California Apostille

California Apostille is a certificate that authenticates an official document for use in another country. 

• Documents issued in California (or from any 50 United States), will need to have an California Apostille certificate before presenting documents in any foreign country for that country to consider it authentic. 
• We provide California Apostille services for California Vital records and California notarized documents
• We also provide apostille services for vital records or notarized documents from all 50 United States 
• We provide Online Notary services for documents needing notarization from any state

• California Apostille can be processed within 3 to 10 Business Days for California Vital Records or California notarized documents
• Need a document notarized in California? We have Mobile Notary services in California or we can notarize it online and provide next day apostille services (completed in Missouri)
• Have Vital Records from other states? We can complete Apostille for vital records from any state! Processing time can vary per state.

We simplify the process of getting an California apostille for vital records from California (Or any other US state)

• Vital Records Include:  California issued Birth Certificates, Death Certificates, and Marriage Licenses, State Issued documents from a Court
• Nationwide Scope: We have special expertise with California vital records and can successfully process vital records issued from any of the 50 states.
• Document Requirements: Apostilles require recently issued (90 Days), official certified copies of vital records. Most older versions cannot be processed.
• Ordering Assistance: If you don't have a current copy, we can help! We offer a convenient service to order a new, apostille-ready vital record on your behalf from the official issuing agency in any state.

Document translation services - we offer document translation for ANY language. We are partnered with a certified USCIS ATA Translation company registered by the American Translators Association. Your documents can be translated into any language and certified by the ATA certified Translator. Once we received the translated documents back, they will be ready for signatures and notarization. If your document is going to a foreign country, we can then process the California Apostille or any other state Apostilles. Reach out if you need more information.  

FBI Background checks or Federal documents such as IRS documents or Federal Court documents will require Federal  Apostille services through the DOJ/Federal Level . 

Hire us to be sure your documents are presented for processing correctly - don't risk rejection due to errors!

Federal Apostille Process time: 

• Normal processing time: 4 weeks. 
• Rush service available: 7-14 business days

• State Apostille option for Federal documents - Depending on requesting agency approval - we may be able to provide a state level Apostille which can be done Next Business Day for FBI Background checks *conditions apply - check with your receiving agency if they will accept a state level for the FBI background check Apostille, which is a statement of oath swearing to the fact that the document is true and correct which is notarized and Apostilled at state level (not Federal Level) 

We provide California Apostille services for documents in ALL 50 states apostille - if you have a document from any state, we can assist with Apostille services.

• Vital records such as birth, death, marriage certificate - it MUST be Apostilled in the state it is from - we can assist with this! 
• Documents that need to be notarized can be notarized online. Online Notary services available with USA Notary & Apostille
• Next Day Apostille  available - we can notarize your documents online from any state which allows us to Apostille them same day/next business day and send them off via Fed Ex/UPS to the destination country!

There are many documents that can be Apostilled such as a handwritten statement, Certified Birth or Death certificates, Court orders, Marriage certificate, Diploma, School transcripts, FBI Report, Power of Attorney, Wills, Car title, Adoption dossier, Criminal history, Corporate documents, Certificates of Incorporation, Certificates of Origin, Hiring documents, Company invoices, FBI background check, Business documents,  or any other document issued by a federal government agency or certified by an American consul.  

• YES! We can Notarize and Apostille documents written in foreign languages
• Signer of foreign language documents must be able to speak clear enough English to state they are signing of free will and understand the document they are signing
• We provide translation services for any languages or documents -  USCIS ATA Certified Translators available

• All documents are processed through the Secretary of States office 
• Our Notaries assist in completing this process with the Secretary of State
• We have Notaries available throughout all 50 United States
• Our Notary will take your documents directly to the states Secretary of State office and personally assist with making sure that your documents are processed quickly and successfully so they may be returned to you or your country of destination
• If a document is a Vital record, it must be processed through the state it was issued from
• We can return completed documents to you via Fed Ex to any US address or to the Country of Destination for reasonable costs

We can notarize or Apostille any documents from ALL 50 United States!:

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maine
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

  Hauge Convention Participating Countries

• The following countries are members of the Hague Convention of 1961 and will require an Apostille from the U.S. Department of State and or the Secretary of State 
• Depending on your need for use of document(s) and type of documents - we will help determine the process for your document(s):
• Albania
• Andorra
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Argentina
• Armenia
• Australia
• AustriaAzerbaijan
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belarus
• Belgium
• Belize
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Botswana
• Brazil
• Brunei
• Bulgaria
• Cape Verde
• Chile
• Columbia
• Cook Islands
• Costa Rica
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Dominica
• Dominican Republic
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Estonia
• Fiji
• Finland
• France
• Georgia
• Germany
• Greece
• Grenada
• Honduras
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Iceland
• India
• Ireland
• Israel
• Italy
• Japan
• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Latvia
• Lesotho
• Liberia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Macau
• Macedonia
• Malawi
• Malta
• Marshall Islands
• Mauritius
• Mexico
• Moldova
• Monaco
• Mongolia
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Namibia
• Netherlands
• New Zealand
• Nicaragua
• Niue
• Norway
• Oman
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Russia
• Saint Kitts & Nevis
• Saint Lucia
• Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
• Samoa
• San Marino
• Sao Tome & Principe
• Serbia
• Seychelles
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• South Africa
• South Korea
• Spain
• Suriname
• Swaziland
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Tonga
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turkey
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• United States
• Uruguay
• Uzbekistan
• Vanuatu
• Venezuela

• The following countries are not members of the Hauge Apostille Convention and require documents to be Authenticated by the State Department. 
• Depending on your need for use of document and type of documents - dictates if your documents will also require legalization by the country's US located Embassy or Consulate office. We can assist with this process from start to completion. 
• Afghanistan
• Algeria
• Angola
• Bahrain
• Bangladesh
• Benin
• Bolivia
• Burkina Faso
• Burma
• Burundi
• Cambodia
• Cameroon
• Canada
• Chad
• China
• Congo Republic
• Congo Democratic
• Ivory Coast
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Haiti
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Iraq
• Jamaica
• Jordan
• Kenya
• Kuwait
• Laos
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Macedonia
• Madagascar
• Malaysia
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Mozambique
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Palestine
• Paraguay
• Philippines
• Qatar
• Rwanda
• Saudi Arabia
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Singapore
• Sri Lanka
• Sudan
• Syria
• Taiwan
• Tajikistan
• Tanzania
• Togo
• Thailand
• Tunisia
• Turkmenistan
• UAE
• Uganda
• Vietnam
• Yemen
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe