NBI Certification, public notary needed???

[Me&Her 2]

Hi,

My fiancee is going to the PI herself to get the NBI certification because she studied in the PI for two years. I assume the NBI certification is going to be in English, so my question is, does the NBI certification itself needs to be notarized? If so, does it need to be notarized in the PI or in China? Thank you very much in advance!

--JR

[Pinay Wife 47]

My fiancee is going to the PI herself to get the NBI certification because she studied in the PI for two years. I assume the NBI certification is going to be in English, so my question is, does the NBI certification itself needs to be notarized? If so, does it need to be notarized in the PI or in China? Thank you very much in advance!

Private documents are notarized but a NBI clearance is issued by a government body (Philippines) and will be used by a foreign national, hence, it needs to go through an authentication process.

http://ph.china-embassy.org/eng/lsfw/gzrz/t180647.htm

General Principle

All documents originating from the Philippines that are to be served in China, such as Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Power of Attorney, Affidavit etc., should be authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines and finally authenticated by the Chinese Embassy.

Procedure

For official document (such as Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, etc.) should be:

First, issued by relevant authority of the Philippines (such as National Statistics Office)

Second, authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs of Philippines and finally authenticated by the Chinese Embassy .

x x x

 Processing time and fee

To apply for document authentication, please submit your authentication document (original & Xerox), passport and other documents required by the consular officer. The processing time is 4 working days. It is 700 pesos per document for civil documents, 1400 pesos per document for commercial documents.In case of emergency, pay rush fee: next working day additional 1700 pesos, and third working day additional 1100 pesos.

To contact the Chinese Embassy:

Consular Section

The World Center, 330 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City.

Visa section: 0063-2-8482386 (Fax)

0063-2-8482395 (Inquiry,10am-5pm)

Consular Assistance and Protection for Chinese nationals:

0063-2-8482460 (Fax)

0063-2-8482409 (Telephone)

[AbbynSheryl 0]

u dont need to notary the NBI , just take the original in the interview and thats it. good luck, abby n sheryl

[Me&Her 2]

u dont need to notary the NBI , just take the original in the interview and thats it. good luck, abby n sheryl

OK, sorry I didn't not make this clear, thus I have two opposing answers. But to clarify,

My fiancee needs the NBI Certification for a K1 visa to the US, she needs to bring this NBI certification to the US consulate in Guangzhou, China, it is not used by the China's embassy in the PI. So again under this circumstances, do I need to have this NBI certification notarized for being used at the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China? If so, where to get it notarized?

Thank you again!

[Darnell 8,479]

Private documents are notarized but a NBI clearance is issued by a government body (Philippines) and will be used by a foreign national, hence, it needs to go through an authentication process.

http://ph.china-embassy.org/eng/lsfw/gzrz/t180647.htm

General Principle

All documents originating from the Philippines that are to be served in China, such as Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Power of Attorney, Affidavit etc., should be authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs of the Philippines and finally authenticated by the Chinese Embassy.

Procedure

For official document (such as Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, etc.) should be:

First, issued by relevant authority of the Philippines (such as National Statistics Office)

Second, authenticated by the Department of Foreign Affairs of Philippines and finally authenticated by the Chinese Embassy .

x x x

 Processing time and fee

To apply for document authentication, please submit your authentication document (original & Xerox), passport and other documents required by the consular officer. The processing time is 4 working days. It is 700 pesos per document for civil documents, 1400 pesos per document for commercial documents.In case of emergency, pay rush fee: next working day additional 1700 pesos, and third working day additional 1100 pesos.

To contact the Chinese Embassy:

Consular Section

The World Center, 330 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Avenue, Makati City.

Visa section: 0063-2-8482386 (Fax)

0063-2-8482395 (Inquiry,10am-5pm)

Consular Assistance and Protection for Chinese nationals:

0063-2-8482460 (Fax)

0063-2-8482409 (Telephone)

I would agree with all of that, IF the document was to be used by the Chinese Government.

But it's NOT.

The NBI Clearance in PI can be used at any US Consulate in the world - there are many examples of this for Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Israel - from the 'foreign workers ' spouse , who are contract workers IN these countries, and have to show the NBI Clearance at US Embassy on Interview Day.

I say - 'authentication' not required.

[Matt & Bing 56]

OK, sorry I didn't not make this clear, thus I have two opposing answers. But to clarify,

My fiancee needs the NBI Certification for a K1 visa to the US, she needs to bring this NBI certification to the US consulate in Guangzhou, China, it is not used by the China's embassy in the PI. So again under this circumstances, do I need to have this NBI certification notarized for being used at the US Consulate in Guangzhou, China? If so, where to get it notarized?

Thank you again!

As Pinay Wife said, a document issued by a government would never be notarized. A notarization is the certification that YOU signed something.

No notarized signatures are needed in the K-1 process.

Edited January 16, 2010 by Matt & Bing

[Pinay Wife 47]

I would agree with all of that, IF the document was to be used by the Chinese Government.

But it's NOT.

The NBI Clearance in PI can be used at any US Consulate in the world - there are many examples of this for Abu Dhabi, Qatar, Israel - from the 'foreign workers ' spouse , who are contract workers IN these countries, and have to show the NBI Clearance at US Embassy on Interview Day.

I say - 'authentication' not required.

Agreed. NBI clearance from the Philippines can be presented "as is" and authentication is not required IF presented to a US Embassy/Consulate.

[Me&Her 2]

Agreed. NBI clearance from the Philippines can be presented "as is" and authentication is not required IF presented to a US Embassy/Consulate.

Thank you for all of your insights, much appreciated!