See our general guidance on authentication of documents for use abroad.

Authentication of documents can be a complex process involving local, state, and federal offices and requiring several weeks to complete.

Thus phone verification fills the demand for legal authentication of documents, consumer intent, and provides substantial fraud prevention.

We set out the requirements in the registrar's rules made under section 1117 of the Act on the form, manner of delivery and authentication of documents.

Information on apostilles and authentication of documents is available from the Bureau of Consular Affairs website.

Oh, there have been some minor changes in authentication of documents, and the use of CD-ROMs, and so forth.

Processing Time The Authentication of documents by mail currently takes about 7 days to process from the time of receipt in the Authentications office.

Subpoeneas (see International Judicial Assistance, Notarial Services and Authentication of Documents)

Additional information on authentication of documents can be found on the State Department's website and on the Embassy or Consulate General website.

New provisions effective July 1, 2008 permit authentication of documents for electronic commerce; those provisions will be explained in later correspondence to be issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth.

For more information on Authentication of Documents, Apostilles, or Copies of Birth, Death, Marriage, or Divorce Records, please consult the Department of State Travel site.

In May 2006, a Dutch federal court found Ahold's former CEO and CFO guilty of false authentication of documents and they received suspended prison sentences and unconditional fines.

The most formal part of his work lay in his control of the Signet Office, which was mainly concerned with the authentication of documents on their way to the Privy Seal, Chancery, or Exchequer.

Authentication of documents: Kuwait authorities have advised that documents issued in the UK must be authenticated in the UK before being further authenticated by the British Embassy in Kuwait.

SOURCE-CHECKING and authentication of documents and their chain of custody, these are not odd concepts that got invented in the wake of this to torment CBS," he says.

(2) For the purposes of any enactment or rule of law relating to the authentication of documents, a document is validly executed by the Funding Council if it is subscribed on their behalf by being executed in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (1) above.

Go to the U.S. Department of State Authentications Office Information on State Authentication Offices Authentication of American Academic Credentials Authentication of Documents by U.S. Consular Officers Abroad Apostilles (Hague Legalization Convention)