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Arab American Chamber of Commerce

Commercial Documents

Legal Documents

Commercial Documents
(Applied only for certificates of origin and commercial invoices)
You may
not certify a certificate of origin without an invoice.
You may not certify an invoice without a
certificate of origin.


Required Documents : 1. Original certificate of origin (C/O)  notarized by a local notary public.
2. Original commercial invoice (C/I) notarized by a local notary public.

Procedure: 1. We will re-notarize the documents.
2. We will certify it from the state court.
3. We will certify it from the Secretary of State.
4. We will certify it from the authentication office, Department of State.
5. We will drop the documents at the Yemen embassy in Washington DC.
6. We will pickup the documents seven days later and return them to you via your pre-paid airway bill.

Approximate turn around time: Five business days. (does not include mailing time).

Charges and Payment methods: Send a company check or money order for $230.00 to the order of "Arab American Chamber of Commerce"
This amount covers the following fees:
1.  Our service fee .  {$80.00}
2.  Chamber of Commerce fee. {$50.00} ($25.00 for C/I & $25.00 for C/O)
3.  Kuwait embassy charge to legalize (C/I).  {$40.00}
4.  Kuwait embassy charge to legalize (C/O). {$60.00}
In case you need to certify only certificate of origin, the charge will be: $160.00
Embassy of Kuwait will not certify an invoice without the certificate of origin. 

Mailing:
If you are using  FedEx, -DHL- or -UPS  : Please send an extra self addressed airway bill (make sure that it has your account number on it and that you have signed it).  There is no need to send the envelope.

Arab American Chamber of Commerce
1615 Bay Head Rd. Annapolis MD 21409

We do not accept USPS Priority Mail.
We accept regular mail, but we do not recommend or guarantee. 
 

  • AACC is not responsible for damaged, delayed or lost mail. Please keep a copy of your money order receipts. 

Click here if you want to know the procedure for issuing a Certificate of Origin or for general information on any other commercial document. 


Legal Documents



Required Documents : The original document notarized from the notary public.
Every personal document should be attached with a copy of passport which belongs to the owner of the document. 

Procedure: 1. We will re-notarize the document.
2. We will certify it from the state court.
3. We will certify it from the Secretary of State.
4. We will certify it from the authentication office, Department of State.
5. We will legalize the documents from the Kuwait embassy in Washington DC.

Approximate turn around time: Five business days. (does not include mailing time).

Charges and Payment methods: Send company check or money order for $118.00 to the order of "Arab American Chamber of Commerce"
This amount covers the following fees:
1.  Our service fee .  {$80.00}
2.  Notary public and court fee.  {$5.00}
3.  Secretary of State fee .  {$5.00}
4.  Department of State fee . {$8.00}
5.  Kuwait embassy charge .  {$20.00}

Charges for additional documents: Each additional document costs $78.00  ($20.00 embassy charge $5.00 Notary public and court certification fee + $5.00 Secretary of State fee +  $8.00 Department of State fee + $40.00 service fee ).

Mailing: If you are using  FedEx, -DHL- or -UPS : Please send an extra self addressed airway bill (make sure that it has your account number on it and that you have signed it).  There is no need to send the envelope.

Arab American Chamber of Commerce
1615 Bay Head Rd. Annapolis MD 21409

We do not accept USPS Priority Mail. 
We accept regular mail, but we do not recommend or guarantee. 

  • AACC is not responsible for damaged, delayed or lost mail. Please keep a copy of your money order receipts. 

If you need further assistance, e-mail your request to: legalization@arabchamber.org .
We will respond within 24 hours.
Or, you can contact the Arab American Chamber of Commerce, Certification Department at: 1-888-999-5991 for instant assistance.

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