Required Document:
1. A completed application form.
2. The photocopy of the applicant's VALID passport or driver’s license.
3. Business documents issued from the Northern California, Nevada, and Utah.
Attention :
* TECO San Francisco only can authenticate documents issued within our consular jurisdiction. Please verify the source/origin of your document before mailing it to us. For example, the FBI background check result must be authenticated by TECRO in Washington DC. Some FDA Certificates issued from Maryland must be authenticated by TECRO in Washington DC as well. Even if your company is located in the Northern California but the company was registered in Maryland, corporation documents may be authenticated by Washington DC.
* All business documents must be notarized by a notary public within the consular jurisdiction ( Northern California, Nevada, and Utah) and then apostilled by Secretary of State. After these steps have been completed, documents may then be sent by mail, brought by a commissioned agent or in person to this office for authentication.
Fee: US $15 per document.
Payment Method : Cash, cashier checks and Money Order (Make it payable to “TECO”). Credit card and personal check are not accepted.
Processing time will take 3 weeks once we receive the application.
Pick up:
1. Please note that we currently are unable to provide pick-up services due to severe backlog of applications and small staff size.
2. Return by mail: please include either a self-addressed and stamped USPS Express Mail Envelope with $33.40 postage, or a priority envelope with $11.90 postage. From now on, we no longer accept UPS, FEDEX return mail.
International EMS postage: $76 (International mail services accepted only to those applicants residing outside the U.S.)
TECO SF is NOT responsible for any lost or damaged mail.
