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GUIDELINES ON THE ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND
AUTHENTICATION OF DOCUMENTS
I. TWO MODES OF AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENTS:
1. Acknowledgment
Interested party/parties must sign before a consular official of
the Consulate.
Requirements:
- photocopy of State ID/ driver's license and
- original and one (1) photocopy of each set of document to be acknowledged or authenticated.
2. Authentication
- If the interested party/parties CANNOT sign before the consular official, the document
must be notarized by a local NOTARY PUBLIC.
- The signature of the notary public must be authenticated by the COUNTY CLERK where the
notary public is registered.
- The signature of the County Clerk must be authenticated by the SECRETARY OF STATE of the
State, under the jurisdiction of the Consulate General, where he or she resides before
submitting to the Consulate (Only the following states fall within the jurisdiction of the
Consulate General: Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Ohio and Wisconsin).
Requirement: original and one (1)
photocopy of each set of
document to be authenticated.
Authentication Fee - Under
Department Order 23-92, the fee for authentication and acknowledgment of a deed or power
of attorney with one or more signatures is $25.00 per set of document.
The applicant should pay for the corresponding number of sets of documents that he or she
actually needs. Payment can be made through cash, Money Order or Company Check payable to
the Philippine Consulate General. Personal checks are not accepted.
Application by mail - If the applicant wishes the documents to be mailed by
the Consulate, a self-addressed stamped priority/certified/express mail envelope or prepaid FEDEX/UPS/DHL
for return of documents is required.
II. Additional Requirements for Patent and Trademark
Documents:
Additional requirements for trademark; patent application; combined oath; corporate power
of attorney and petition for trademark and patent; affidavit of non-use; appointment of
resident agent, Certificate to Foreign Governments and assignment of letters of patent:
the foregoing Document must also be authenticated by the SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE UNITED
STATES with address at:
US DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of Authentications
Columbia Plaza (State Annex -#1)
518 - 23rd Street, NW
Washington D.C. 20520
Tel. No. (202) 647-5002
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