OF SINGAPORE DOCUMENTS TO BE USED IN CHINA
Legalisation of Government Documents
All documents issued by the Singapore Government
Departments (eg. Registry of Marriage Certificates, Birth Certificates
and Educational Certificates from local government schools) in their
original text will be directly legalised by Ministry of Foreign
Affairs (MFA). However, computer generated documents eg. Registrar of
Marriage Search, Certificate of Making Decree Nisi Absolute, Adoption
Petition, Business Profile from ACRA etc, must be certified by the
issuing department first before presenting to MFA for legalisation.
For legalisation of true copies, please present the
photocopy together with the original document for verification.
After the legalisation by MFA, the documents should then be brought
to the Chinese Embassy in Singapore for authentication. For more
details, visit the website of the
Chinese
Embassy in Singapore.
Legalisation of Non-Government Documents
Non-government documents (foreign / private /
company documents) for use overseas to be legalised as follows:
1) Notarised by a Notary Public (any law firm
offering notarial services).
To be issued with a notarial certificate.
2) Certified by the Singapore Academy of Law
Address: 1 Supreme Court Lane,
Level 6, Singapore 178879
Tel: 6332 4388
Fax: 6334 4940
3) Proceed to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) for
legalisation.
Commercial documents such as Invoices, Bills of
Sales, Certificates of Origin, Fumigation certificates, etc should be
certified or seen by any of the four Chambers of Commerce
(International, Chinese, Indian & Malay) or the Singapore
Manufacturers' Association before presenting to MFA for legalisation.
4) After the legalisation by MFA, the documents should then be
brought to the Chinese Embassy in Singapore for authentication. For
more details, visit the website of the
Chinese
Embassy in Singapore.
ATTESTATION OF SIGNATURES
For documents which require
your signature in the presence of a Consular Officer, please call the
Consulate-General at 6278 556 ext: 8101/8102 to make an appointment. Please bring
along your passport/NRIC for verification of identity.
Fees (with effect from 1 Jan 2007)
Certify True Copy of Documents: RMB 22 for first
copy, RMB 11 for each additional copy.
Statutory Declaration : RMB 26
Notarial Certificate: RMB 51