completed and Signed G1 form
A copy of all supporting documents
A copy of the applicant’s passport
Self-Address and Stamped Return Mail Envelope
Payment (NO personal
check for Next Day).
Processing Fee and Payment Method:We accept personal
check, business check, cashier's check, money order or credit cards. Make check or money order payable to: Chinese Visa Office.
Credit Card payments: Please
download and complete
Credit Card Order Form.
Category
Regular Fee
Next day Fee
Same day Fee
Civil
documents, e.g. Adoption, power of attorney, single status, marriage, birth/death,
kinship certificate, etc.
69.00
99.00
NO SAME DAY
Property
or Commercial documents, e.g. Business license, labor agreement,
inheritance, property transfer, power of attorney, etc.
109.00
149.00
NO SAME DAY
PLEASE NOTE:
Chinese Consulate no longer
provides Same Day Service for Authentication.
Applications for next
day service must be received by 12:00PM.
