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Cuba Embassy Certification

October 14, 2019 by admin

Are you planning to get married in Cuba?

Do you need to certify and legalize your birth certificate, single status affidavit, and a divorce decree?

Certifying and legalizing documents for Cuba is a three step process. Your documents will require State certification, US Department of State certification, and Embassy legalization. For example, if your birth certificate originates from the State of Florida, your document will require Florida Secretary of State certification, Washington DC US Department of State certification, and Cuba Embassy legalization.

For instructions on how to obtain a single status, click the following link: Single Status Affidavit

A certified copy of your birth certificate can be issued by the County Clerk or State Registrar. A certified copy of the divorce decree can be obtained through the Superior Court (Family Court).

Here is an illustration to help explain the process:

The Cuban Embassy requests that all documents include a certified Spanish translation to accompany your documents. The translation needs to be performed by a certified translator and the translator’s signature needs to be signed and notarized. You can find a certified translator by contacting the American Translator’s Association.

Currently, the Cuban Embassy charges $300 for every document legalized through the Embassy. If you need your birth certificate and single status certified and legalized, the Embassy will charge $600 to process these two documents. Also, you will need to include a USPS money order payable to the ‘Embassy of the Republic of Cuba’. Please contact us for the most up to date cost in processing your documents. The Embassy may change their prices at any time.

Legalizing documents for Cuba can be complicated and time-consuming. Don’t leave this process to untrained employees or non-professionals who do not fully understand the legalization process and the unique requirements of this country. Your paperwork could be rejected costing you time and money. Don’t let this happen to you!

Our staff is available Monday-Saturday from 8am to 7pm to answer your questions and provide you easy to follow-step-by-step instructions. Please call us at 1-800-903-2470 or email: support@nationalapostille.com

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Special Power of Attorney Apostille – SPA

October 7, 2019 by admin

Do you need an apostille on a Special Power of Attorney (SPA)?

In order to apostille your special power of attorney, you will first need to meet with a local notary who will notarize your signature on the document.

Once notarized, the next step is to mail in the original notarized document with our order forms to our office for processing. A power of attorney can only be authenticated from the State the document was notarized in. The notary must be commissioned and use proper notarial wording.

The Secretary of State does not have the authority to authenticate documents notarized in other States. For example, if your power of attorney was signed and notarized in the State of California, then your notarized document can only receive a California apostille. Another example is if your power of attorney was signed and notarized in the State of New York, then your notarized document can only receive a New York apostille.

Some States require a notarized document to also be authenticated by the County Clerk before the state will attach the apostille (two steps). These States are: Hawaii, Kentucky, Maryland, New York, and Tennessee.

We recommend that your power of attorney be prepared by a professional from the Country requesting it. For example, if the Country of the Philippines is requesting a signed and notarized special power of attorney, we recommend that an attorney or paralegal in the Philippines prepare your document. Some US States will not apostille a document written in a foreign language. In order to avoid this, we recommend your documents to be written in English.

If you are located outside of the USA and need to have your signed power of attorney authenticated for a country other than the USA, you can contact the local U.S. Embassy or U.S. Consulate office and meet with a U.S. Federal notary. Once notarized, you can then mail in this document to our Washington DC apostille office for processing.

Obtaining an apostille can be complicated. Don’t leave this process to untrained employees or non-professionals who do not fully understand the Apostille process and the unique requirements of certain countries. Your paperwork could be rejected costing you time and money. Don’t let this happen to you!

Click the PDF download image to get started. Our apostille service is fast, convenient, and saves you time and money.

Vietnam Embassy Document Certification

September 15, 2019 by admin

Do you need to certify and legalize your documents for Vietnam?

Are you planning to get married in Vietnam and need a single status affidavit?

Are you conducting business in Vietnam and need your notarized documents legalized through the Embassy in Washington, D.C.?

Vietnam is not a member of the Hague Apostille Convention (Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents). Documents being sent to this country require State, U.S. Department of State, and Vietnam Embassy legalization. This three step process is necessary in order for the country of Vietnam to accept your documents.

Here is an illustration to help explain the process:

Every year, we process hundreds of notarized documents for Vietnam. If you will be conducting business in this country, your documents will need to be signed and notarized prior to mailing them to our office. Be sure to also download our order forms. For example, if your documents were signed and notarized in California, they would need to be processed through the California Secretary of State, the US Department of State in Washington DC, and the Vietnam Embassy (three steps).

Certifying and legalizing documents for Vietnam can be complicated. Don’t leave this process to untrained employees or non-professionals who do not fully understand the Apostille process and the unique requirements of certain countries. Your paperwork could be rejected costing you time and money. Don’t let this happen to you!

Click the PDF download image to get started. Our apostille service is fast, convenient, and saves you time and money.

GED Apostille

September 5, 2019 by admin

Do you need to apostille your GED Diploma and transcripts?

Are you an international student and have completed your GED Exam online and now would like to apostille your digital diploma and transcripts (see examples below)?

Note: If your GED diploma was issued to you by a High School or College located in the USA, click here: https://nationalapostille.com/2018/09/09/ged-diploma-transcripts-apostille/

At National Apostille, Inc., we take the guesswork out of obtaining an apostille on your GED Diploma and Transcripts. Our staff is available Monday-Saturday from 8am to 7pm to answer your questions and to provide you easy to follow step by step instructions.

The GED diploma earned on the basis of passing the GED test, signifies that you has met all the requirements to be considered a High School graduate. This credential is accepted by over 97% of post-secondary institutions and employers within the United States and is recognized worldwide.

GED Testing Service recommends that employers, colleges, ministries of education, and other post-secondary educational institutions recognize the GED diploma and transcripts as equivalent to a US High School Diploma and accept it for entrance into post secondary programs, qualification for jobs, and for issuance of a local high school credential.

Here is an example of a digital GED Diploma and Transcripts:

If you took and passed your GED exam online, you can e-mail us the digital GED diploma (PDF Format) and the transcripts (PDF Format) to the e-mail address listed below for processing. Be sure to also complete our Washington DC Apostille Order Forms and include with your documents. If you received your diploma by regular mail (Hard copy), go ahead and mail it to our Washington DC office.

To get started, please contact our Washington DC office here:

Washington DC Apostille
Office Hours: Monday – Saturday 8am – 7pm
Customer Support: 1-800-903-2470
Email: WashingtonDC@nationalapostille.com

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Certificate of Citizenship Apostille

September 1, 2019 by admin

Do you need to apostille your Certificate of Citizenship?

Children who are born abroad to U.S. citizen parent(s) might be eligible to derive or acquire U.S. citizenship through their parents if the parent(s) and the child meet certain requirements.

The requirements for acquiring or deriving U.S. citizenship vary. Whether a person is a U.S. citizen at birth or becomes one after birth will depend on a number of factors.

If you were born outside of the United States and either one or both of your parents are or were U.S. citizens (by birth or naturalization), you may already be a U.S. citizen.

Here is an example of a US Certificate of Citizenship issued by
the US Citizenship and Immigration Services.

We can process a Certificate of Citizenship issued by the U.S. Federal Government through our Washington D.C. apostille office. Documents received by 2pm are submitted the following business morning to the U.S. Department of State – Office of Authentications. We can process your documents in four business days plus free free FedEx overnight return shipping.

National Apostille, Inc. – Washington D.C.
1-800-903-2470 or 1-202-897-4070
WashingtonDC@nationalapostille.com