22 CFR § 61.5 - Authentication procedures—Imports.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s61.5"
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title: "22 CFR § 61.5 - Authentication procedures—Imports."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "61.5"
section_name: "Authentication procedures—Imports."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "G"
subchapter_name: "PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND EXCHANGES"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "WORLD-WIDE FREE FLOW OF AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 19 U.S.C. 2051, 2052; 22 U.S.C. 1431  Public Law 101-138; E.O. 11311, 31 FR 13413, 3 CFR 1966-1900 comp., page 593."
regulatory_source: "59 FR 18965, Apr. 21, 1994, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 64 FR 54539, Oct. 7, 1999."
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# 61.5 Authentication procedures—Imports.

(a) Applicants seeking Department authentication of foreign produced audio-visual materials shall submit to the Department a *bona fide* foreign certificate, a copy or example of the material for which authentication is sought, and related collateral instructional material, if any.

(b) Upon an affirmative determination by the Department that the submitted materials satisfy the Certification and Authentication Criteria set forth in § 502.3 of this part, an Importation Document shall be issued. A copy of such Importation Document must be presented to United States Customs at the port of entry.