American Citizen Services

Notary Services

Office Hours

9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Monday through Friday except on Malaysian and American holidays.

Notary and Authentication services (legalization of documents) are currently available to all U.S. passport holders. Foreign nationals with documents destined for use in the United States may also use this service. The ACS unit provides notary services that any notary public is required or authorized by law to be performed within the United States.

Please note that if a witness is required, you will need to bring someone with proper identification. Consular staff cannot serve as witnesses.

All blank spaces (other than for signatures) must be adequately filled in before the document(s) are brought in to be notarized. Documents with blanks or missing materials referenced in the text cannot be notarized. Please do NOT sign the documents until instructed to do so by the notarizing consular officer.

Please bring the following to the ACS unit when requesting notary services:

1. The documents to be notarized, including attachments, if any.
2. Your passport and one other photo identification.
3. Witnesses, if required.
4. $30.00 or the equivalent in Malaysian ringgit for the first seal, and $20.00 for each additional seal provided at the same time in connection with the same transaction. Notary fees can be paid in cash or by credit card.

What is Authentication?

An authentication is the placing of the consular seal over the seal of a foreign authority whose seal and signature is on file with an American Embassy or Consulate. A consular authentication in no way attests to the authenticity of the contents of a document but merely to the seal and signature of the issuing authority.

Examples of Notary/Authentication Acts

• Acknowledgment: To "acknowledge" is to admit, affirm, or declare; to recognize one's acts, assuming obligation or incurring responsibility. For example, if you sign a deed before a notarial officer, you acknowledge your signature.
• Oath: Any form of an attestation by which a person signifies that he or she is bound in conscience to perform an act faithfully and truthfully. A person who intentionally makes false statements under oath before a U.S. consular official is punishable for perjury (22 U.S.C. 4221).
• Affirmation: A solemn and formal declaration that an affidavit is true, that the witness will tell the truth, etc.
• Affidavit: A written or printed declaration or statement of facts, made voluntarily, and confirmed by the oath or affirmation of the person making it, taken before an officer having authority to administer such an oath.
• Attestation: The act of witnessing an instrument in writing, at the request of the party executing the document, and subscribing it as a witness.
  Corporate Acknowledgment: Officials of corporations who desire to execute an instrument in their capacity as corporate officials before a consular notarizing officer must present adequate proof of their corporate identity.

The ACS unit does not provide true copies or translations of academic credentials, college transcripts or diplomas.

For information on authentication of American academic credentials for use abroad, click here.

For more information on notary and authentication services, click here.