How to Apostille a New Hampshire Degree from Abroad
A New Hampshire degree is apostilled by the Secretary of State in Concord, but only after the school registrar signs a certification in front of a notary. To apostille a New Hampshire degree from abroad, you order paper records from the registrar, a U.S. agent carries them through the notary and Concord, and the finished set ships to you or to the receiving office. Here is the order of steps, school by school.
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Who apostilles a New Hampshire degree for a graduate living abroad?
The New Hampshire Secretary of State in Concord apostilles the degree. First the school registrar signs a certification in front of a notary. Plan on a New Hampshire notary. Send paper records, because PDFs and e-transcripts are not accepted. Dartmouth's registrar page lists a fee of $10 per document, paid by check payable to the State of New Hampshire. Confirm the fee before paying.
- Who apostilles: New Hampshire Secretary of State, Concord
- Order of steps: Registrar, New Hampshire notary, Concord, courier
- State fee: $10 per document, per Dartmouth's registrar page
- Mail address: 107 North Main Street, Room 204, Concord, NH 03301
- Not accepted: PDFs and e-transcripts
Registrar, New Hampshire notary, Concord, courier
Picture a typical case. You finished a bachelor’s degree online with a New Hampshire university while living in Seoul. A Korean employer now wants the degree apostilled. You cannot walk into a registrar’s office, and you do not want your only diploma crossing the Pacific twice.
The original rarely has to travel. A registrar signs a certification of a transcript or degree letter, and a notary witnesses the signature. The Secretary of State then apostilles the notary. Plan on a New Hampshire notary, because the state authenticates its own officials.
Order the paper records first. Ship the diploma last, and only if someone insists on the original.
The route a New Hampshire degree takes to your desk abroad
A foreign reader works backwards. The state vouches for the notary, the notary vouches for the registrar, and the registrar vouches for the record.
- Registrarsigns the certification
- NH notarywitnesses the signature
- Secretary of StateConcord, NH
- Apostilleattached to the notary’s certificate
- CourierDHL, FedEx or UPS abroad
Boston Apostille Service coordinates steps 1 to 5 from Tewksbury, MA.
Two details trip up students. The registrar signs a certification statement, which is not the same as handing over a sealed envelope. And the notary has to watch the registrar sign. A stamp added later breaks the chain.
Massachusetts works almost the same way, but its Secretary of the Commonwealth charges $6 per apostille and cannot touch a school record from another state. If you studied in Durham, Hanover or Keene, the apostille comes from Concord. Our Massachusetts degree guide covers the Boston side of the border.
What the Secretary of State in Concord asks for
The Hague Conference lists the New Hampshire Secretary of State, together with the Deputy Secretary of State, as the competent authority for apostilles in the state. Its authority listing shows no electronic apostille register for New Hampshire, so plan on paper.
The details below come from Dartmouth’s registrar page, which links the state’s request form and walks students through it. It sends documents to Room 204, 107 North Main Street, Concord, NH 03301. The fee on that page is $10 per document, paid by check payable to the State of New Hampshire, with a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope for the return.
Download the state’s apostille request form for the current wording. The form asks for the destination country, and that answer decides whether you get an apostille or a plain certificate. A country outside the Hague Convention needs the certificate and then embassy steps, which our apostille versus legalization guide explains.
We could not confirm the office’s current processing time, whether it takes payment other than a check, or whether it mails to addresses outside the United States. We confirm these during the free review, before you pay anything.
What six New Hampshire schools say on their own pages
Every school below is different, and only some mention notaries at all. Where a page is silent, we say so. Silence means ask the registrar, not assume.
| School | What the page says | How a student abroad asks | Confirmed from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartmouth College | The registrar provides notarized transcripts and letters of degree. It does not notarize diplomas. It prepares a notarized diploma translation letter, since the diploma is printed in Latin. | Email Registrar@Dartmouth.edu with your full name, date of birth and Dartmouth ID if you remember it. The page allows 1 to 2 weeks for notarization. | Dartmouth registrar apostilles page. |
| University of New Hampshire | The registrar offers notary services if a notarized copy of the transcript is needed. Transcripts go through Parchment at $5 electronic or $10 paper, plus optional shipping. | Order a paper transcript in Parchment and email Registrar.Records@unh.edu about notarization. The page does not mention apostilles or diplomas, so ask. | UNH transcripts page. |
| Plymouth State University | The registrar prepares transcripts or diplomas for the state, and its notaries notarize the registrar’s signature. You then finish the state step yourself. The registrar needs the original diploma, or you can reorder one for $45 and wait about 3 weeks. | Mail a cover letter with email and phone, plus a prepaid return envelope, to the Office of the Registrar, 17 High Street, Plymouth. A paper transcript for pickup is $5.75. | Plymouth State notary and apostille page. |
| Keene State College | Transcripts go through the National Student Clearinghouse, $12 paper or $8 electronic. The page does not mention notarization or apostilles. | Request a paper transcript, then email kscregistrar@keene.edu or call 603-358-2321 to ask about a signed certification. | Keene State transcripts page. |
| Saint Anselm College | The registrar handles transcripts and sends them to third parties as official copies. Its page does not cover notaries or apostilles. | Email registrar@anselm.edu or call (603) 641-7400, and ask what the registrar will sign for an apostille. | Saint Anselm registrar page. |
| Southern New Hampshire University | Official transcripts go through the National Student Clearinghouse. An e-transcript can arrive within 30 minutes, paper takes about two business days to mail. The page says nothing about apostilles. | Email registrar@snhu.edu or call 800.757.5174 and ask for a registrar signed record you can notarize. | SNHU transcript article. |
Notice the gap. Only Plymouth State and Dartmouth describe an apostille path in public, and neither addresses students abroad. At the other four, the first email decides everything. Ask one clear question: Will the registrar sign a certification of my transcript or degree in front of a notary, and what do you need from me?
Southern New Hampshire University and the students who never visited
Many people hold a New Hampshire degree without ever seeing New Hampshire. For them the whole question becomes a mail problem.
SNHU says a degree counts as conferred on the first day of the month after your final courses end. Order too early and the transcript will not show the degree. Wait for conferral before you start the chain.
The same SNHU article warns that opening or forwarding an official transcript makes it unofficial. If you have the transcript delivered to yourself abroad and pass it along, the seal is already broken. Have the registrar send the paper record to a U.S. address, or to us.
A typical case: a graduate in Manila emails the SNHU registrar and asks for a signed transcript certification. If the registrar agrees, a notary witnesses the signature and the packet comes to Tewksbury. If not, the fallback is a notarized copy of the paper transcript. Some foreign offices accept that and others do not, so we ask the receiving office first.
Which documents an apostille applies to
Foreign offices use the word degree loosely.
Diploma
Apostilled as a registrar certified copy witnessed by a notary, or as the original if the receiving office insists. Dartmouth does not notarize diplomas, so ask which substitute your school offers.
Final transcript
Paper only. The registrar certifies it, a notary witnesses, and Concord attaches the apostille. A PDF or e-transcript cannot carry a wet signature, so it cannot be apostilled. Our digital document guide explains why.
Degree verification letter
A letter on school letterhead confirming your degree and graduation date. Dartmouth calls it a letter of degree. Often the easiest record to get signed.
Enrollment verification
Usually a registrar letter, so it follows the same chain. Foreign offices ask for it when you are still enrolled or have not yet graduated. Confirm they want an apostille and not just a school letter.
I-20 and DS-2019
These are federal immigration forms that a school official signs inside the SEVIS system. They are not New Hampshire records. If a foreign office asks for proof of your study, request a school letter about your dates of attendance instead and ask the office what it will accept.
Course syllabi and descriptions
A syllabus is a department document, not a registrar record. A dean or registrar can certify a bound set in front of a notary, and then Concord can apostille the notary. Each school decides for itself.
Background check letters are a separate trail. A federal report goes to the U.S. Department of State, not to Concord. Tell us if your file includes one.
Step by step, with the clock in mind
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Email the registrar, not the call line
Registrars here keep roughly 8:30 or 9 to 4:30 Eastern hours. From Seoul that is about 10 at night to 5:30 in the morning while U.S. daylight time lasts. São Paulo is one or two hours ahead and Berlin usually six. Email wins over a missed call.
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Ask for paper, signed, sent to a U.S. address
Give the registrar our Tewksbury address, or a trusted friend’s. Dartmouth asks for one to two weeks for notarization, so build that in.
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Get the signature notarized by a New Hampshire notary
Plymouth State says its on-campus notaries notarize the registrar’s signature, and UNH lists notary services at its registrar’s office. Schools differ on whether they serve graduates, so ask. Where a school has no notary for you, a mobile notary can meet the registrar, and we arrange that where the school allows it.
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Submit to Concord with the form, check and return envelope
We take the packet to the Secretary of State’s office with the request form and payment, and the apostille comes back to us. The office sets its own turnaround, so we confirm it first.
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Ship the finished set abroad
International express from the U.S. typically takes two to five business days, longer if customs holds the parcel. Ask the carrier about your lane. You follow the file and the tracking number in ApostilleDesk.
Add the pieces: a week or two at the registrar, the state’s turnaround, courier days each way if an original travels, and the final shipment. It comes to weeks rather than days.
Six ways a New Hampshire degree gets stuck
The stamp came from another state
A notary near your home stamped a copy, and Concord cannot verify that person. Use a New Hampshire notary who watches the registrar sign.
The notary cannot see inside it
A sealed official transcript cannot be notarized as is, and opening it can void its official status. Ask the registrar for a second copy or a signed certification letter.
Only a PDF arrived
Electronic copies arrive in minutes, which feels fast and fails at the finish line. Order a paper transcript, and for Plymouth State choose pickup.
The original got defaced
Plymouth State needs the original diploma to certify it. A reorder costs $45 and takes about three weeks, so consider a degree letter first.
The degree was not conferred yet
An online SNHU student who orders before the conferral date gets a transcript with no degree on it. The whole chain has to be repeated.
A foreign check or the wrong payee
The state’s apostille page says to make checks payable to the State of New Hampshire. A check from a foreign bank, or one made out to the wrong name, can stall the file. Confirm the current rules with the office.
Our apostille mistakes guide and our notarization requirements guide list more of the common stumbles.
Three typical situations in three regions
Germany and the rest of Europe
A graduate in Berlin wants a German office to evaluate a New Hampshire bachelor’s degree. Germany is a party to the convention, according to the HCCH status table, last updated June 2026. The office may want the apostilled diploma and transcript, and German translations of them. Berlin is about six hours ahead of Eastern time.
India, China and Asia
A graduate in Bengaluru or Shanghai needs an employer’s HR department to accept a degree for a work permit. India has been a party since 2005, and China since November 2023, so an apostille normally replaces consular legalization. Ask HR whether a degree letter alone will do.
Brazil and Latin America
A graduate in São Paulo submits a New Hampshire degree for recognition by a Brazilian university. Brazil is a party to the convention. These offices often require a sworn translation by a translator registered in Brazil. We are not sworn translators and we do not arrange sworn translations, so you hire one locally and we ship the apostilled set to that translator.
About translation
We can provide ATA certified translations that get notarized, which suit some destinations. Sworn translations come after the apostille. Our certified translation and apostille guide covers the order.
If you also need a birth or marriage certificate
Many students bring a second request along: a birth certificate for a residence permit or a marriage certificate for a spouse visa. Those are vital records, not school records, and New Hampshire handles them through its own channels. The same Concord office apostilles them, but the certified copy comes from a different source. Our birth certificate apostille page explains the route.
Marriage certificates have their own rules, covered on our marriage certificate apostille page. Divorce decrees come from a court and have their own chain, which our divorce decree page describes for Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Put everything on one order and we route each document.
One order, several offices
- Degree and transcript
- Registrar, notary, Concord.
- Birth or marriage record
- Issuing office, then Concord.
- Federal documents
- U.S. Department of State.
- Translation
- After the apostille is attached.
How we handle a New Hampshire degree for you
We obtain the registrar’s certified or notarized copy where the school allows it, deal with the Secretary of State’s office in Concord, and ship the finished set abroad. Every order starts with a free document review, and you can follow your file online in ApostilleDesk from the moment it opens. Hablamos Español.
Our published prices cover Massachusetts, where an Economy apostille is $149.95, Express $199.95 and Rush $385.95, with the state fee and return postage included. A degree from New Hampshire is a different state with its own fee and turnaround. During the free review we confirm New Hampshire’s current fee and timing and send one flat-rate quote before you pay. Ask us about a volume discount if you have several documents.
We are a private document preparation and courier service. We are not a government agency, and we are not affiliated with any state office or school. See our pricing page and how it works, or call (978) 424-4629 and talk to the Tewksbury office.
Get a flat-rate quoteFrequently asked questions
Who apostilles a degree from a New Hampshire college?
The New Hampshire Secretary of State in Concord. School records are apostilled by the state where the school sits, wherever you live now. The registrar signs first, a notary witnesses the signature, and Concord attaches the apostille to the notarized document.
Do I need to mail my original diploma?
Usually not. A registrar can certify a copy of the diploma, or a degree letter can stand in for it. Plymouth State asks for the original, while Dartmouth does not notarize diplomas at all. Ask the receiving office what it truly requires, and then ask your school.
Is an electronic transcript good enough for an apostille?
No. A PDF or e-transcript has no wet signature for a notary to witness, so Concord cannot apostille it. Order a paper transcript from the registrar, and keep any sealed envelope closed until the notary needs it.
How much is the New Hampshire apostille fee?
The Secretary of State’s apostille page lists $10 per document, in cash or by check payable to the State of New Hampshire. Fees change, so confirm with the office before you pay. We confirm it for you and quote before you commit.
What if my school is not in New Hampshire?
Then Concord cannot apostille it. The state where the school is located handles the record. We work with every state, so tell us the school and we route it correctly. Our out of state guide explains how.
How long does the whole process take from abroad?
It depends on the registrar, the state and the carriers, so we confirm a timeline during the free review. A registrar like Dartmouth asks one to two weeks for notarization, and international express adds several business days each way. Plan on weeks, not days.
Will you translate my diploma?
We can provide ATA certified translations that get notarized. We are not a sworn translator and we do not arrange sworn translations. If your destination demands a sworn translator, you hire one there and we ship the apostilled set to that person.
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