A notary public is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney(authorization letter), and foreign and international business. A notary’s main functions are to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and statutory, witness and authenticate the execution of certain classes of documents, such act is known as notarization.

In international law, legalization is the process of certifying a document so that it will be recognized by the legal system of a foreign country. The process is used routinely in international commerce. The procedure for legalizing a foreign document varies from country to country. The Hague Convention Abolising the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (Hague Apostille Convention) has supplanted this procedure. It facilitates the circulation of public documents executed in one signatory countries to the Convention and to be produced in another signatory states to the Convention, such a certification is called an apostille. Apostille is a French word which means a certification. It is commonly used in English to refer to the legalization of a document for international use under the terms of the 1961 Hague Convention Abolising the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents Documents which have been notarized by a notary public, and certain other documents, and then certified with a conformant apostille are accepted for legal use in all the nations that have signed the Hague Convention.

 

Service Contents	Service Code	Documents to be Certified	Completed Documents	Price	Lead Time (working days)
Legalization by China Appointed Attesting Officer	A1	CI or BR (without certificate)	Copies of the documents to be signed and chopped.   It is certified by China Appointed Attesting Officer	quot	7
	A2	CI or BR (with certificate)		quot	7
	A3	CI, BR & Annual Return		quot	7
	A4	Full set of Hong Kong company registration documents		quot	7
	A5	Full set of Hong Kong Shelf company documents		quot	7
Notarization by Notary Public	B1	Full set of Hong Kong company registration documents	Document to be Signed and chopped with Notarization Certificate is issued by Notary Public	quot	3
Apostille by Hong Kong High Court	D1	Specified documents	It is affixed with Apostille by Hong Kong High Court	quot	7
Legalization by China Embassy	G1	Specified documents	It is signed and chopped by Hague Convention and China Embassy.	quot	30

Note:

    Original documents are required for certification.

    This certification is minimum requirements of relevant documents for only one director. If more than one director, extra charges must be needed.

    Another quotation is required for not HK company registration documents, such as offshore company, shares transfer or any changes etc.

    The price above is only for reference. Before place order, it is advised to re-confirm the price again.