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Legal-Eaze™ Legal Form Preparation Without a Lawyer International Adoption Specialists and Business Couriers www.Legal-Eaze.com |
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If you have documents that you would like rushed through government offices in NYC like the NY Secretary of State or any of the foreign Consulates, we have a courier service that can work with you! Overview After you have compiled your dossier and are ready to begin authentication, you can choose to have your documents hand-delivered to various NYC government offices to obtain seals. We service the following venues in NYC for the authentication of documents: · County Clerks of NYC (Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn only) · NY Secretary of State · All Consulates located in NYC IMPORTANT COURIER INSTRUCTIONS The NYC Chinese Consulate will only process documents from the States of: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT The NYC Guatemala Consulate will only process documents from the States of: CT, NJ, NY, PA NYC Courier Service Includes · Reviewing documents for accuracy. · Obtaining all seals by County Clerks, NY Secretary of State, and any foreign Consulate located in NYC. · Hand delivery and pick up of all documents. *Our courier service is limited to within the boundaries of Manhattan; however we also service the county clerks of Brooklyn and the Bronx. All services are provided without regard to the state of residence of the adoptive parents or the country in which the adoption will take place. All documents are given same (if possible) or next day treatment. Documents are hand delivered to all NYC offices. All information contained in the documents are treated as CONFIDENTIAL.
Legal-Eaze Fees for NYC Courier Service* · County Clerk — 1-6 documents, $90; each document thereafter is an additional $15/document. · Secretary of State — 1-6 documents, $90; each document thereafter is an additional $15/document. · Consulate — 1-6 documents, $90; each document thereafter is an additional $15/document. *additional costs apply, e.g., fees charged by county, state, federal offices and/or foreign consulates; fees for overnight mail services (you may provide a pre-paid mailer, a FedEx account number, or you can be billed $30 per shipment); photocopies ($.50/page).
Instructions Complete the NYC Authentication Request Form and mail it to the Legal-Eaze NYC Office. E-mail or call Mr. Chris Moore at (845) 642-2990 before sending the documents so he knows they are coming and can plan to accommodate them. Documents originating from states other than NY must be state-sealed in the originating state before they can be submitted to any Consulate (this includes birth certificates). If you need assistance with state authentication in any state besides New York, email the Legal-Eaze CT Office for instructions. Mailing Instructions · Send documents to our New York City Office by overnight mail (preferably FedEx), letting us know which country they are for. · All fees can be paid by one check payable to “Legal-Eaze”. Disbursements to government agencies made directly by Legal-Eaze. No need to obtain money orders! · Click here for Fees for Secretary of State. · Click here for Fees for Chinese Consulate/Embassy*. · Click here for Fees for Guatemala Consulate/Embassy. · Make sure to include a FedEx account number for use in mailing your documents. · Make your best estimate on fees due. Additional fees owed (if any) will be billed to you upon completion of service. We will not hold up the authentication of your paperwork! Please complete overnight airbills with your contact info in both the “To” and “From” sections. NOTE: Our NYC office cannot accept deliveries before 9 AM Questions? Contact us by phone or email. *All documents being submitted to the NYC Chinese Consulate for authentication must now be accompanied by a complete photocopy, meaning each and every page of every document must be copied. This is effective as of 6/12/09. |
