Apostille Documents in Orlando
Mobile Notary Orlando can Apostille Documents for you.
Why Does it a document need to be apostille?
The document need to be apostille if it will be used outside the United States. An apostille certifies the document, so the document can be recognized in foreign countries, An Apostille is a certificate that authenticates the signature of a public official on a document for use in another country.
If you need to use a document in the United States getting notarized is sufficient, but if you need to use outside the United States it needs to be notarized and apostille.
An Apostille is a certification provided under The Hague Convention of 1961 for authenticating documents for use in foreign countries. An Apostille is only for the use of public documents abroad.
How Long does it take to get a document Apostille in Florida?
If you leave close to a secretary of State agency you can walk in the agency and get it done same day. In Florida there is only one Secretary Of State agency and is locate in Tallahassee.
Online it says between 5 to 7 business days, but the agency that do the apostille are always behind it can take from 5 to 20 business days via regular mail. Most of the apostille documents we do regular mail takes 6 weeks or more. Please plan ahead.
There is a faster way to get an apostille done, find a place close to you that provide the apostille service and the agency will overnight the apostille to a carrier that leaves close to the agency and the carrier will physically walk in the agency and drop off the documents and pick up the documents done with in 24 hours and overnight back the documents to the agency, this way you can have your documents with in 5 days max. This service is expensive.
You can also find an agency that provides the apostille service and have them mail via regular mail the paperwork to a carrier and once the carrier picks up send back via regular mail, this process may take 7 to 10 business days.
How much does it cost to have a document Apostille?
If you leave close or are willing to drive to the secretary of State agency it will cost you $10 dollars per document.
If you do not leave close to the secretary of State agency this service is expensive. The reason why is expensive is because the agency close to you that offer this service, must do the following things.
Get the paper notarized
Go to the Postal Office and purchase a $10 money order
Send the package to carrier that leaves close to the Secretary of State agency
Pay the carrier for their service
Pay a return envelop
Received the package and deliver to client.
This service is usually between $200 to $280 dollars.