In order to use a United States of America issued document(s) in Macau, these documents need to have an Apostille attached.
Here you will find relevant information about obtaining an Apostille to be used in Macau.
Please note that the United States Embassy in Macau. cannot issue an Apostille, since Apostilles have to be issued by the Secretary of State, where the documents were originally issued.
According to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, an Apostille needs to be placed on Birth Certificates, Marriage Certificates, Divorce Certificates or Decrees, Death Certificates, High School Diplomas, University Degrees, transcripts, medical certificates for visa, Powers of Attorney to Corporate documents to be valid internationally
We will be happy to assist you obtaining an Apostille for Macau.
We provide 2 types of Apostille service for your convenience:
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Regular Apostille Service
Service fee: $200
Processing time: 3 to 5 business days
Submit documents and order form via: FedEx, UPS, DHL, TNT, regular mail, etc…
Receive your Apostille via: FedEx
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1-day Apostille Service
Service fee: $200
Processing time: 1 business day
Submit documents and order form via: e-mail scanned to: 1-day@apostille.net
Receive your Apostille via: FedEx
Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to:
Call us at (212) 495-9323 (9:00 to 18:00 eastern standard time)
Email us: luis@apostille.netChat with our agents 24hrs a day 365 days a year.
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SPECIAL NOTE:
If what you need is NOT an Apostille form the United States but what you need is an Apostille form Macau.
Please contact the authorities at:
Macau SAR: Extended to Macau by Portugal at the time of Portugal’s accession to the Convention on October 22, 1969. Competent Authority: 1. The Governor of Macau, Palacio do Governo, Av. da Praia Grande, Macau; 2. The Assistant Secretary for Justice of Macau, R. de S. Lourenco, Edificio dos Secretarios Adjuntos, 1 andar, Macau 3. The Head of the Justice Department of Macau Av. da Praia Grande, 594, Edificio BCM, 8 andar, Macau. NOTE: Macau will revert to Chinese sovereignty December 20, 1999. By letter of 10 December 1999, the Ambassador of them People’s Republic to the Netherlands informed the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands of the following:
The Convention abolishing the requirement of legalisation for foreign public documents, done at the Hague on 5 October 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Convention), which applies to Macau at present, shall continue to apply to the Macau Special Administrative Region with effect from 20 December 1999. The Government of the People’s Republic of China also wishes to make the following declaration: In accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, it designates the Chief Executive, the Secretary for Administration and Justice, and the Director of Justice Affairs Department of the Macau Special Administrative Region as the authorities competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 of the Convention in the Macau Special Administrative Region.
These are the corresponding government agencies in charge of issuing Apostilles in Macau.
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