Letter of exemplification: do you need it for an apostille?


Exemplification letter

A Letter of Exemplification (also called "Exemplification of Birth or Death Record") is a page attached to a New York City birth certificate (long form only). It is signed by a Deputy City Registrar. Do you really need a Letter of Exemplification to get an apostille for a New York birth certificate? Can a birth certificate be apostilled without it?

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Effective February 11, 2025 birth and death certificates (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) must be accompanied by a Letter of Exemplification.

New! Effective February 11, 2025 short form birth certificates are not accepted for apostilles.

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JANUARY 31, 2017

nassau county new yorkIf you need an apostille for a document that originates from Nassau county (Long Island), New York, we will be happy to assist you!

Documents notarized by notaries public qualified in Nassau county, as well as Nassau vital records issued by local registrars (birth, marriage, death certificates), and Nassau court records, require county clerk's authentication before they can be submitted for New York apostilles. We will take care of both legalization steps (Nassau county clerk's authentication + New York State apostille).

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JANUARY 27, 2017

guatemala apostilleStarting September 18, 2017 Guatemala will be accepting Hague apostilles. 

On 19 January 2017, the Republic of Guatemala deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the "Apostille Convention"), making it the 113th Contracting State to the Convention. Following the usual procedural steps, the Convention will enter into force for Guatemala on 18 September 2017.

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JANUARY 23, 2017

russia usIf you need to get a New York apostille for use in Russia for a personal or a corporate document originating from the State of New York, we will be happy to assist you!

Both the U.S. and Russia signed the Hague Apostille Convention, therefore all U.S. documents bearing Hague apostille stamps will be legal and valid in Russia.

tip apostilleYour notarized document (e.g. a power of attorney, an affidavit, etc.) can be in Russian. However, the notarial statement must be in English.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

Apostille New York

According to the Hague Apostille Convention brochure, an Apostille can be placed directly on the document itself (as a stamp) or on a separate attached page (called an allonge). Apostilles may be affixed by various means, including rubber stamps, self-adhesive stickers, impressed seals, etc. If an Apostille is placed on a separate page, this page can be attached to the underlying document by a variety of means, including glue, grommets, staples, ribbons, wax seals, etc. All of these means are acceptable under the Convention.  Failure to affix an Apostille in a particular manner is not a basis for refusing the Apostille. The State of New York uses metal grommets to attach apostilles to documents. A grommet can be placed in the upper left corner or in the upper right corner of an apostille. There is no other means to attach apostilles to  documents. Your document cannot be rejected because foreign authorities expect an apostille to look different or to be attached to a document in a different manner, e.g. to be ribboned or glued to the document.

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