Apostille Services

Apostille & Document Authentication — Flat Fee

For US documents to be used in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan or another country. Sign before any California notary and mail us the original, or we send a mobile notary near our West Covina office.

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What it costs

Apostille for a California document (notarized document, birth or marriage certificate, court record, diploma)	$195
Apostille for a federal document (FBI background check, federal agency or court record)	$195
Authentication for use in Taiwan (TECO)	$195

Per document. Government fee and tracked return shipping included. Each additional document in the same order $125. Same-day filing at the Secretary of State's Los Angeles office: $450 for the first document. Bilingual power of attorney drafted by the attorney: $395. A mobile notary, if you want one, is paid separately ($15 per signature plus travel). After you send this form, we email you a flat-fee agreement to sign. Nothing is charged on this page.

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What do you need? (required)

Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau accept an apostille; the old three-step consular legalization (三级认证) is no longer used for China.

Where will the document be used? (required)

Which country? (optional)

How many documents? (required)

$195 for the first, $125 for each additional document in the same order.

List each document and what it is for (required)

For example: power of attorney to sell an apartment in Shanghai; birth certificate for a residence permit.

Do you need us to draft a power of attorney or statement (委托书 / 声明书)? (required)

Drafted by the attorney in English and Chinese for the office in China or Taiwan: $395.

Notarization (required)

A mobile notary charges $15 per signature (the state limit) plus a travel fee, paid to the notary; we tell you the amount before booking.

Same-day filing at the Secretary of State's Los Angeles office? (optional)

$450 for the first document instead of $195, filed within one business day after we have the original. Otherwise we file by mail (usually 1–3 weeks).

When do you need it back? (optional)

About you

First name (required)Last name (required)Phone (required)Email (required)

Where we send the documents back

ZIP code (required)

Enter the ZIP first; we fill in the city.

City (required)Street address (required)

Other

Anything else we should know (optional)

Documents (optional)

PDF, Word, JPG, PNG or iPhone photos, up to 10 MB each and 30 MB in all. If you don't have them now, you can email them later.

A scan or photo of each document (we check it before you mail the original) (up to 10 files)What the office in China or Taiwan asked for (a list, letter or screenshot), if you have it (up to 3 files)