Taiwan Document Legalization & Authentication

Original Document Legalization by Taiwan Embassy

(Traditional paper documents for use in Taiwan )

Please choose Document Number

, or Document Number

I have a federal document such as (FDA - USDA - EPA - USPTO - DHS - or FBI).

I have a digital federal document

I have an original federal document

I have a company document certified from my Secretary of State.

Certified Document From Secretary of State

I have a document authenticated from the US Department of State in Washington DC. I only need the embassy stamp.

All the following documents must be signed and notarized in person.
Digital signatures and electronic notarizations are not accepted.

Affidavit	Certificate of Analysis
Assignment	Distribution Agreement
Letter of Authorization	Declaration of Conformity
Letter of Intent	Export Declaration
Power of Attorney	Statement of Dissolution
Resolution	Operating Agreement
Agency Agreement	Supplier Certificate
Business Letter	Technical Data Sheet

I understand that all above titles must be signed and notarized in person.

Taiwan document legalization:

Notarization: All documents for use in the Embassy of Taiwan must be signed and notarized by a notary public unless it is an original, issued by US Federal or State.
Secretary of State Attestation:All documents for use in the Embassy of Taiwan must be certified by US Secretary of state unless it is issued by US Federal some states require that the document be certified by the County Clerk
Authentication(ds 4194): All documents for use in the Embassy of Taiwan must be authenticated by the US Department of state unless in some cases in export documents.
Embassy Legalization:All documents for use in the Embassy of Taiwan must be legalized by the Taiwan embassy.

Business Taiwan document Legalization:

Example: Letter of Authorization, Agency Agreement, or Declaration of Conformity.

If your document issued by your state is supposed to be certified or attested by your Secretary of State.
US Legalization will do all the steps to have the attestation process to obtain the document legalization from the Embassy of Taiwan .
I.e US Legalization will Certify the document from the secretary of state, Authenticate the document from the US Department of state using , and legalize it from the Embassy of Taiwan.

Document certified or attested by The Secretary of State:

Example: certificate of good standing.

you can choose the case "I have a certified company document from my State". US Legalization will do all the steps to have the attestation process to obtain the legalization from the Embassy of Taiwan.
I.e US Legalization will Authenticate the document from the US Department of state using , and legalize it from the Embassy of Taiwan.

Federal issued document for use in Taiwan embassy:

Example: FDA, USDA, USPTO, a FBI background check .

you can choose the case "I have an original document that has been issued by a federal entity".
US Legalization will do all the steps to have the attestation process to obtain the legalization from the Embassy of Taiwan.
I.e US Legalization will Authenticate the document from the US Department of state, and legalize it from the Embassy of Taiwan.

New Jurisdiction Requirements

Any documents issued by a company or non-federal entities—such as ISO certificates—must be certified according to the new jurisdiction table below.

#	Office	Jurisdiction
1	Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in the United States	Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware
2	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York	New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
3	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Boston	Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island
4	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Chicago	Ohio, Michigan, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota
5	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Seattle	Washington, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, Oregon
6	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in San Francisco	Northern California, Nevada, Utah
7	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Los Angeles	Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona
8	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Atlanta	Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina
9	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Denver	Missouri, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado, Nebraska
10	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Houston	Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi
11	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Miami	Florida, Bermuda Islands, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Bahamas, Dominican Republic
12	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Honolulu	Hawaii, American Samoa, Palmyra Atoll
13	Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Guam	Guam (US), Northern Mariana Islands

Eligible Jurisdictions:

Based on the table above, we can only process documents issued in the following jurisdictions:

Washington, D.C.
Maryland
Virginia
West Virginia
Delaware

If you need assistance certifying a company document issued in one of these five states, we are able to help.

Additional Requirements

The Taiwan Consulate requires four additional certificates to be submitted with each request:

A signed letter of authorization from your company addressed to US Legalization.
A completed and signed request form.
A copy of the signer’s identification.
A signed letter on company letterhead from your supervisor confirming your employment.

State Certification Notes

Your document must be certified by your Secretary of State.
If your document was issued in Washington, D.C., we can certify it through the DC government for an extra $70.
If your document was issued in Maryland, court certification is required, and we can certify it through the state of Maryland for an extra $50.

If your document was issued in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, or Delaware and you can provide the above requirements, please click “Proceed” to continue.