Apostille Services

An apostille certifies U.S. documents for official, legal use in countries that have signed The Hague Convention Treaty of 1961. Having an apostille sign and seal on your documents allows you to use them in any of the signatory countries. If the country you travel to is not a part of the Hague Convention, then refer to our services for Embassy Legalization.

Documents that get apostilled include birth/marriage/death certificates, naturalization certificates, divorces, wills, diplomas and transcripts, U.S. passports, U.S. driver’s licenses, IRS letters, social security letters, FBI background checks, and many more. Once apostilled, these documents are valid internationally.

We provide apostille services for legal services such as:

Birth certificates from the United States have to be apostilled so that they can be used in a foreign country. You will need to legalize your U.S birth certificate in the state where your document was issued if you want to obtain citizenship in a country besides the United States. You can bring or mail your document to us, and we will take care of everything.

If you are traveling to study or work abroad and need to apply for a visa, the authorities in that country may ask you for an FBI background check. We can help you obtain a federal apostille for this or any federal document.

Officials in that country may also request to see your state police records and/or city criminal records. We can also help you obtain an apostille for any of these documents.

If you are getting married in abroad (outside of the United States), the authorities in that country may require you to apostille your U.S. birth certificate and/or a certificate of singleness, verifying you can marry.

If you are divorced, the officials in the country where you are marrying may ask that you have your divorce decree apostilled. We can help you obtain the apostille for this need. 

To study abroad, continue your education, or work in another country, you will need to apostille your educational documents, such as diplomas, transcripts, degrees, or certificates. These documents may come from an elementary school, middle school, high school, college, university, or trade school in the United States.

We can help you get the apostille for any of the above-mentioned documents from the state where the document originated.

If you are granting a person in another country the authority to act on your behalf, you will need to have your power of attorney notarized and apostilled as well. We can notarize your documents and take of apostille process. 

Are you planning to retire in another country? You might need to legalize (apostille) all or some of the following documents:

• Social Security letter
• FBI background check
• Birth certificate or naturalization certificate
• Retirement benefits letter
• Income verification letter and/or IRS transcripts

To claim inheritance or property abroad, you may be asked to legalize the will that an executor left in your name. We can help you do so as long as you have the original document properly notarized and executed.

REGISTERING A MARRIAGE, DEATH, OR BIRTH IN ANOTHER COUNTRY

We can help you get apostille to register a U.S. marriage, death, or birth certificate abroad, you will be required to legalize your certificate via an apostille from the state that it was issued. 

If your United States formed corporation needs to register its Articles of Incorporation, Certificate of Good Standing, certification letters, invoices, Power of Attorney, or IRS certifications, we can provide the necessary apostille services in Washington, DC.

Having an apostille on your documents is the international equivalent of notarization. With an apostille, you now have official and legal documents in any of the countries that are members of the Hague Convention.

We take the headache out of getting documents apostilled through our established relationships and can take care of standard Washington, DC documents within 2-3 business days and express jobs within 24 hours. Federal and Other States Services timeframe is 4-7 business days. 

To get started or learn more about our apostille services in Washington, DC  and other states, contact us by phone at (202) 695-3418 to get a quote.