How To Apostille Texas
College Diplomas
If you’re looking for a Texas college diploma apostille near me look no further because we only need three things from you to complete the expedited Texas apostille college diploma process.
First, mail us or drop off at our office your original Texas college diploma but only after a school admin or registrar official has signed them and it has been properly notarized by a Texas notary public (you cannot use a notary public from any other state or country).
A Texas notary public must watch a school official sign your original college diploma. The school official that signs your original college diploma cannot also be the notary who notarizes it, you need two different people.
A Texas notary public must sign and print their name on your original college diploma exactly how it appears on their commissioned notary stamp, they must place their notary stamp and the date on the document, and write this exact notary jurat verbiage on the same page (it cannot be spread across two different pages) that is listed below on the backside of your original college diploma or attach a separate piece of paper (the college can also use it’s own letterhead to write a letter) to your original college diploma after they witness a school official sign your original college diploma.
If the Texas notary public does not do all of these things listed above on your original college diploma it will get rejected by the Texas Secretary of State. You will then have to redo it, mail it back to us, and pay us our full service fee a second time to attempt to apostille your original college diploma for a second time.
The actual notarization also cannot be done on or under/over any type of adhesive sticker, laminate, or anything else that can be removed from the college diploma by simply peeling it off. If the notary and/or school make this mistake on your original college diploma it will be denied by the Texas Secretary of State. You will then have to redo it, mail it back to us, and pay us our full service fee a second time to attempt to apostille your original college diploma for a second time.
The school admin or registrar official must write a statement to this effect below on your original college diploma and then sign their name on it.
Click on the big PDF icon below that says, “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” to instantly download a copy of the college registrar/admin official sworn statement verbiage that you must put on or attach to original college diploma after it’s been notarized.
“I certify that this college diploma of ____________________________________ (print college student’s name) is the true, exact, complete and unaltered original document.”
_____________________________________
School officials signature
State of Texas
County of _____________________
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the day of (month) (year),
by (print school officials name).
Texas notary public signature
Or…
The faster and easier second option way is you can make a color photocopy of your original college diploma (can be any college in any state not just Texas based) then attach and sign a certified copy affidavit in front of a Texas notary public who will then notarize the document.
The Texas Secretary of State office will reject any non-recordable document (college diploma copies) if the notarization was not completed by a Texas notary public and if the college diploma holder (you) does not make and sign a certified copy affidavit statement like the example template to use below.
The Texas Secretary of State will reject any non-recordable document (such as a college diploma) if the notarization on the non-recordable document is not a physically wet ink signed and stamped by a Texas notary public or signed and stamped electronically by a licensed Texas e-notary, virtual notary, remote notary, or online notary services company.
Click on the big PDF icon below that says, “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” to instantly download a copy of the college diploma certified copy affidavit that you print out, sign, and get notarized to apostille college diploma.
Certified Copy Affidavit
On this _____ day of ____________ , 20____,
I ____________________________________ (print diploma holders name) swear and attest that the attached document is a true, correct, and unaltered copy of my original college diploma, to which I am the documents custodian, named therein; and that I presented the original of the attached document (s) to the undersigned notary public as satisfactory evidence.
_____________________________________
(diploma holders signature)
State of Texas
County of ______________________
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the _______ day of ____________, 20____,
by _________________________________ (print diploma holders name).
___________________________________
(Texas notary public signature)
The above Texas notary jurat and Texas notary acknowledgment verbiage must be written in all English on your college diploma. The actual college diploma content can be in any non-English language (say you got it translated) but the entire Texas notary acknowledgment or Texas notary jurat text cannot be in a different or translated language other than English.
If the Texas notary jurat or Texas notary acknowledgment verbiage that is used on your college diploma is not 100% in English your college diploma will be rejected by the Secretary of State of Texas.
A Texas authentications unit staffer will use a magnifying glass and/or a smudge test to verify that all college diploma presented to them properly used original wet ink signatures. So don’t think you can sneak this past them.
You can only receive ONE Texas apostille certificate on ONE college diploma for ONE foreign country.
If you need more then one apostille certificate you must give us as many of your original signed and notarized college diplomas or notarized and signed by you certified copy affidavits and photocopies of your original college diplomas as you want Texas apostille certificates.
Meaning, let’s say you need three apostille certificates on a college diploma for three different countries – Mexico, Portugal, and Spain or maybe one foreign country wants three apostille certificates on a college diploma.
In this case you would need to give us three separate original signed (not copies) and notarized college diplomas or three notarized and original signed by you certified copy affidavits and three photocopies of your original college diplomas (resize your college diploma copies down to fit on standard 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper in size).
Apostille Texas only apostilles college diplomas at the state government level for the State of Texas but if the country you’re sending your college diplomas to is not a member nation of The 1961 Hague Convention you will need to go through two more legal document governmental filing steps.
We can assist you with these two additional governmental steps even if we don’t obtain the state level authentication certificate for you from a non-Texas state.
The second step is to rush file your college diploma at the United States Department of State (USDOS) office in Washington D.C but this step can only be done after you have been issued a state level authentication certificate by one of the fifty state secretary of state offices in the United States.
The third step is to rush file your college diploma with the foreign country embassy of where your documents are being submitted to in Washington D.C. This final document legalization step can only be done after you have been issued both a state and federal authentication certification on your U.S college diplomas.
Second 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 from anywhere in the world without needing to create or have an existing account set up with them. You can also visit any UPS Store or FedEx Office location to purchase a prepaid return shipping label as well.
DO NOT use the United States Postal Service (USPS) because they lose things constantly
(potentially your college diploma) and are completely unreliable and slow.
The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your college diploma apostille back to you or to wherever and whomever in the world that you want it 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 college diploma apostille mailed back to.
Click on the below links for easy step-by-step screenshot directions on how to create a prepaid FedEx or UPS shipping label online in only a few minutes.
If it’s an international shipment (USA to another foreign country) please also provide us with a customs invoice (also called a commercial invoice). See the two links below to download 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 to pick up your apostilled college diploma you of course won’t need to provide us with a prepaid return shipping label.
For the fastest possible turnaround time, we can hand deliver your college diploma apostille right to your home, office, business or hotel the very same day that we apostilled it for an additional courier fee.
The courier cost will depend on what city and zip code in Texas you need us to travel to. This is for situations where you don’t have the time to travel back to our office to pick up your college diploma apostille or you don’t want it mailed anywhere.
Third, you will need to download, sign, and mail or drop off at our office our rush Texas apostille service order form that can be instantly downloaded by clicking on the blue Texas apostille services order button below.
We cannot accept or process your college diploma apostille request by mail or drop off until we receive a properly completed Texas apostille service order form from you.
If you will be dropping your college diploma off at our office in person you must bring this completed Texas apostille services order form in with you along with any other documents that you want us to rush Texas apostille for you.
When you arrive at our office walk up to our front lobby receptionist desk area and tell them that you have a college diploma 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 college diploma will not and cannot be apostilled onsite at our office so this isn’t apostille walk-in service.
The only legal and government entity in Texas or in the world that can issue Texas apostille certificates is the Texas Secretary of State which is where we will rush file your college diploma at on your behalf.
We must receive your college diploma by mail or dropped off at our office by noon CST Monday-Friday (excluding all federal and state holidays) to be able to provide you with same day Texas apostille services. If we receive your college diploma after that cutoff time don’t worry we’ll simply attempt to file it with the state on the next business day.
Lastly, we do not have these Texas apostille services order forms available at our front desk receptionist area.
So if you choose to drop off your college diploma at our office please make sure to print out and bring this Texas apostille services order form in with you.
Texas Apostille
Services Pricing
All Texas Secretary of State government filing fees are included in the $95 price.
Money back guarantee if we don’t attempt to file your college diploma in the stated time.
Your college diploma apostille couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
College diploma apostille filing status updates by email.
We’re based in Austin, TX, so no Texas apostille services middleman for you to go through.
Phone and email support seven days a week.
Additional TXSOS documents filed at the same time only $75 each.
Same Business Day
Apostille Service
All Texas Secretary of State government filing fees are included in the $95 price.
Money back guarantee if we don’t attempt to file your college diploma apostille in the stated time.
Your college diploma apostille couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
College diploma apostille filing status updates by email or text.
We’re based in Austin, TX, so no Texas apostille services middleman for you to go through.
Phone and email support seven days a week.
Additional TXSOS documents filed at the same time only $75 each.
