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Chinese notary services (公证), arranged in Shanghai

From a no-criminal-record certificate for a visa to a power of attorney for selling property, Chinese official matters usually run through a notary office (公证处). Our partner service in Shanghai handles the full process — which notarization you need, what materials to prepare, and how to make the certificate valid abroad.

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Going abroad? These are the usual requests

Immigration, overseas jobs, studying and marrying abroad all run on notarized Chinese documents. The most requested:

No criminal record (无犯罪记录)

Required for most work and residence visas.

Birth & kinship (出生 · 亲属关系)

For immigration, family reunification and inheritance abroad.

Marital status (未婚 / 已婚 / 离婚)

For marrying abroad or spousal visas.

Degrees & transcripts (学历 · 学位)

For overseas employers and universities.

Since November 2023, China is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention — for most member countries, a notarized document plus an apostille replaces the old consular-legalization chain. The coordinator confirms the exact requirement for your destination country.

Step-by-step guides for the most requested types

Full requirements for the notarizations international users ask for most — who can apply, the exact document checklist, published fees and the apostille chain. All drawn from the Shanghai Notary Association's standardized application guides.

No-criminal-record notarization (无犯罪记录公证)Birth notarization — born in wedlock (出生公证)Birth notarization — born out of wedlock (出生公证・非婚生)Single-status notarization — never married (未婚公证)Single-status notarization — not remarried (未再婚公证)Marriage certificate notarization (结婚证公证)Divorce certificate notarization (离婚证公证)Diploma notarization (毕业证书公证)Degree certificate notarization (学位证书公证)Academic transcript notarization (成绩单公证)Kinship notarization — immediate family (亲属关系公证)Kinship notarization for inheritance (亲属关系公证・用于继承)Power of attorney to buy property (委托购房公证)Power of attorney to sell property (委托售房公证)Power of attorney — other matters (其他委托公证)Declaration renouncing inheritance (放弃继承声明公证)Statutory inheritance of real estate (不动产法定继承公证)Proof-of-life notarization (生存公证)Name notarization — former names and aliases (姓名公证)Driver's license notarization (驾驶证公证)

The full catalog — 180 notarization types

The partner service works from the Shanghai Notary Association's standardized procedures. Everything below is available; ask about anything you don't see.

Personal & civil status

Birth, death, survival, marital status, kinship, name, residence, household registration, guardianship, fingerprints.

Education & career

Diplomas from high school to master's, degree certificates, transcripts, professional qualifications, work experience, job titles.

Certificates & records

No-criminal-record, ID, passport, household booklet, marriage and divorce certificates, income and tax status.

Declarations & powers of attorney

POAs for buying, selling or mortgaging property, loan matters, declarations, renouncing inheritance, signature and seal authenticity.

Contracts & family agreements

Property sale and lease contracts, loans and mortgages, prenuptial and marital-property agreements, custody and adoption.

Inheritance & wills

Statutory and testamentary inheritance of real property and movables, will validity, bequests, small estates.

Evidence preservation

Web pages, email, SMS and WeChat records, audio and video, photos, purchases — including IP-infringement evidence.

Corporate & commercial

Articles of association, shareholder resolutions, equity matters, legal-representative status, tenders, lotteries and draws, patent and trademark contracts, escrow.

Search all 180 notarization types

Every standardized type in the Shanghai catalog. Search in English, Chinese or Japanese — paste the Chinese term from any checklist a foreign authority gave you.

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Types without a guide page are fully supported too — send an enquiry and the coordinator confirms the requirements from the official application guide.

How it works

Tell us what you need

Describe the document and the country it's for — the coordinator identifies the exact notarization type and translation requirements.

Prepare the materials

You receive a precise checklist for your case: identity documents plus the item-specific materials from the official application guide.

Notary office handling

Application, statutory review and verification at the Shanghai notary office. Fees follow government-set or posted market rates, quoted before you commit.

Certificate & apostille

You receive the notarial certificate — with an apostille or consular legalization arranged when the document is for use abroad.

The partner service is based in Shanghai. Notarial acts are performed by licensed notaries at the notary office — this site explains the process and arranges the service, and is not itself a notary.

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