State Department Of State

Your States Department of State will be located in your states capitol.

To find the contact & fee information concerning notary services for individual State Secretaries of State click here. This link will give you all the information you need on how to obtain a State level notarization.

The States Department of State routinely see these types of requests and this will be the first time you don't get funny looks or asked a lot of questions. Don't forget to find out what days and times your State State Department is open for notary authentications. They may only have a few specific days and times this service is offered.

Have them notarize your Affidavit of Single Status (certificate of marriagability). You will not need anything else notarized from your States State Department. Your birth certificate and your police report are both issued by the state and will already have state level notary seals on them. You do not have to take either of them back to your Clerk of the Courts office.

On this site you will find these needed items:  Chinese Visas, International Marriage

• K3 Visa Forms
• Why you need an Affidavit of Single Status.
• The difference between a Hukou and a Ming Zhen Ju.
• How to obtain a Police Report or Gold Seal Letter Visa.
• American government forms needed for K3 and K1 Visas.
• Visa Interview questions.
• What you need to bring to the K3 Visa interview at the Chinese Consulate.
• First hand accounts of people who have actually married in China and gone through the Visa interview process from start to finish.