Apostille Service in Worcester, MA

An apostille is a certificate that authenticates a public document so another country accepts it as genuine. Countries in the Hague Apostille Convention, more than 120 of them, recognize it. Worcester residents need an apostille for immigration and citizenship applications, marriage abroad, work and study visas, international adoption and business filings in other countries. The city’s large immigrant communities and college population create year-round demand for authenticated documents going to dozens of countries.

Massachusetts apostilles are issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth, Commissions Section, at One Ashburton Place, Room 1719, Boston. Federal documents, such as FBI background checks, are authenticated by the US Department of State in Washington, DC. We route your document to the correct office for you.

State documents are usually complete in about five business days once we receive them. Federal authentication takes longer because the document travels to Washington. When you have a tight deadline, such as an immigration hearing or a job start date, ask about express handling and we will tell you what is realistic.

No. Most Worcester clients use our secure mail-in service. You order online, ship the document to our Tewksbury office and we return the finished apostille by tracked mail or courier. In-person drop-off is available if you prefer to hand the document over. The drive from Worcester to Tewksbury is about 50 minutes.

The Commonwealth charges $6 per document. Our state document service starts at $149.95 and federal authentication starts at $199.95. Every quote is itemized, so you see the government fee and the service fee before you pay.

Yes. The certificate must be a certified copy from the Worcester City Clerk at Worcester City Hall. A photocopy or a commemorative version will not qualify. If you are not sure what type of copy you have, send us a photo and we will confirm it before you order.

FBI identity history reports are federal documents. They are authenticated by the US Department of State, not the Massachusetts Commonwealth. We handle the federal process and return the apostilled report to you. Many Worcester clients working on immigration cases need both a state apostille and a federal apostille as part of the same application.

Yes. Documents bound for non-Hague countries need embassy or consular legalization instead of an apostille. That is a longer process with extra steps. Tell us the destination country and we will explain exactly what it requires.

Yes. We regularly process diplomas from Holy Cross, WPI, Clark University, Worcester State, Assumption and other area institutions. The diploma usually needs a registrar’s certification or a notarized statement before the Commonwealth will accept it. We will tell you exactly what form the document needs to be in before you send it to us.

Yes. Many countries require an apostilled document to arrive with a certified translation into the local language. We arrange certified translations and coordinate the timing so the translation and the apostille are ready together. Tell us the target language when you place the order.

Yes. An apostille is attached to a single document, so a birth certificate and a marriage certificate each receive a separate apostille and a separate state fee. When you send several documents at once, we process them together and itemize each one on your quote.

Yes. A document is authenticated by the state that issued it, so a Rhode Island birth certificate goes to Rhode Island and a New York record goes to New York. We handle out-of-state orders for Worcester clients and route each document to the correct state authority for you.

Complete the online application form or call (978) 424-4629. Tell us the document and the destination country, and we will confirm the steps, the price and the timeline before anything moves.