State documents, authenticated for use abroad.

An apostille is a certificate that authenticates a public document, like a certificate of good standing or formation, for use in another country that is part of the Hague Convention, so a foreign government or bank accepts it as genuine. It is issued by a state or the federal government, and we obtain apostilles on your business documents for you.

When a foreign country asks for an official US business document, opening an overseas bank account, registering a subsidiary abroad, a foreign contract or tender, and requires it authenticated. Without the apostille, the foreign party will often reject the document. We handle the routing so your document is accepted where you need it overseas.

Commonly a certificate of good standing, articles or certificate of formation, a certified copy of a filing, or a notarized document, depending on what the foreign party requires. Each must be an eligible public or properly notarized document. We identify which of your documents needs the apostille and obtain the right certified version first.

Usually the Secretary of State of the state that issued or holds the underlying document; federally issued documents are apostilled by the US Department of State instead. Sending it to the wrong office causes delay. We route each document to the correct state or federal office so the apostille issues without a detour.

It varies by state, from a few days to a few weeks, and expedited options exist in some states, while federal apostilles can take longer. Timing matters when a deal abroad is waiting on the paperwork. We give you a realistic timeline and, where it is offered, use expedited service to meet a foreign deadline.

An apostille is used for countries in the Hague Convention; for countries not in it, you need a longer chain called authentication or legalization, often involving the destination country's embassy. Using the wrong process gets the document rejected. We determine which your destination country requires and handle the correct one.

Sometimes: certain documents must be notarized before a state will apostille them, while official state-issued records like a good-standing certificate usually do not. Getting this order wrong means a rejection and a restart. We prepare each document exactly the way the issuing office requires before submitting it for the apostille.

Yes: because each state apostilles its own documents, we route to whichever state issued yours and coordinate multi-state situations when your documents come from different states. We manage the logistics so you are not mailing original documents to several state offices and tracking them yourself.

Yes: we obtain the certified underlying document, route it to the correct state or federal office, handle any required notarization, and return the apostilled document, so your US business paperwork is ready to use in another country without you having to navigate the process alone.