The Iraqi Commercial Attache’ in Washington DC will ONLY certify

The Certificate of Origins & Commercial Invoices

 

Other documents will be certify directly from

The Consulate Office in the  Embassy  

 

Legalization of Steps at the Iraqi Commercial Attache'

1. All exported goods to Iraq from USA must have a certificate of origin, certified by the Iraq Commercial Attaché in Washington DC.

2. Notarize applicable documents.

3. Then, the documents must be certified from secretary of the state where the document has been issued (for example: if a certificate of origin has been issued from the state of California, you must certify the document in the State of California). 

4. Certificate of origin & all commercial invoices must be stamped from the chamber of commerce in the state where the document has been issued.

5. Inspection certificate.

6. Health Certificates Must be attached when exporting Food or drugs to Iraq.     

7. The documents will then need to be sent to the  U.S. Department of State: 

Authentication Office

518 23rd Street, 
NW Sa-1 Columbia Plaza
Washington, DC 20037
Tel (202) 647- 5002
Fax (202) 663-3636

Email: AOPRGSMAUTH@STATE.GOV
WWW.STATE.GOV 

 

8. Documents must then be delivered to the Iraqi Commercial Office either by courier or mail (DHL, FedEx, etc…) with a pre-paid return envelope and a copy for each page of all the documents.

Iraq Commercial Office
1155 15th Street NW Suite #1100
Washington, DC 20005 

9. All commercial documents including the original certificate of origin must be enclosed with a $160.00 for each document (MONEY ORDER ONLY) made payable to Iraqi Embassy/Commercial Office.  

10. All the documents submitted for legalization MUST include the full address of the company in the USA (physical address: Building Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code) in additional to the official telephone and Fax numbers, email, and the company website.  

11. Documents will finally be legalized and ready to be picked up (or sent back) within 3-5 business days

 

Important New Instructions:

 

Prior to authenticate any Certificate of Origin or Invoices, the Iraqi Commercial Attache’ needs to view some documents such as : Bill of lading for goods,  Inspection certificate and /or  Insurance policy on the shipment of goods, certified by the Consular Section at the Iraqi Embassy in the United States or the country of origin.

 

 

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To Register your company or to incorporate a branch or a representation in Iraq please go to

 

 

bsr.mot.gov.iq/English/default.htm