UPDATED FEBRUARY 8, 2018

New York apostilles are issued by the Office of New York Secretary of State and bear the stamp of the Department of State, State of New York. 

You will see this seal on all New York apostilles no matter what kind of document an apostille authenticates (including New York birth, death, marriage, divorce certificates, court judgments, personal and corporate powers of attorney, consents, criminal records, parents' consents for minor children travel, corporate documents, including resolutions, minutes, bylaws, articles of incorporation, certificates of goodstanding, etc. )

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 What does a New York apostille look like?

In New York, as in all states of the United States of America, an apostille is a separate page attached to the document. It is attached by a grommet. As required by the Hague convention, each apostille has the title "Apostille", the reference to the Hague Convention, and the following ten items: (1) country where the apostille is being issued ("United States of America"); (2) name of the official (whose signature is being certified by an apostille, in the image above it is "Milton A. Tingling" who is the New York City County clerk); (3) the position or capasity of this official ("County Clerk"); (4) name of of the seal on the attached document ("county of New York", (5) name of the city where the apostille is being issued ("New York City, New York"); (6) the date when the apostille is being issued; (7) position of the official person who signed the apostille ("Special Deputy Secretary of State"; (8) consecutive number of the apostille (in the image above it is "NYC-632426"; (9) the seal of the apostille issuing agency (the seal of the Department of State, State of New York, this seal is blue in color); (10) signature. 

New York apostille: price, processing time, order form

New York Apostille Order Form (PDF file)

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• Apostille for New York short form birth certificate

Our New York apostille guarantees:

Not many companies provide this guarantee but we do: if, for some reason, your documents are rejected by the state after we assured you that they are acceptable, we will issue a 100% refund, no questions asked. We do not keep any service fees.

We apostille many kinds of documents from New York and from all other U.S. states. The most common documents we process for New York apostilles and foreign embassies are New York birth, marriage, death certificates, divorce records, single status affidavits, criminal records, diplomas and transcripts, corporate documents including articles of incorporation, certificates fo good standing, bylaws and llc agreements, powers of attorney, minutes, resolutions, U.S. residency certifications, and many more.

We authenticate documents from all 62 counties in New York State including the five boroughs of New York City (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island). The most popular counties we receive documents from are: Kings county (Brooklyn), Bronx county, Queens county, New York county (Manhattan), Nassau County (Long Island), Suffolk County (Long Island), Westchester County, Richmond County (Staten Island). The most popular cities we receive documents from are: New York City, Albany, Syracuse, and Buffalo.

After we have reviewed your documents, in most cases we will ask you to mail the originals to us. Sometimes, documents can be submitted by email or will qualify for our 24-hour apostille service. Please note that 24-hour apostilles are processed in Washington, DC. The price for our 24-hour apostille service is $175.

Processing times differ depending on nature of your documents. In each case will provide the time estimate, and will do our best to meet the deadline.

Delivery by FedEx (2nd day) is included in the price. We also ship internationally. FedEx (2nd day): $20
FedEx (standard overnight): $30 to most countries (except for Eastern Europe and Latin America, which is ).

We accept all kinds of payment, including personal and corporate checks, money orders, credit and debit cards, PayPal, bank transfers, Western Union, and MoneyGram.

Apostilles and embassy legalization procedures are not complicated if you entrust your documents to legalization experts who know the requirements of U.S. apostille agencies, foreign consulates and embassies and the requirements of the receiving organizations in foreign countries.

We process documents for ALL foreign countries. Please call us!