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.

How does it work?
Step 1. Find out what type legalization you need: apostille or embassy legalization?
The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishin the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents (Apostille Convention) was adoted to abolish the traditional requirement of embassy legalisation, replacing the often long and costly legalisation process with the issuance of a single Apostille certificate.
A Hague apostille is an official certificate issued by the government that makes a document from the United States acceptable in other countries that joined the Hague Apostille Convention.
In the United States an apostille is not a stamp. It is a separate page attached to the document.
Countries that did not join the Hague Apostille Convention still require that U.S. documents intended for use in these countries are legalized by their embassies / consulates.
Step 2. Make sure that your document is eligible for legalization.
The document eligibility for an apostille / embassy legalization will depend on many factors
Requirements of different U.S. states
- Some states require that the documents are recent (have been issued, or notarized) within the last 6 or 12 months. Other states accept documents that are more than 20 yeas old.
- Some states require original signatures on the documents, other states will apostille / authenticate copies.
- Some states need county authentication before the documents are submitted to them. Other states apostille / authenticate the documents directly.
Requirements for federal apostilles
- Original or copy?
- Is notarization required?
- What kinds of documents can be apostilled on the federal level?
Requirements of receiving foreign agencies
- Is the document too old?
- Did you submit a short form certificate instead of a long/extended form?
- I your apostille attached to the translation instead of the original document?
Step 3. Learn the price and the time frame for your legalization project
After making sure that your document is eligible for an apostille, we will provied the price qute and the time frame.
If the document is not eligible, we will advise what needs to be done.
Step 4. Submit your document(s) for legalization.
In most cases original documents are required. In some cases documents can be submitted online. We will let you know how to submit you documents.