When contacting the American University Registration Office to apply for a diploma and transcripts, please be sure to tell them that the documents need to be used in China and certified by the Secretary of State and the Consulate, so they should also be notarized.

Generally speaking, schools with more international students can operate online. There will be detailed steps on the school website.

Basic procedures for consular certification of academic degree certificates and transcripts:

1. Handling academic degree certificate transcripts from the school requires the school to do notarization at the same time.

1a。 County staff certification (this step is not required in most States).

Some states (Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland) apply for the certification of county secretaries before applying for the certification of secretary of state. And it is generally limited to documents notarized by notaries.

2. Secretary of State certification

3. Only within the jurisdiction of the Washington DC Embassy in the State Council, USA.

If the documents are finally sent to the China Embassy in Washington, D.C. for authentication, the State Council's authentication is required.

Certificates from other consular States, such as Houston, do not need this step.

4. Certification of China Consulate in the United States.

Consular certification should be handled in strict accordance with the jurisdiction of the consulate, because the signature and seal of the secretary of state of each state are only filed in one consulate.

When deciding which consulate to apply for certification, it depends on which state issued the academic degree certificate transcript, not your current residence.