Apostilles/Document Authentication

Apostilles/Document Authentication
Jun 7, 2016 07:22
DUMBLEDORABLE Points: Join Date: May 19, 2016 Status: offline	My husband received a Z and I have an S1 last week. I now have an additional issue. Upon hearing our visas were approved, the HR rep at my husband's new school has informed us we now need to have document authentication done for our marriage license and his college diploma. We are unsure how to do this, and since we are needing to bring the forms to China before they will be reviewed we cannot make any mistakes. Here is what his emails have said: 1) Degree Authentication : You don't need to do so in the embassy, instead you can go to your local Notary Public to notarize you degree. 2) Marriage certificate: This must to be authenticated through Chinese Embassy/Consulate. We have both the original of my husband's diploma and the original of our marriage license. We have friends that are Notary Publics for the State of Texas and we are also going to Austin this weekend to visit family and we see the SOS in Austin has walk-in hours. Can anyone tell us what exactly we need to do? We also have full color copies made of both documents, so if they need to do these things on the copies (and just review the originals) that is not an issue. Please help! Thank you!!

Jun 7, 2016 07:22

DUMBLEDORABLE
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Join Date: May 19, 2016
Status: offline

My husband received a Z and I have an S1 last week. I now have an additional issue. Upon hearing our visas were approved, the HR rep at my husband's new school has informed us we now need to have document authentication done for our marriage license and his college diploma. We are unsure how to do this, and since we are needing to bring the forms to China before they will be reviewed we cannot make any mistakes.

Here is what his emails have said:
1) Degree Authentication : You don't need to do so in the embassy, instead you can go to your local Notary Public to notarize you degree.

2) Marriage certificate: This must to be authenticated through Chinese Embassy/Consulate.

We have both the original of my husband's diploma and the original of our marriage license. We have friends that are Notary Publics for the State of Texas and we are also going to Austin this weekend to visit family and we see the SOS in Austin has walk-in hours.

Can anyone tell us what exactly we need to do? We also have full color copies made of both documents, so if they need to do these things on the copies (and just review the originals) that is not an issue.

Please help! Thank you!!

Jun 10, 2016 02:34

GUESTMIGUEL

As they said, you just need to take the college diploma to the local notary public to get it authenticated. It is easier to be done.
As for your marriage certificate, your should first get it notarized by the notary public, and then get it authenticated by the county clerk (some states require that) and the secretary of State. Afterwards, have the marriage certificate attested by the consulate general of PRC. The required documents include the application form, original of your marriage certificate and the notarized one, your passport and copy of its data page and other documents required by the consular officers.

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