Getting your documents ready for international use
Save time. Eliminate stress. Avoid mistakes. We are here to do most of the work.
- Start with a simple online form
- Our experts will review your documents and send you recommendations and a free, no-obligation estimate
- Place your order
- Receive your documents ready for foreign use.
What you will get
Document review: type of legalization
Depending on the destination country, your documents will require either a Hague Apostille or embassy legalization. We will advise you on the appropriate legalization process for your specific country.
Document review: document eligiblity
The eligibility of a document for an apostille or embassy legalization depends on many factors.
Notarization requirements:
- Some documents should be notarized
- Some documents cannot be notarized
- Remotely notarized documents should have specific wording
- Acceptable notarial statements vary from state to state
- In some state notarized document must be authenticated at the county level before it is submitted to the state
State requirements:
- Some states require documents to be recently issued or notarized within the last 6 to 12 months, while others accept documents over 20 years old.
- Certain states mandate original signatures, whereas others allow apostilles or authentication of copies.
- Some states require county authentication before processing, while others apostille or authenticate documents directly.
- States accept remotely notarized document while others do not.
Federal requirements:
- Certain kinds of documents are acceptable as PDF files while others should be originals.
- Some documents can be digitally signed while others cannot.
Requirements of the receiving foreign agencies:
- Many receiving foreign agencies require that the documents are recently issued.
- Some foreign agencies require specific formate of documents (long, extended, exemplified).
Document review: additional documents
If you provide your documents' purpose and the receiving foreign agency's name or type, we can often advise on any additional required documents.
Document review: privacy
We respect your privacy and confidentiality. Your documents will not be shared with unauthorized parties. We do not store email addresses or send marketing emails.
Price estimate and time frame
After reviewing your documents, we will email our recommendations, a no-obligation price estimate, and the expected time frame for your legalization project.
Our pricing is transparent. There are no hidden fees.
Document processing: status inquiries
Our document processing team is available to answer your questions about your documents status and expected completion time.
Completed documents: free scanned copies
We will send scanned copies of your completed documents via email before shipping them to you. This service is free.
Shipment
- We ship documents by USPS Priority mail, FedEx, DHL, UPS.
- We ship internationally.
- We ship to third parties.
Refunds
If we are unable to legalize your documents as promised, we will issue a 100% refund with no service fees retained.
