An apostille is a certificate that authenticates the signature of a public official on a document for use in another country.

In most cases, you will need to obtain an original, certified copy of the document you are required to apostille. Once obtained, the original document will have to be submitted to the issuing office of authentications, such as the Secretary of State or the US State Dept, for apostille.

We can apostille on documents such as birth certificates, FBI reports, transcripts, marriage certificates, death certificates, FBI background reports, social security letters, company bylaws, powers of attorney agreements, trademarks, diplomas, transcripts, treaties, warrants, extraditions, agreements, certificates of good standing and a lot more.

All original documents must be mailed to our office (preferably use FEDEX, UPS, or 2 Day USPS package) with a return label, which then they will be examined for the notarial stamp or clerk signature. Once we have cleared the documents, we drop them off to the secretary state for them to be processed. Typically, their process takes 1-2 business days before we receive the apostille back from the secretary of state, then we will scan a copy of the apostille we received back before we mail it out, and after we will mail it out the same day, we received it back from the secretary of state.

Our service fees for apostilles will be $50 for the first document, and any additional documents will be $25. The secretary of state also will require a $10 fee per document being apostilled if it is a notarized document and a $20 fee per document if it is a document stamped and signed by the clerk of court.