Gigi has been my go to person whenever my family does a big trip. She would arrange almost…read moreeverything for me and will work to find me the best rates. Highly recommend this company as they take the time to understand what I want and make the best effort to help.

dorothy is no longer there but i got loretta who was just as great in making plane reservations to…read morethailand, cannot say enough how great they are at supertime travel

My passport was expired and i need to go home asap in the Philippines. She was so helpful to give…read moreme information how to get a travel document. She even booked me immediately far less cheaper than what i was inquiring from other airline ticketing agents. She also did an extra mile to call me in the Philippines if i was able to get my passport done. Thanks Nini. I highly reccomend.

I highly recommend Bay Document Services and Phillip Monares for your visa/passport services…read more I decided to visit my son who lives in NE China this coming spring. The most daunting part of planning is the Visa for entering China. I chose Bay Document Services and I am so pleased with the owner, Phillip Monares. He answered the phone when I called to enquire. He followed up via text messages to answer any questions that I had about the process. Parts of my application were rejected and Phillip explained what to do. He was right there through the whole process! My passport and China Visa were returned to me today. I am ready for my trip. (I diddled around getting the application to the embassy, and then had to wait for the Chinese New Year closure to pass, but the whole process took about a month.) I highly recommend Phillip Monares for document services.

We are so appreciative of Phillip Monares!! We ran into so many scam artists and so much…read moreconflicting information when we needed to renew our passports in a pinch. He was extremely helpful, informative, and professional. Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

I was a walk-in yesterday to authenticate some important legal documents in Chinese. Appointments…read moreare usually available online 5 weeks away but my matter was urgent. Given the bad reviews online I thought it was going to be a disorganized process and unbearable long wait. It wasn't that way at all. They take 15 walk-ins every morning. I arrived 8:15am was number 7. Any by 9 am all of us were up on the second floor waiting to be processed. Two windows were open and they were both nice and courteous (I listened in on the people ahead of me). It took 30 minutes to process all my papers that need notarized and I was out by 9:45 am. I was given a receipt and told to return in two weeks to pick up the notarized documents. No need to make appointment just show the receipt to the guard. The place is definitely an upgrade from the old Montgomery location. Seats were comfortable and it was very roomy. Bring a book to read and chill. Have some patience and you will get your questions answered.

I came here to apply for my Taiwan passport for the first time. My 3-part blog post here:…read morehttps://jowu.co/2024/06/16/journey-to-dual-citizenship-with-taiwan-part-1-of-3/ To make a long story short for this Yelp Review, I had to authenticate 5 documents: 1. Health Check 2. FBI Report 3. Birth Certificate 4. Parents' marriage certificate 5. Parents/relative Taiwan household registration With all 5 documents obtained and translated in Chinese, it was time for SF TECO to authenticate all the documents! MAY 1, 2024: AUTHENTICATING DOCS No appointment was required to authenticate documents. SF TECO suggested I arrive as early as possible, so I went before 9am, and was #3 in line. I filled out an Application Form For Authentication, and these were the items required for authentication: Birth Certificate FBI Summary Parents' Marriage Certificate Health Certificate My U.S. passport My Taiwanese passport Both my parents' Taiwanese passports Postage stamps to get your authenticated documents mailed to you SASE envelope, or just pay for the one they give you $90 (bring cash, otherwise you'll go through the hassle of Zelle or find an ATM) Note that the household registration is not required for the authentication appointment. That will be needed for the temporary permanent resident card appointment. One week later, I got all my authenticated documents in the mail, and was ready to schedule an appointment for my temporary permanent resident card with rep Sabrina Wu, who seems to be the main point of contact for all things PRC-related at SF TECO. JUNE 12, 2024: APPOINTMENT FOR TEMPORARY PERMANENT RESIDENT CARD Before my appointment, I emailed Sabrina to confirm that this was everything I needed: Authenticated & translated Birth certificate Authenticated & translated FBI Check Authenticated & translated Health Certificate Authenticated & translated parents' marriage certificate Household registration My US passport My Taiwan passport Both of my parents' passports At least $31 cash Although she confirmed over email everything looked perfect, my appointment at SF TECO could have gone more smoothly. Once I arrived at my 9am appointment time, I was blindsided by being told to fill out a whole new application form in Chinese, AND I needed a passport photo. I had to go to Walgreens to get some passport photos taken, AND pay extra on top of what I was instructed to pay for my appointment. At least I brought extra cash this time. And still had plenty of leftover postage stamps from my last appointment. It was annoying, but at least Sabrina was kind and great to work with, and was understanding of all the effort and time I put into this arduous process. After everything was processed and paid, now it's time to wait 6-8 weeks for my temporary permanent resident card to arrive in the mail and look into booking a flight to Taipei within the next 6 months. There was this display explaining the next steps, which boils down to: Enter Taiwan with Taiwanese passport and temporary PRC Take temporary PRC to the service station of the Immigration Agency to exchange it for the real PRC-roughly 3 business days Bring new PRC to the local household registration office closest to the address listed on your family's household registration to apply for registration and get an ID card-roughly 1 business day Go to Ministry of Foreign Affairs/Bureau of Consular Affairs to apply for updated Taiwanese passport with a National ID number on it, as you'll need this to leave Taiwan-roughly 10 business days.

These guys... wow…read more Was scheduled to travel in February, and had planned on renewing once back due to uncertainty of timing and the process, then resort renovation ran over, did not open and we did not end up traveling. Couple weeks later, unscheduled need to travel international appeared on short notice and well, now the crunch right? Not at all, quick search of reviews on Yelp and found Stephen and Aaron, just about a week start to finish for these two miracle workers. Solid, clear communication throughout, reasonable fees and a turnaround that removed all the stress around renewal and away we go! Could not have been easier or smoother. Thanks guys!!!

Stephen saved my trip in September. Just saw my passport was about to expire and my trip in…read moreSeptember is all set and paid for. Stephen got my new passport to me in a week. Awesome service from the start of the process. It was a breeze. Thanks guys for the great service!!

I had my reservations about the various companies that offer cheap business class flights around…read morethe world - it's a lot easier to trust Kayak... but Gabe was great at explaining all our options and the various costs for each. In the end, we purchased a direct flight from Sydney and about $2,800, which I will use for hotel upgrade in Sydney. The entire process took a few emails and a couple of phone calls to feel fully comfortable that I'm getting a good deal for this trip. Thanks Gabe, I will definitely shoot you my future itinerary requests.

Have used Fox Flights and Mark for trips to Thailand and Paris. Could not have been happier…read more Slightly more $, but we got the flights that worked best for us, and saved thousands doing so.

Koey and Kevin are great at taking care of immigration and notary type business…read more They are multi-lingual speaking English, Cantonese, and Mandarin fluently. Recommend with my utmost regard, respectfully so!

Excellent and friendly services! Help solved our complicated authentication on my son's birth…read morecertificate with China Embassy. Highly Recommended.

The new site is useful, I got over 15 thousand results from San Francisco to London. The filter…read moreworks, i was able to focus in on about 7 flights that fit my criteria. Sent in the order got an email with the tickets an hour later. Got a call from one of their agents to confirm that everything is good. Would use the site again and would recommend the site to others. The savings are significant.

Way to Fly is the way to fly. I compare prices all the time and way to fly somehow is…read moresignificantly cheaper than the others. (I don't know how they do it but they do.) I flew from DC to Beijing first class for less than the lowest business class fare I found from Kayak or other sites. The same for my return trip to DC from Tokyo. I had to cancel my original return flight because a client changed our meeting date. So I called Way To Fly, and they cancelled my earlier reservation and allowed me to re-book another flight with no extra charges. I will be using these guys for all my trans-pacific or transatlantic flights. Really impressed all around.