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Apostille Requirements: How to prepare your document for an apostille. Complete Form DS-4194. Mail your form and documents to us. Processing Times: We will process your request in 4 weeks from the date we receive it. We are offering mail-in service only.
Documents signed by the following officials must have this apostille: U.S. federal official ; U.S. consular officer ; A military notary, judge advocate, or a foreign consul registered with the U.S. Department of State's Office of Protocol ; Before submitting documents to us, you must: 1) Get a notary public to notarize each document:
Learn how to prepare your document for an apostille on our Requirements page. An apostille is for documents you use in countries that participate in the 1961 Hague Convention Treaty.
You must request authentication services by mail. We will process your request in 4 weeks from the date we receive it. Reminders: Check if you need an authentication certificate or an apostille. Review the certification requirements for your document (s) and get it notarized.
The Office of Authentications issues both apostilles and authentication certificates. We provide signed certificates of authenticity for a variety of documents to individuals, institutions, and government agencies to be used abroad.
Your state and local documents must: Be an original or certified document; Include the raised or stamped seal of the court or department of vital records; Be certified by the state which issued the documents. The secretary of state will certify to the official signing the document under the seal of the state.
You can have the document authenticated for use in the United States. U.S. embassies and consulates may authenticate documents in countries not in the Hague Convention. Check with the U.S. embassy and consulate on how to make an appointment for notarial services.
The U.S. Department of State Authentications Office can attach an apostille to a document for countries in the Hague Apostille Convention. For countries not in the convention, they will add a certification over the FBI seal.
Replace Documents. We provide copies of records for life events that happened in a foreign country. These documents include birth, death, and marriage records we issued. Certify Documents. We certify documents for use overseas. We add apostilles and authentication certificates to documents.
Take the credentials and notarial certificate to the state notary. Scroll down on the webpage to find contact information in your state. If the country you will use the document is in the 1961 Hague Convention, you will get an apostille.