Apostille Certificate of Naturalization

How To Apostille
Certificate of Naturalization

We only need three things from you to complete the expedited Certificate of Naturalization apostille service process.

First, mail us or drop off your original Certificate of Naturalization document at our office. The federal naturalization certificate that you submit to us cannot be a photocopy or a notarized copy and you cannot fax or email us a copy of your Certificate of Naturalization to apostille or authenticate.

The United States Department of State will only accept and issue federal apostille certificates and authentication certificates on original Certificate of Naturalization documents that are physically presented to them not copies. 

Second, email, mail, or drop off at our office a prepaid FedEx or UPS return shipping label (we do not accept air waybills) that you can create and purchase online at FedEx.com or UPS.com without needing to have an existing account set up with them. You can also visit any UPS Store or FedEx Office location to purchase a prepaid shipping label as well.  

Do not use the United States Postal Service (USPS) because they lose things constantly
(potentially your Certificate of Naturalization) and are completely unreliable and slow.

The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your documents back to you or to wherever and whomever in the world that you want your documents shipped to.

On the prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label that you must provide us please list the senders (from) mailing address as your name/address or any U.S address because you cannot list our company name or address as the from/sender for liability reasons. Then for the receiver’s address (to) just list the name/address of where and who you want your documents mailed back to. 

It was taking from 3-4 weeks (fastest) to 13-14 weeks (slowest) time between 2020-2024 for the U.S State Department to process and issue federal apostilles and federal authentication certificates on documents once they were submitted to their office in Washington, DC in the post-COVID world. 

The United States Department of State announced that beginning October 1^st, 2024 they will finally (thank the apostille gods) reopen their doors for rush walk-in services after being closed to the public for over 4 1/2 years!

The new U.S Department of State three rules start October 1st, 2024 will be as follows:

1. Each apostille services company or apostille agent will only be able to submit 15 documents per day.
2. The USDOS working days are now reduced to being open from Monday through Thursday excluding all federal holidays.
3. Apostilled or authenticated issued documents can be picked up 7-9 business days after they have been hand-submitted to the U.S Department of State.

The U.S Department of States does not give us or anyone updates of any kind so we cannot give you any type of order status updates once you place your order with us (welcome to the completely broken federal government system since COVID).

Only on the day the State Department finally issues a federal apostille certificate or authentication certificate on your FBI background check report will they notify us and then we will notify you by email. 

Click on the below links for easy step-by-step screenshot directions on how to create a prepaid return FedEx or UPS shipping label online in only a few minutes.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-fedex-return-shipping-label/

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/how-and-where-do-i-create-and-purchase-a-prepaid-ups-return-shipping-label/

If you want your documents shipped back to you or to someone else internationally (USA to another foreign country) please also provide us with a customs invoice (see the two links below to download and sign the custom prefilled out for you templates) that shipping companies (FedEx, UPS) will normally require you to include whenever you ship documents internationally to certain countries.

If you or someone on your behalf will be returning to our office the following business day to pick up your apostilled or authenticated documents you of course won’t need to provide us with a prepaid return shipping label.

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-fedex-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

https://www.apostilletexas.org/faqs/shipping/where-do-i-download-a-ups-shipping-invoice-template-to-use-for-international-shipping/ 

Third, you will need to download, sign, and email, mail, or drop off at our office our rush United States Department of State (USDOS) federal apostille service order form that can be instantly downloaded by clicking on the federal apostille order form button below.

We cannot accept or process your documents by mail, email, or drop off until we receive a properly completed apostille order form from you.

If you will be dropping your documents off at our office in person you must bring this completed federal apostille order form in with you along with any documents that you want us to rush apostille or authenticate for you or for your company.

When you arrive at our office walk up to our front lobby receptionist desk area and tell them that you have some documents to dropoff for Apostille Texas. Detailed directions and pictures of our office and office building are on our contact us page as well for you to view.

Please also understand your documents will not and cannot be apostilled or authenticated onsite at our office so this isn’t walk-in service.

The only legal and government entity in the U.S.A that can issue federal apostille and authentication certificates is the U.S Department of State office located in Washington D.C which is where we will rush file your federal Certificate of Naturalization documents at on your behalf.

Lastly, we do not have these federal apostille order forms available at our front desk receptionist area.

So if you choose to drop your documents off at our office please make sure to print out and bring this U.S. Department of State apostille order form in with you or alternatively you can email us the completed State Department apostille order form ahead of time.