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 U.S. Apostille Services for Customers Living Outside the United States

Birth certificates, diplomas, powers of attorney, and federal records — reviewed before you ship, submitted to the correct authority, and returned by tracked courier to wherever you are.

For International Customers

Get Your U.S. Documents Apostilled While Living Abroad

If you currently live outside the United States but have documents that need to be used in another country, managing the apostille process from overseas can be difficult.

Notary of Lewis Center provides a convenient mail-in apostille coordination service. We can help identify whether your document appears to require state or federal processing, whether notarization may be needed, and how the completed documents can be returned internationally

A

The document is with you

You're holding the original abroad — an Ohio birth certificate, a university diploma, a corporate record. You courier it to us, we run it through the correct authority, and it ships back to you. The most common route, and the fastest.

B

It's still in the United States

A relative, an employer, or a filing cabinet in another state has it. We can receive it directly from whoever holds it, so it never crosses a border twice. You never touch it

C

It doesn't exist yet

All you have is a photocopy, or nothing at all. An apostille attaches to a certified copy issued by the office holding the record. We identify that office and tell you exactly what to order.

Documents we apostille for customers abroad

If yours isn't listed, it's still worth asking. Most U.S.-issued or U.S.-notarized records can be apostilled with the right original and the correct submission.

Personal & vital records

  • Birth certificates

  • Marriage certificates

  • Death certificates

  • Divorce decrees

  • Adoption records

  • State and county court orders

Education & professional

  • University diplomas

  • Degree certificates

  • Official transcripts

  • School and enrollment records

  • Professional licenses

  • Training certificates

Personal & legal

  • Power of Attorney

  • Affidavits and declarations

  • Single-status affidavits

  • Parental consent letters

  • Authorization letters

  • Notarized copies

Business & federal

  • Articles of incorporation

  • Certificates of good standing

  • Board resolutions

  • FBI Identity History Summaries

  • IRS Form 6166 letters

  • Federally signed documents

A note on photocopies: the most common reason an international file stalls is that the customer sends the copy they've kept for years rather than a certified copy from the issuing office. A scan, a photocopy, a laminated keepsake, and a printed PDF are all the same thing to the reviewing authority — none of them can be apostilled. If what you have wasn't issued to you by a government office or registrar bearing an original seal, tell us before you ship anything.

A note on international shipping quotes: we don't advertise one flat international rate, because there isn't one. A tracked, insured courier envelope to London and the same envelope to Lagos or Manila are not the same price, and a rate quoted honestly for one destination would be either a loss or an overcharge for the next. Tell us the delivery city and we'll give you the actual figure with the rest of the quote. Government fees are passed through at cost — the same amount the issuing authority charges anyone applying directly.

Send us the document and the destination

Those two things are enough for us to tell you the route, the timeline, and the total cost — before you post an original from another country. A photo from your phone will do.

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