Embassy and consulate authentication (referred to as consular authentication), also known as diplomatic authentication, refers to a country’s diplomatic and consular agencies and their authorized agencies confirming the last signature or seal of the notary agency, corresponding agency or certification agency on a notarized document or other certification document Real activities. In international trade practice, many countries and regions have formulated strict trade protection policies out of the need to protect their own markets, requiring foreign-related commercial documents and documents provided by my country's foreign trade companies and export enterprises to be submitted to the country's embassy in China. Only with consular certification can you go through customs clearance and foreign exchange settlement procedures in the importing country. Authentication by embassies and consulates is not only a common practice, but also stipulated by law in many countries. Certified documents and documents have legal effect for use outside the country and are recognized by the relevant authorities of the country of use.
2. Countries and regions that require certification
At present, the countries and regions that require embassy and consulate certification are mainly concentrated in South America, the Middle East, Africa and other countries and regions, and some other European and American countries are also joining this process. Coming in a row. Mainly include Argentina, Egypt, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Brazil, Kuwait, Peru, Iran, India, Russia, Qatar, Bolivia, Greece, Poland, Colombia, Iraq, Thailand, Philippines, Ecuador, Jordan, Libya, Turkey, Denmark, Spain, Pakistan, Myanmar, Chile, Venezuela, Syria, etc.
3. Types of certified documents
Various commercial documents and supporting documents used for customs clearance, foreign exchange settlement and foreign-related business activities, such as: certificate of origin, business, price list, specification certificate, packing list , bills of lading, customs declarations, contracts, inspection and quarantine certificates, notarial deeds, statements, etc.
Other documents related to foreign-related commercial and trade activities that need to be authenticated by the embassy or consulate.
4. Procedures
Companies and enterprises that need to apply for embassy and consulate authentication, please fill in the "Application Form for Embassy and Consulate Authentication", "Declaration" and "Letter of Introduction", stamp it with the official seal, and include the required authentication Submit the documents to our association or courier them to our association. At the same time, pay the certification fee in advance in the form of cash, transfer, or check. Our association will send the documents to the corresponding embassy or consulate in China by express delivery (the time varies by country). When you receive After the return is certified, I will call the applicant company and enterprise to pick up the return or express it to the applicant.
5. Precautions and Requirements
Pay attention to affixing the correct seal or applying for the corresponding certificate.
Various commercial documents that require certification should be stamped with the seals of entry-exit inspection and quarantine bureaus at all levels and local councils for the promotion of international trade, or obtain corresponding impartiality certificates and certificates.
Please pay attention to the time required for embassy and consulate authentication.
Different countries have different regulations on the time for embassy authentication. For example, the embassies of Argentina and Saudi Arabia stipulate that the time for embassy authentication is days, while Venezuela sets the time for embassy authentication. At the same time, because the embassies and consulates of various countries are often on holidays in our country and their own countries. There is a break during this period. Therefore, when applying for embassy certification, enterprises should pay attention to the time limits for certification issued by each embassy and apply as early as possible to facilitate smooth customs clearance and foreign exchange settlement.
Please note that some countries require the certification of some trade documents to be processed at the same time.
Countries such as the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iran, Jordan, and Syria require certification together with the certificate of origin. In addition, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other countries also require that meat products exported to the country must be certified with breed documents: certificate of origin, inspection and quarantine certificate, and slaughter certificate. The UAE also requires that when exporting broiler chickens, the inspection and quarantine certificate must be marked as virus-free, harmless, and influenza-free. Kuwait also requires that it must be certified together with the certificate of origin and the white certificate of origin (the white certificate of origin is a certificate of origin in Arabic).
. The processing time and required information are different in each place, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong,
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