I.Procedure for legalization application
1.Before
applying for consular certification, the relevant papers and documents of the
applicant must be certified by the notary office or the Department of Justice
where the Vietnamese civil status is registered;
2.
The applicant must apply for legalization from the Consular Bureau of the
Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
3.After
completing the application form ,the applicant can apply for consular
certification in the China Visa Application Service Center.
II.Documents needed for the application of legalization
1.
01 copy of " Application Form of Consular Legalization of the
Embassy /Consulate of the People's Republic of China”;
2.
Original and copy of valid passport or original and copy of identity card
(Identification Card) of the applicant;
3.
Original and 01 copy of the papers and documents applying for legalization
(certified by the Consular Department, Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs);
4. If
an agent authorized to apply on the behalf of the applicant, he shall submit a
copy of the agent's valid ID card and the party's valid ID card; If the
relevant legalization application involves critical matters,the agent must also
submit a power of attorney issued by the applicant.
Please
note: the Embassy may require the certification applicant personally submit the
application and make an interview if necessary.
5.
For the legalization of the company's business license, a copy of the passport
of the company's legal representative and the company documents that can prove
the identity of the company's legal representative should also be submitted.
6. Other
necessary documents and evidences according to the actual situation.
III.Notes for legalization application
1.The applicant shall
submit the legalization application to its corresponding Embassy or consular in
Vietnam in accordance to the location of notarization and certification of the
documents,conforming to consular region-division by the Chinese Embassy and
Consulates in Vietnam. Applications submitted to the embassy must be certified
by the Consular Bureau of the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs beforehand.
Failure to submit an application in accordance with the region-division may
result in rejection of the application.
2.
Document contents, order and procedures should be truthful, complete and
lawful, and not contain things that violate China’s laws or harm national and
public interests of China. If the documents applied for certification consist
of two or more pages, they should be bound in a volume so as not to be easily
removed and changed. They should be wax sealed or affixed with border seals and
embossed seals for integrity assurance. The Embassy will not certify applications
with incomplete procedures, unsatisfactory specifications, illegal content,
erasures, modification, removal etc…
3.
Affidavit or certificate of no marriage record used for marriage registration
in China is valid within 6 months from the date of notarization; Notarized
certificates of marital status, health, assets, income and no criminal record
for children adoption in China are valid for 6 months from the date of
notarization to the date of application for adoption registration (excluding
the processing time by adoption center). The embassy shall not notarize expired
papers and documents.
4.
Embassy notarized papers and documents may not be removed, deleted or modified
arbitrarily.
Any
problems caused by the applicant's own disassembling or altering of documents
and relevant legal liabilities shall be borne by the applicant.