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An apostille is a certification issued by the Department of State to validate a document for use abroad. In the United States, apostilles are issued by individual States unless they are federal documents.
Many countries will require documents to be translated to their local language. These document generally must be notarized and apostilled by the state in which the translator performed the certified translation.
All apostilles in Florida are issued by the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee. We offer the apostille service to help expedite and simplify the process for individuals that require a Florida Apostille.
Our certified translation services allows you to translate and apostille any type of document to be used abroad. The translation would be certified, notarized, and apostilled. Our expedited apostille service takes 72 business hours to process by the Florida Department of State.
HOW THE PROCESS WORKS
Submit your order above. We'll need the documents that need to be translated. If you encounter issues, please send them to us at info@floridatranslate.com.
Your documents will be submitted to the Florida Department of State for the apostille process. This will take 72 business hours to process.
Your order will be assigned to one of our language experts to be translated. Once translated, it will go through a verification process and then certified and notarized.
The original certified and notarized translation with the apostille will be physically sent directly to your address for either overnight or 2 day delivery.
Apostille for translation in any language.
We only require a scanned version of the original document in order to process the translation and apostille. We will notarized the translation once it's ready and ship all original files to your address.
We do not need the original documents to complete the apostille process for translations.
The translation will include the certification, notarial statement, apostille and shipping. We are able to send documents internationally through UPS.
Apostille for original notarized documents
Before proceding with the apostille process, you must have your document notarized. The document can be in a foreign language, but the notarization must be in English and it must be a full notarial statement.
The originial notarized document must be submitted to our office. We will provide you with a complimentary pre-paid shipping label after your order has been submited. You may drop off the original document with the label provided at the nearest UPS Store or pick up location.
After we receive the document, it will be processed by our office. The process takes 72 business hours with the expedited processing, or 1-2 weeks with the regular processing.
Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Marriage License, Court Documents, etc...
In order to process the apostille for an original document, you must send the original document to our office. After the order is submited, we will provide you with a complimentary pre-paid shipping label.
After receiving the label, you must drop it off at the nearest FedEx or UPS Store or pick up location.
Once we receive the document, the apostille will be processed and delivered directly to your address along with your original document. The processing time is 72 business hours with the expedited processing or 1-2 weeks with the regular processing.
We offer two types of processing:
- The Expedited Processing takes 72 hour business hours.
- The Regular Proceesing takes 1-2 weeks to process.
If your order requires the original document, the processing time will start counting from the time we receive the original document at our office.
Yes, apostilles are generally issued on a state level by the Secretary of State of each state. If you document was issued in Florida, translated by our agency, or notarized in Florida, it will be valid to use abroad with the apostille.
The purpose of the apostille is to validate documents for use abroad in accordance with The Hague Convention.
Most countries will not accept documents that are not in the local language. This is why we encourage that a translation is completed.
This allows the option to do the original apostille and/or the translation apostille of the same document.
We accept credit card, debit cards, Zelle, and PayPal.
If you need to apostille a translated document, we are able to do so nationwide. The apostille, however, will be issued from Florida and can then be used abroad.
If you need the apostille of an original document or a document notarized outside of Florida, we will not be able to process your apostille.
All of our documents are shipped with UPS and FedEx. We offer UPS Ground, Next Day Air, FedEx 2 Day, as shipping options that can be applied during checkout.
We also offer afordable international shipping to nearly every country via UPS Worldwide.
You may to obtain a quote for shipping when entering your address during checkout.
We will provide you a pre-paid complimentary shipping label that you can use to ship the documents to our office.
There is no additional charge for this process. You may use your own shipping service as well if you would like to do so.
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