Criminal Records Check Apostille

How To Apostille Texas
Criminal Records Check

If you’re looking for a Texas criminal records check apostille near me look no further because we only need three things from you to complete the expedited Texas criminal  history record apostille services process.

First, upload on our Texas apostille order form page your original Texas criminal records check report PDF that must have your photo on it that you can only order and download through the TXDPS (Texas Department of Public Safety) website.

The Texas Secretary of State will only accept and issue Texas apostille certificates on original Texas criminal records check reports that will always have a stamp sized photo of you included within your Texas criminal history record report and have a signature of a Texas DPS supervisor on it.

Please be aware that if you upload, mail, or drop off to us a Texas DPS criminal history record report with no photo or TXDPS supervisor signature on it (see the example report above showing where the photo and signature will always be at and look like) the Texas SOS office will reject it.

Then you’ll have to order a correct Texas criminal background check report with your photo on it and pay us our full fee a second time to attempt to apostille your new Texas background check report again. 

You do not and cannot notarize a Texas DPS-issued Texas criminal history record check because Texas apostille requirements do not require or allow this.

When we say an “original Texas criminal records check report” this means you have an original Texas criminal records check report PDF that you ordered and downloaded directly off the Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) website or one of it’s affiliates and it will always be in PDF format. No .jpeg, .png, .ZIP, or any other file format other then the original PDF that you downloaded from TXDPS can be uploaded to us for online apostille orders. 

You do not mail or drop off your Texas criminal background check report to us to apostille. You only need to upload the original Texas DPS criminal background check report PDF along with a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label on our Texas apostille services order form page (step #3 below and click on the blue order button at the bottom of this page).

The lone exception being if you didn’t choose the PDF/electronic/digital download option at the time when you ordered a Texas DPS criminal background check online and you were only physically mailed the original Texas DPS criminal background check report.

In this case you must mail or drop off to us the original Texas background check report that you received in the mail (not the envelope you received them in) to rush apostille and you cannot scan the mailed originals and email copies to us because the mailed original documents are security watermarked by the Texas DPS.

If you have a non-TXDPS criminal background check report issued from either a Texas county sheriff’s or city police department those types of Texas criminal background check reports must be properly notarized by a Texas notary public before they can be apostilled and you must mail or drop off to us the wet ink Texas notarized originals.

Please be aware that most foreign countries in the world will not accept these types of local Texas city or county police background check reports so we always recommend that you only order either a Texas Department of Public Safety (TXDPS) or Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) background check reports depending on the guidelines and requirements of the foreign country that is requesting a criminal background check report from you.

Apostille Texas only apostilles criminal records check reports at the state government level for the State of Texas. We also rush apostille FBI background checks and apostille FBI identity history summary checks reports as well at the federal level at the U.S Department of State office.

But if the country you’re sending your criminal background check report to is not a member nation of The 1961 Hague Convention you will need to go through two more additional legal document filing steps. We can assist you with this even if we don’t obtain the state level authentication certificate for you from a non-Texas state.

The second step is to rush file your criminal records check report at the United States Department of State (USDOS) office in Washington D.C but this step can only be done after you have been issued a state level authentication certificate by one of the fifty state secretary of state offices in the United States.

The third step is to rush file your criminal records check report with the foreign country embassy of where your documents are being submitted to in Washington D.C. This final document legalization step can only be done after you have been issued both a state and federal authentication certification on your U.S criminal records check report.

Second upload, 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 shipping label as well. 

DO NOT use the United States Postal Service (USPS) because they lose things constantly
(potentially your Texas DPS criminal records check report) and are completely unreliable and slow.

The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your Texas criminal background check report back to you or to wherever and whomever in the world that you want.

On the prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label you must 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 Texas certification of criminal history record apostille mailed back to. 

Click on the below links for easy step-by-step screenshot directions on how to create a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label online in only a few minutes.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-fedex-return-shipping-label/

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-ups-return-shipping-label/

If you want your Texas criminal history record apostille shipped back to you or to someone else internationally (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 and sign the 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 Texas criminal background check apostille you of course won’t need to provide us with a prepaid return shipping label.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-fedex-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-ups-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

For the fastest possible return time, we can hand deliver your Texas criminal background check apostille right to your home, office, business or hotel anywhere in Texas 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 Texas background check apostille or you don’t want your Texas criminal history record report mailed anywhere for some reason.

Third, you will need to sign, and upload, mail, or drop off at our office our rush Texas apostille services order form that can be completed by clicking on the blue Texas apostille services order button at the bottom of this page.

We cannot accept or process your Texas criminal background check report apostille request by mail, online, or drop off until we receive a properly completed Texas apostille services order form from you.

If you will be dropping your Texas criminal history check report 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 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 Texas DPS criminal background check report 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 Texas criminal history records report will not and cannot be apostilled onsite at our office so this isn’t Texas apostille walk-in service.

The only legal and government entity in Texas that can issue Texas apostille certificates is the Texas Secretary of State office which is where we will rush file your Texas criminal records check report at on your behalf.

We must receive your Texas background check report by upload, mail or dropped off at our office by noon CST Monday-Friday (excluding all federal and state holidays) to be able to provide you with same day Texas apostille services. If we receive your Texas criminal records check report after that cutoff time don’t worry we’ll simply attempt to file it on the next business day. 

Lastly, we do not have these Texas apostille services order forms available at our front desk receptionist area.

So if you choose to drop your Texas criminal background check report off at our office please make sure to print out and bring this Texas apostille service order form in with you or alternatively you can email us the completed Texas apostille services order form ahead of time.