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Arab American Chamber of Commerce

Commercial Documents

Legal Documents

Commercial Documents
(Applied only for certificates of origin and commercial invoices)

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.
3. Any other related documents required by the Letter of Credit (L/C) to be certified and legalized.

Procedure: 1. We will certify (C/O) and (C/I) from the chamber of commerce.
2. We will legalize the documents from the U.A.E. embassy in Washington DC.

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

Charges and Payment methods:

Please insert the total amount of the invoice and click on calculate. :

$  
In detail, the fee is based from adding the 4 following charges: 
1- $75.00 for our service fee .
2- $50.00 for chamber of commerce certification fee.  {25.00}for C/O and {25.00}for C/I .
3- $30.00 U.A.E. embassy charges $30.00 to legalize the certificate of origin (C/O).
4- $1.00 Money order fee
5-

Depending on the total dollar amount of the invoice, the legalization charge for the commercial invoice (C/I) of  the U.A.E. embassy is :

From $1          to   $2,702 $30
From $2,703   to  $8,108 $60
From $8,109  to $16,216 $120
From $16,217  to $24,324 $180
From $24,325  to $40,540 $240
From $40,541  to $67,567 $300
From $67,568  to $135,135 $390
From $135,136  to $270,270 $450
From $270,271  and $540,540 $600
From $540,541 and above: 2% of Invoice Amount
Please pay the total charges  to the Arab American Chamber of Commerce.
We will accept a company check, money order, or cashier's check.

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 any other commercial document. 


Legal Documents



Required Documents : The original document, or a copy, notarized from the notary public. 

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 U.A.E. embassy in Washington DC.

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

Charges and Payment Methods: The U.A.E. Embassy charges $600.00 to certify each of the following documents:
Commercial Power of Attorney, Commercial Agreements, Registration Certificate,  Article of Incorporation, & many other types of commercial documents. 
Our charge to legalize the document is $98.00   This amount covers the following fees:
1.  Our service fee . {$80.00}
2.  Notary public and Court certification fee. {$5.00}
3.  Secretary of State fee . {$5.00}
4.  Department of State fee . {$8.00}
Please pay the total of  $691.00  to the Arab American Chamber of Commerce.
We will accept a company check, money order, or cashier's check.

 In case if you have more than one document, AACC will cut the service fee to be $50.00 instead of $75.00 for each additional document. Example: If you have 2 documents, the embassy charge will be $600 + $600 = $1200 and our charge will be $91 + $66 = $157.00. Total will be $1357.00


In Case if your document is:  Certificate of Free Sale, Certificate of Analysis, School Transcript / Diploma, Birth Certificate, or any other types of personal documents the embassy charge will be $30.00
The total charge to legalize the document is $129.00   This amount covers the following fees:
1.  Our service fee . {$80.00}
2.  Notary public & Court fee. {$5.00}
3.  Secretary of State fee . {$5.00}
4.  Department of State fee . {$8.00}
5.  Money order fee . {$1.00}
6.  UAE Embassy charge . {$30.00}

Please pay the total of  $123.00  to the Arab American Chamber of Commerce.
We will accept a company check, personal check,  money order, or cashier's check. 

In case if you have more than one document, AACC will cut the service fee to be $50.00 instead of  $75.00 for each additional document. Example: If you have 2 documents, the embassy charge will be $30 + $30 = $60 and our charge will be $92 + $67 = $159.00. Total will be $219.00


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.

Copyright © 1999, 2008 Arab American Chamber of Commerce.