■ Next to each of the 84 different document types listed on the Select Document drop-down menu above, it will show either an RD, NRD, or CD. This will let you know if you need to get your documents notarized before you can mail or drop them off to us.
■ Recordable Document (RD) = These types of documents do not need to be notarized and they must be original or certified copies (no photocopies) and be issued from a Texas city or county clerk’s office or Texas Vital Statistics/Texas Vital Records if you want us to apostille them first at the state level (Texas Secretary of State) which you must do before they can be submitted to the federal level (U.S Department of State) for non-Hague member countries.
If your recordable documents were issued from another state (non-Texas) you can only receive a state-level apostille from the state in which your documents were issued from. You cannot email, mail, or drop off recordable documents to us that were issued from another state (non-Texas) or country. TEXAS ONLY unless you got them apostilled from another state first and now you want us to help you with the rush federal apostille service process.
■ Non-Recordable Document (NRD) = These types of documents must be signed originals (no photocopies) and be properly wet ink or online notarized by a Texas or another state notary public. If your non-recordable documents were notarized by a non-Texas notary you can only receive a state-level apostille from the state in which your notary is licensed and you must do this step before your document can be submitted to the federal level (U.S Department of State) for all non-Hague member countries.
You cannot email, mail, or drop off non-recordable documents to us that were notarized by another state’s notary. TEXAS NOTARIES ONLY unless you got them apostilled from another state first and now you want us to help you with the rush federal apostille service process.
■ Corporations Document (CD) = These types of Texas corporation documents do not need to be notarized but you cannot mail or drop off these types of documents to us. You can only email us to start the Texas corporate apostille ordering process.
■ You can only choose ONE foreign (non-USA) country per document. The United States Department of State will only issue you ONE apostille or authentication certificate on ONE document and for ONE foreign (non-USA) country. This means the Department of State will not issue you multiple apostille or authentication certificates or for multiple countries on one document.
■ All federal government document filing fees are included in our flat fee rush federal apostille service pricing.
■ The U.S Department of State does not and will not give us or anyone (you) status or order updates so we cannot give you order status updates once you place your order with us (welcome to the completely broken federal government system post-COVID). Only on the day the State Department finally issues a federal apostille certificate or authentication certificate on your documents will they notify us.
■ The current 2024 turnaround time for the U.S Department of State to issue a federal apostille or authentication certificate on a federal document that we rush file with them on your behalf is around 4 weeks. This can and does change at any time without notice from the USDOS please be aware.