Friday, February 17, 2006

What We Can Do for You

We can save you the frustration you will develop in trying to get your business papers processed for use in Vietnam. Many people try to perform this "authentication" process on their own. Their end results included lost documents, coerced favors from friends/family, and lengthy processing times of up to 1 year! We have gone through the authentication process several times on our own. After also performing it for friends, we have become quite proficient at getting the documents processed and ready within 3-6 weeks. Save yourself one less hassle in getting settled into Vietnam.

A common problem for Americans coming to Vietnam involves obtaining a criminal record report. Every American who works in Vietnam now needs one from the USA, in order to obtain their work permit in Vietnam. There are essentially either of two types you can submit: an FBI federal background check, or a local/state police background check. The vietnam government accepts either one for your Vietnam working papers. The FBI federal background check involves submitting fingerprints on a standardized form, that has to be submitted to a federal US agency. The local/state police background check is a lot easier to obtain. For your local police background check, you just need to call your local police department of an address that you had resided in the past as a permanet resident. Some of them are willing to provide your background check report after just receiving your identification information over the telephone or through their website. In that case, you just need to find out where your local police department was... the easiest way to do that is via the Yahoo Yellow Pages. After you get your police report, just submit it to Expat Paper Works, and we'll authenticate it too!

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

Breakdown of Charges

Usual processing time of 3-6 weeks (depending on public holidays for USA and Vietnam).

Fed Ex from Vietnam to USA

$60 usd/ 1-4 docs



Document Notarization of Authentication

$20 usd/ document

Courier service to this office

$60 usd/ 1-2 docs

State Secretary Authentication

$6 usd/ document

Courier service to this office

$60 usd/ 1-2 docs

Fed Ex from Boston to D.C.

$20 usd/ 1-4 docs



Washington D.C. State Authentication Office seal

$6 usd/ document

Courier service to this office

$60 usd/ 1-2 docs

Vietnamese Embassy seal

$50 usd/ document

Courier service to this office

$60 usd/ 1-2 docs

Fed Ex from USA to Vietnam

$60 usd/ 1-4 docs