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As Harvey ravages the Texas coast we hope for the safety of our friends, colleagues, clients, consulates and everyone else in Houston and all other affected areas!

Head's up to anyone anticipating a need for a specific file date or evidence of filing in Delaware on September 3rd or 4th -

corp.delaware.gov IMPORTANT NOTICE:THE DELAWARE DIVISION OF CORPORATIONS WILL BE CLOSED FOR A MAJOR COMPUTER SYSTEM CONVERSION OVER LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2015. THE OFFICE WILL BE CLOSED ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH AND WILL REOPEN FOR BUSINESS ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8TH. PLEASE CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS.

The U.S. Department of State Authentications Department has announced that we can expect a THREE day turn-around on walk-in service for the next several days while they get caught up on their backlog of mailed in requests. Let's hope they get caught up quickly!

I am very excited to announce the launch of our new website at www.authentextsolutions.com. I hope you will take a minute to check it out. Let me know what you think and feel free to make suggestions. Love the challenge but clearly it's been proven that I am WAY better at legalizing documents than I am at web design! Phew!

Home Page Do you need documents legalized for use out of the country? AuthenText Solutions provides fast, professional service at a reasonable price. Whether for business or individuals AuthenText is your best document solution.

Oman's accession to the "Apostille Convention" is now in effect. The first in the Persian Gulf to join.

Good news for those doing business in Costa Rica! Starting today, the "Apostille Convention" (Convention 12 of the Hague) comes into force.

http://www.costarica-embassy.org/sites/default/files/docs/CONVENTION%20OF%20THE%20APOSTILLE.pdf

This may be neither here nor there, but it's close! AuthenText and Friends are looking forward to this weekend at San Antonio's International Accordian Festival. We went a couple years ago and loved it! So, if you are not busy this weekend come on down! See you there!

International Accordion Festival International Accordion Festival

AuthenText Solutions sends a huge THANK YOU to Kariem for helping put up the revamped website!

Need a Brazil legalization? Don't wait until the last minute, the Houston Consulate is quoting about 10 working days!

A reminder: Texas Franchise Tax Reports are due May 16th (the 15th falls on a Sunday this year). Here is a link if you want to file on-line: http://www.window.state.tx.us/webfile/
If you can't file on-line and anticipate needing a Good Standing Account Status within the next 4-8 weeks, we can walk it in for same day processing.

Heads up: The Texas Secretary of State's Office and the Comptroller just announced that they will be CLOSED on April 22nd (Good Friday).

If you are wondering why it's a little slow getting around town this week....
Love the music! Hate the traffic!

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