Notarials

Consular officers perform notarial services customarily provided by Notaries Public in the United States. Anyone requiring such services should visit the Consular Section during our routine American Citizen Services hours. Each person whose signature will be acknowledged by a Consular officer must personally appear before the Consular officer. Please bring two forms of government issued photo-ID or a U.S. passport.

There is a fee of US$30 (approximately RMB 240) per notary for this service. If you need more than one copy of a document notarized, the fee for each additional copy is US$20.

Please be aware of the following limitations on Consular officers’ authority to perform notarial services: 

• Consular officers are only authorized to perform notarial services for non-U.S. citizens if the notarized document will be used in the United States. 
  


• Consular officers are not permitted to notarize documents that contain blanks. All prices, names, addresses, etc. must be filled in or marked “N/A” before the document can be notarized.
  


• Consular officers may not certify true copies of documents issued by government authorities. Certified copies of these documents should be obtained from the issuing authority.
  


• Consular officers and the staff of the Consulate are not permitted to act as witnesses when documents are notarized. If the document you want to have notarized requires witnesses then please bring the required number of witnesses with you to the Consulate.