Incorporated city · Santa Clara County
Residents, families, schools, and organizations in Palo Alto can use private mail-in assistance for eligible U.S. documents intended for use in China. The issuing official and signature—not the customer's address—determine the competent authority.
Start an OrderPalo Alto documents may come from a county office, court, school, notary, business, another state, or a federal agency. Each source can require a different preparation route.
Possible record sources: Stanford University. No affiliation is implied.
Confirm the record, issuing office, notarization state, and intended use in China.
California, another U.S. state, and federal documents use different competent authorities.
Obtain the eligible original, certified copy, or correctly notarized document.
For vital records, complete county-clerk certification only when that specific official's signature requires it.
Choose Standard, Expedited, or Express service on the secure main site.
Use the mailing address and document checklist shown in your account.
Send documents only to the case-specific address displayed in the customer account.
We review eligibility, submit, track, and securely return completed documents.
Create an order first. We review the document source and signature, identify the correct state or federal authority, and then provide case-specific mailing instructions.
No. The issuing office, issuing or notarizing state, and state-or-federal status determine the authority—not the customer's address.
No. Create an order first and use only the case-specific mailing instructions displayed in your account.
Prepare the eligible original, certified copy, or correctly notarized document, create an order, and follow the mailing instructions in your account. Eligible California signatures generally use the California Secretary of State.
The California Secretary of State issues Apostilles for eligible California signatures. Apostille for China is a private document-assistance service, not that agency.
Yes. Create an order first and wait for the case-specific mailing address displayed in your account.
Often, if the certified copy and official signature meet current California requirements. A hospital keepsake certificate is not the official vital record.
Not always. The answer depends on the official signature shown on the certified copy. Some local registrar or health-officer signatures may need county-clerk certification, while eligible county-recorder, county-clerk, or State Registrar signatures can follow a different route.
Create the order first; your account will show the case-specific mailing instructions.
Requirements can vary by government office, school, bank, court, or other recipient in China. Confirm the required document version, translation, issue date, and attachments before ordering. Any sample is for reference only and is not an official Apostille.
