What is "document authentication"? 什麼是文件證明

Government offices require that foreign issued documents be authenticated before can be accepted.  

文件證明是國際通行使文件產生跨國公信力的方式. 

Foreign documents such as birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce decree, death certificate, etc. require translation and notary, before going through the document authentication process at TECO.  

外國文件包括出生證明, 結婚證書, 離婚文件, 死亡證明, 皆須先翻譯成正體中文及公證, 然後再到經文處辦理文件證明.

Household Registration Offices or local municipal offices can accept only properly translated/notarized/authenticated traditional Chinese written language documents.  

中華民國戶政事務單位只接受完成TECO文件證明的正體中文之文書; 無法接受外文版本 (英, 法, 德, 意, 西, 葡, 俄, 日, 韓, 泰, 越南, 菲律賓, 印尼, 馬來, 緬, 阿拉伯, 等多國文字). 

美國矽谷灣區美譯翻譯公證  Bay Area US and Taiwan document translation and notary:  https://sites.google.com/site/ameritrantranslationservices/

TECO Document Authentication process and steps 文件證明步驟

TECO SF 本處領務轄區(北加州、內華達州及猶他州)內政府核發之文件.

Document authentication required steps:

•  Have the government issued original document ready.  

           申請好當地政府核發正本.

• Get it translated to traditional Chinese language.  Have the translated document notarized by a notary public of Northern California, Nevada, or Utah.  

       在舊金山經文處轄區內完成翻譯公證.

• Bring all these documents to TECO SF or Sunnyvale Culture Center to do document authentication. 

       攜正本, 和完成公證之譯件, 親至或郵寄至經文處辦理文件證明.

When after the process is complete, you bring the documents back to Taiwan and can be used immediately. 

回台即可辦理戶籍登記或變更.

Recommended timeline:

•  Have the documents translated and notarized: 5 to 6 weeks ahead of your trip to Taiwan.
•  Complete TECO document verification/authentication:  3 to 4 weeks ahead of your trip to Taiwan.  

美國矽谷灣區美譯翻譯公證 Bay Area US and Taiwan document translation and notary:  https://sites.google.com/site/ameritrantranslationservices/