In order to have a copy of your passport or ID legalized by an apostille or foreign embassy, follow the following steps:
Make a copy of your document.
On the copy please write:
"I, ........ [your name], hereby confirm that this is a true, correct and complete photocopy of my original ..... [description of the document]" Date:...."
Sign in front of a notary public, make sure the notary follows the requirements (see below)*
Mail the document to us, and we will get an apostille or foreign embassy legalization.
If you cannot obtain a notarized copy as described above, please contact us.
Prices, processing time, order form
If you received a notarized certified copy from your school, forward it to us, and we will get an apostille or embassy legalization. You can ask the school mail the document(s) straight to us.
New York apostille: $175 (USPS Priority within the U.S. is included)
FedEx (standard overnight): $30
FedEx International: $75 (most countries)
FedEx International to Eastern Europe, South America, Africa: $115
Apostille / Embassy Legalization Order Form (PDF file)Make sure the notary follows the requirements:
The signature of the Notary Public must be original. It must exactly match the sample signature filed with the office of the County Clerk in the county where the notary public is qualified.
The notary's stamp must indicate the notary's name, license number, the name of the county where the notary is qualified, and the expiration date of the notary's license. If the notary does not have an ink stamp, the above information must be printed or typed in black ink.
The notary must include a Certificate of acknowledgment or Jurat basically of the following form:
| CERTIFICATE OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT |
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State of New York ) On the . . . . . . day of . . . . . . in the year 20 . . . . before me, the undersigned, personally appeared . . . . . ., personally known to me or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the individual(s) whose name(s) is (are) subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their capacity(ies), _______________ [Notary stamp] [Notary's name] Date: Notary Public, State of New York Registration..... Qualified in ....... County My commission expires ... |
| JURAT |
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State of New York ) Subscribed and sworn to before me this ........ day of ........, 20 ...... _______________ [Notary stamp] [Notary's name] Date: Notary Public, State of New York Registration..... Qualified in ....... County My commission expires ... |