How To Apostille
A GED Diploma
GED diploma example
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If you’re looking for a GED apostille near me look no further because we only need three things from you to complete the expedited Texas apostille GED diploma process.
First, mail us or drop off at our office your original Texas GED diploma but only after a school admin or registrar official has signed it and it has been properly wet ink notarized by a Texas notary public.
The Texas Secretary of State authentications unit will only issue universal Texas apostille certificates for any country in the world on non-recordable documents (GED diplomas) if they are the originals and they are properly Texas notarized by either wet ink (wet ink meaning you physically sign a document in front of a Texas notary public with a pen who then wet ink stamps and signs your document).
Or if you currently live OUTSIDE of Texas in another U.S state or OUTSIDE the U.S in another foreign country you can get your non-recordable document (GED diploma) electronically Texas notarized by a licensed Texas e-notary, RON (remote online notary), and virtual notary public. Meaning, you DO NOT have to be living in Texas or need to travel back to Texas to perform the notarization on your document.
You or the school official signing your documents MUST have a valid USA government identification (U.S passport, U.S drivers license, U.S permanent residence card, or a U.S non-driving state photo ID card to show the Texas notary public) to legally do this remote electronic notarization option. You can only use a licensed Texas online notary public and no other state or country online notary public can be used.
If you qualify for and choose the Texas online notary option you EMAIL us (you do not mail us anything using this option) your electronically signed and notarized document, our completed Texas apostille service order form saved as a PDF, and a prepaid return FedEx, UPS, or DHL shipping label PDF.
A Texas notary public must watch a school official sign your original GED diploma. The school official that signs your original GED diploma cannot also be the notary who notarizes it, you need two different people.
A Texas notary public must sign and print their name on your original GED diploma exactly how it appears on their commissioned notary stamp, they must place their notary stamp and the date on the document, and write this exact notary jurat verbiage on the same page (it cannot be spread across two different pages) that is listed below on the backside of your original GED diploma or attach a separate piece of paper (the high school can also use it’s own letterhead to write a letter) to your original GED diploma after they witness a school official sign your original GED diploma.
The actual notarization also cannot be done on or under/over any type of adhesive sticker, laminate, or anything else that can be removed from the GE diploma by simply peeling it off. If the notary and/or school make this mistake on your original GED diploma it will be denied by the Texas Secretary of State. You will then have to redo it, mail it back to us, and pay us our full service fee a second time to attempt to apostille your original GED diploma for a second time.
The Texas notary public that you use can only put one notary stamp and notary signature on your GED diploma and they cannot place more than one notary stamp or notary signature anywhere on your original GED diploma.
The school admin or registrar official must write a statement to this effect below on your original GED diploma and then sign their name and title on it.
Click on the big PDF icon below that says, “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” to instantly download a copy of the GED diploma registrar/admin official sworn statement verbiage that you must put on or attach to original GED diploma after it’s been notarized.
“I certify that this GED diploma of ____________________________________ (print student’s name) is the true, exact, complete and unaltered original document.”
_____________________________________
School officials signature/title
State of Texas
County of
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day of (month) (year),
by (print school officials name).
Texas notary public signature
Or…
The faster and easier second option way is you can make a color photocopy of your original GED diploma then attach and sign a certified copy affidavit in front of a Texas notary public who will then notarize the document.
The Texas Secretary of State office will reject any non-recordable document (GED diploma copies) if the notarization was not completed by a Texas notary public and if the GED diploma holder (you) does not make and sign a certified copy affidavit statement like the example template to use below.
The Texas Secretary of State will reject any non-recordable document (such as a GED diploma) if the notarization on the non-recordable document is not a physically wet ink signed and stamped by a Texas notary public or signed and stamped electronically by a licensed Texas e-notary, virtual notary, remote notary, or online notary services company.
Click on the big PDF icon below that says, “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” to instantly download a copy of the GED diploma certified copy affidavit that you print out, sign, and get notarized to apostille general educational development diplomas.
Certified Copy Affidavit
On this ________ day of ______________________ , 20____,
I _________________________________ (print GED diploma holders name) swear and attest that the attached document is a true, correct, and unaltered copy of my original GED diploma, to which I am the documents custodian, named therein; and that I presented the original of the attached document (s) to the undersigned notary public as satisfactory evidence.
_____________________________________
(GED diploma holders signature)
State of Texas
County of ______________________
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the _______ day of _____________________________, 20____,
by _________________________________________ (print GED diploma holders name).
___________________________________
(Texas notary public signature)
The above Texas notary jurat and Texas notary acknowledgment verbiage must be written in all English on your GED diploma. The actual GED diploma content can be in any non-English language (say you got it translated) but the entire Texas notary acknowledgment or Texas notary jurat text cannot be in a different or translated language other than English.
If the Texas notary jurat or Texas notary acknowledgment verbiage that is used on your GED diploma is not 100% in English your GED diploma will be rejected by the Secretary of State of Texas.
Second mail or drop off at our office a prepaid FedEx or UPS return shipping label (we do not accept air waybills) that you can create and purchase online at FedEx.com or UPS.com from anywhere in the world without needing to create or have an existing account set up with them. You can also visit any UPS Store or FedEx Office location to purchase a prepaid return shipping label as well.
DO NOT use the United States Postal Service (USPS) because they lose things constantly
(potentially your GED diploma) and are completely unreliable and slow.
The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your GED apostille back to you or to wherever and whomever in the world that you want it shipped to.
On the prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label that you must provide us please list the senders (from) mailing address as your name/address or any U.S address because you cannot list our company name or address as the from/sender for liability reasons. Then for the receiver’s address (to) just list the name/address of where and who you want your GED apostille mailed back to.
Click on the below links for easy step-by-step screenshot directions on how to create a prepaid FedEx or UPS shipping label online in only a few minutes.
If it’s an international shipment (USA to another foreign country) please also provide us with a customs invoice (also called a commercial invoice). See the two links below to download custom prefilled out for you templates that shipping companies (FedEx, UPS) will normally require you to include whenever you ship documents internationally to certain countries.
If you or someone on your behalf will be returning to our office to pick up your diploma GED apostille you of course won’t need to provide us with a prepaid return shipping label.
For the fastest possible turnaround time, we can hand deliver your GED diploma apostille right to your home, office, business or hotel the very same day that we apostilled it for an additional courier fee.
The courier cost will depend on what city and zip code in Texas you need us to travel to. This is for situations where you don’t have the time to travel back to our office to pick up your GED diploma apostille or you don’t want it mailed anywhere.
Third, you will need to download, sign, and mail or drop off at our office our rush Texas apostille service order form that can be instantly downloaded by clicking on the blue Texas apostille services order button below.
We cannot accept or process your GED apostille request by mail or drop off until we receive a properly completed Texas apostille service order form from you.
If you will be dropping your GED diploma off at our office in person you must bring this completed Texas apostille services order form in with you along with any other documents that you want us to rush Texas apostille for you.
When you arrive at our office walk up to our front lobby receptionist desk area and tell them that you have a GED diploma to dropoff for Apostille Texas. Detailed directions and pictures of our office and office building are on our contact us page as well for you to view.
Please also understand your GED diploma will not and cannot be apostilled onsite at our office so this isn’t apostille walk-in service.
The only legal and government entity in Texas or in the world that can issue Texas apostille certificates is the Texas Secretary of State which is where we will rush file your GED diploma at on your behalf.
We must receive your GED diploma by mail or dropped off at our main HQ office by 12PM CST Monday-Friday (excluding all major federal and state holidays when the TXSOS office is closed) to be able to provide you with same day Texas apostille services. If we receive your GED diploma after that noon cutoff time, don’t worry, we’ll attempt to file it with the Texas Secretary of State on the next business day.
Depending on the workload of the Texas Secretary of State and how many total documents are presented to them on any given day. It is currently taking the Texas Secretary of State as of October 2025 between 0-2 business days to issue Texas apostille certificates once documents are physically submitted to them in person by us.
If we receive your GED diploma by mail or drop off by our noon CST cutoff time we’ll be able to file your GED diploma with the TXSOS that same day. Then it’s “possible not probable” that the TXSOS will issue your apostille certificate on the same day (= 0 days) we filed it with them. But please understand it can take the TXSOS up to two business days to issue Texas apostille certificates from the day we hand submit and file your documents with their office.
Example scenario #1: We receive your documents BEFORE or by our noon CST cutoff time on a Monday and then we file them that same day. The TXSOS will either issue an apostille certificate on your documents that same day (0 days), the next business day (1 day), or in 2 business days. So worse case scenario your Texas apostille certificate will be issued, picked up, and be mailed back to you on that Wednesday.
Example scenario #2: We receive your documents AFTER our noon CST cutoff time on a Monday and then we file them the next business day. The TXSOS will either issue an apostille certificate on your documents that same day (0 days), the next business day (1 day), or in 2 business days. So worse case scenario your Texas apostille certificate will be issued, picked up, and be mailed back to you on that Thursday.
This is why physically traveling to our main HQ office and dropping off your documents to us instead of mailing your documents to us DOES NOT speed up the rush apostille service process at all!
Lastly, we do not have these Texas apostille services order forms available at our front desk receptionist area.
So if you choose to drop off your GED diploma at our office please make sure to print out and bring this Texas apostille services order form in with you.
Texas Apostille
Services Pricing
All Texas Secretary of State government filing fees are included in the $95 price.
Money back guarantee if we don’t attempt to file your GED diploma in the stated time.
Your GED apostille couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
GED diploma apostille filing status updates by email or text.
We’re based in Austin, TX, so no Texas apostille services middleman for you to go through.
Phone and email support seven days a week.
Additional TXSOS documents filed at the same time only $75 each.
Same Business Day
Apostille Service
All Texas Secretary of State government filing fees are included in the $95 price.
Money back guarantee if we don’t attempt to file your GED diploma in the stated time.
Your GED apostille couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
GED diploma apostille filing status updates by email or text.
We’re based in Austin, TX, so no Texas apostille services middleman for you to go through.
Phone and email support seven days a week.
Additional TXSOS documents filed at the same time only $75 each.
