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CONSULAR
CERTIFICATIONS
The Consulate General of Peru in Atlanta only legalizes
the documents which has been already legalized by the
County Clerk or the Register of Deeds of any of the
following States: Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina and Tennessee.
You may instead
follow the simplified procedure, which required to use
the services of one of the local notaries that are
registered at the Consulate. To read details about this
procedure,
click here
(instructions
are in Spanish).
Adoptions, Diplomas and Transcripts
Nevertheless, when the documents to be legalized by the
Consulate are referred to Adoptions, Diplomas and
Transcripts the INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION or GREAT
SEAL issued by the Secretary of State of the state where
the document was originally issued will be required.
The
Apostille: Peru is not a Hague Convention country yet
Peru ratified in January 2010 its membership to The "Hague
Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization
for Foreign Public Documents"
but the agreement will be valid only since September 30th,
2010.
Therefore, according to US and International Laws, all
documents originated in USA which are going to be used
in Peru, MUST obtain:
·
The
certification issued by the County Clerk or the Register
of Deeds or
·
The
International Certification
issued by the Secretary of State
of the state where the document was originally issued,
when this document is referred to
Adoptions,
Diplomas and Transcripts
Consular Fees
1.
Legalization of foreign individual’s signature: Consular
fee: US$ 25 each document.
2.
Legalization of corporation’s representative’s signature:
US$ 80 each document.
3.
Legalization of foreign authority’s signature: US$ 30
each document, if the document belongs to an individual
and US$ 80 each document, if the document belongs to a
corporation.
Consular certifications by mail
Yes. If you choose to do this by post, you must send to
the Consulate the following:
-
Documents
ready to be certifed/legalized by the Consulate
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Money Order to the order of “CONSULATE OF PERU”.
Please, calculate carefully the consular fees that
will be applied in order to avoid delays.
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Prepaid envelope (from the Consulate to you) in order
to send back your documents once they have been
legalized by the Consulate. You can use the services
of any of these companies: USPS (at least Priroty mai),
FEDEX or UPS.
Documents and Money Order must be sent to:
Consulate of Peru in
Atlanta
4360
Chamblee Dunwoody Rd. Suite 580, Atlanta, GA
30341-1049
You may instead
follow the simplified procedure, which required to use
the services of one of the local notaries that are
registered at the Consulate. To read details about this
procedure,
click here
(instructions
are in Spanish).
Secretaries of State
Alabama
Secretary of State. Document Authentication
Phone. 334.242.7224
http://www.sos.state.al.us/authenticate/index.htm
Georgia
Office of Secretary of State, Elections Division
Notaries Public & Document Certification
Phone 404.656.2871
Fax: 404.651.9531
http://www.sos.state.ga.us/administration/notary.htm
North
Carolina
Notary Public Section
Phone 919.807.2219
http://www.secretary.state.nc.us/authen/
South
Carolina
Notaries & Apostilles
Phone 803.734.2512
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/forms/apos.pdf
Tennessee
Notary Commission Unit
Phone 615.741.0531
Fax
615.741.7310
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/bus_svc/notary.htm
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