Notaries
Types of Services
Notaries
Consular officers at the U.S. Embassy are authorized to perform certain notarial services, including taking acknowledgements of signatures on documents for use in the United States (such as deeds, powers of attorney, and bills of sale) and taking affidavits. The fee for notarial services is $30 or 9 Kuwaiti dinars for the first page and $20 or 6 dinars for every additional page. Please bring two forms of identification as well as the ENTIRE document to be notarized.
Authentications
Consular officers may only authenticate the stamp and seal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the State of Kuwait on documents for use in the United States. The document should be taken to the Ministry’s Consular Department in Shuwaikh for this seal and then brought to the U.S. Embassy.
Authentications for U.S. documents must be done in the United States. American documents should be authenticated at the state level in the United States; then sent to the Department of State in Washington, D.C; and finally sent to the foreign embassy (Kuwaiti Embassy) in Washington, D.C. Information on how to do this is available at http://travel.state.gov/law/info/judicial/judicial_701.html. American citizens planning to reside in Kuwait with their family members (spouse, children) should have their U.S. documents (marriage certificate, children’s birth certificates, divorce decrees, custody orders, degrees) authenticated before coming to Kuwait.
True Copies
The Consular Section does not certify true copies, except in the case of applications for taxpayer identification numbers. In this case, the fee for a certified true copy is $30 or 9 Kuwaiti dinars for the first page and $20 or 6 KD for every additional page. The original tax form and passport should be brought to the Embassy for the appointment.
Translations
The Consular Section is not permitted to translate documents, certify to the correctness of translations, or authenticate translators’ signatures.
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**Note: Please bring two forms of identification for all services.