American Citizen Services Outreach

[jtaylo69]

U.S. CONSULATE GENERAL

GUANGZHOU

American Citizen Services Outreach

Nanning - October 24, 2005

 

The Consulate General will offer American Citizen Services (ACS) at

the following location on October 24:

 

Location Date and

Time

Nanning Majestic Hotel

October 24, 2005

No. 38 Xin Min Road

Nanning, China

2:00pm-5:00pm

Tel: 86 0771-2118988

 

ACS will provide the following:

 

SERVICES

** Additional Passport Pages

*1st Time Passport Applications / Passport Renewal

Notarial services

Registration with the U.S. Consulate

 

INFORMATION

Medical/Legal Services in South China

Warden Program

IRS Tax Information

Federal Benefit Information

Voter registration Information

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR PASSPORT RENEWAL/ADDITIONAL PAGES

 

All applicants for passport renewal must apply in person,

including minors under 14 years old.

(All forms cited below are available on line at

http://travel.state.gov> or at the Consulate)

 

1. Provide two (2) recent passport photographs

(2" x 2" = 5 x 5 cm). They must be with a full frontal view

(without head covering), and light background.

 

2. Completed passport application form (DS-82 for adults and DS-11 for children under 16 years of age).

 

3. Previous passport will be canceled and returned when the applicant picks up his/her new passport.

 

4. Original or certified copy of Birth Certificate for minors under 14.

 

5. Pictures showing child's facial development from the year when the expiring passport was issued to the year of application for minors under 14.

 

6. Required fees total US$67.00 for adults, and US$82.00 for minors under 16.

 

Please note that Effective April 8, 2002, all passport applications

must be forwarded to a domestic U.S. passport facility for issuance.

Currently it takes about two weeks to issue a passport.

 

Please also note that Effective July 2, 2001, the law requires that

both parents must appear and sign the passport application of children

under age 14. If only one parent executes the application, that parent

must submit evidence of sole authority to apply, otherwise submit the

other parent's notarized Form DS-3053 or notarized written statement of

consent (including the child's name and date of birth, as well as parent's

identification information or a copy of his/her ID) authorizing

passport issuance for the child. A third-party in loco parentis applying on

behalf of a minor under the age of 14 must submit a notarized written

statement or affidavit from both parents or the parent having sole custody of the child authorizing passport issuance.

 

** For additional pages to you current U.S. passport. Form DS-19 must be used to request additional visa pages. U.S. passport holders over age 14 must personally sign the form but do not have to come in person to request this service. Instead, they may send someone else with the application form and passport. No authorization letter is required.

 

For minor children under 14, both parents must appear and sign the passport application. Child's original of certified copy of birth certificate must be presented. If only one parent executes the application, that parent must submit evidence of sole authority to apply, otherwise submit the other parent's notarized Form DS-3053 or notarized written statement of consent. Child is not required to appear for this service.

 

 

 

American Citizen Services

U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou

Tel: (86-20) 8518-7605

Fax: (86-20) 3884-4410

Email: GuangzhouACS@state.gov

 

This email is UNCLASSIFIED based upon the provisions of E.O. 12958

[HanLi]

How often do they have these offerings?

[Guest ShaQuaNew]

Perhaps we could pin this information for those of us needing it later?

[cosmiclobster]

wow, nice find!

Looks like our consulate is making some effort to address the needs of Americans in China. Now if they would do this in Beijing and Shanghai and a few (dozen) other cities on a rotating basis, they would really have something going!

I am of course very grateful that they are at least doing this much!

 

Hopefully it will be a big help to those just starting out the process!!

[jtaylo69]

They do this once every month and yes it is on a rotating basis. They do have them in Beijing, Hong Kon, Shedzen, Shanghi, & Various others.

 

I get this monthly update because I had contacted my Senator many months ago & insisted of being kept in the loop on anything that pertained to Americans in China. So now, once or twice a month, they forward the information to my email box