How To Apostille Name
Change Petition For
Texas Name Change Petition For example
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Federal Petition For Name Change example
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We only need three things from you to complete the expedited Texas Name Change Petition For apostille or the federal Petition For Name Change apostille services process.
First, mail us your original or certified copy Texas Name Change Petition For document that will be issued by one of the 254 Texas counties in Texas or the federal Petition For Name Change document that is issued by the U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and/or U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
The Texas Secretary of State will only accept and issue Texas apostille certificates on original Texas Name Change Petition For documents that are physically presented to them and they must be signed and sealed by that Texas counties county clerk, district clerk, or deputy clerk.
When we say an “original Texas Name Change Petition For or a Petition For Name Change” this means you have an original Texas Name Change Petition For or a federal Petition For Name Change document that you ordered and received by mail or you physically picked up the state level (Texas) Name Change Petition For document at the Texas county office of where it was issued from.
If you only have a judge’s signature on your Texas Name Change Petiton For document this will not do and your Texas Name Change Petition For will get rejected by the Texas Secretary of State’s office.
Please note we (no person or company) can’t give you any type of progress updates if you order a federal Petition For Name Change because we get none from the USDOJ.
Only after the USDOJ certifies your Petition For Name Change documents can we email you to let you know that step one is completed and the filing of your USDOJ certified Petition For Name Change document with the United States Department of State has been started.
The USA State Department does not give us or anyone updates of any kind once we submit your federal Petition For Name Change document to them in-person. So we cannot give you any type of federal apostille services order status updates once you place your Petition For Name Change order with us (welcome to the completely broken federal government system since COVID).
This is why we highly recommend that you get your Name Change Petition For paperwork filed at the Texas state level and not at the federal level which is a much longer and expensive process.
Apostille Texas can same day apostille your Texas issued Name Change Petition For document for you compared to the 3 1/2 – 4 month turnaround time (TAT) that it will take to be issued a federal apostille Petition For Name Change.
For any federally issued Petition For Name Change document to be apostilled it must be first filed at the U.S Justice Department in Washington D.C to get it federally certified. Only after that first step is completed can it be submitted to the U.S Department of State to be issued a federal apostille or federal authentication certificate on your Petition For Name Change document.
In order to obtain the proper certification from the U.S Justice department your federal Petition For Name Change document must have all of the following:
1. The signature of the deputy clerk must be original pen in hand (not electronic or autopen);
2. Name of the court listed at the top of the Petition For Name Change;
3. Embossed stamp of the court on the Petition For Name Change;
4. The Petition For Name Change must be original and can’t be notarized.
Missing any one of these four requirements will result in a rejection of your document by the Department of Justice and you will be out all the money you paid us to file your Petition For Name Change document for you.
The total cost to expedite file and rush apostille your federal Petition For Name Change document at both the USDOJ and USDOS in Washington D.C is $375 per document. The entire process will take a minimum of 3 1/2 – 4 months.
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 Texas Name Change Petition For document) and are completely unreliable and slow.
The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your Texas Name Change Petition For 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 Texas Name Change Petition For apostille mailed back to.
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.
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 Texas Name Change Petition For apostille 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 Texas Name Change Petition For 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 Texas Name Change Petition For 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 Texas Name Change Petition For 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 off your Texas Name Change Petition For document 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 Texas Name Change Petition For or a federal Name Change Petition For document 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 Texas Name Change Petition For document 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 Texas Name Change Petition For at on your behalf.
The only legal and government entity in the world that can issue U.S federal apostille certificates (including federal Name Change Petition For documents) is the U.S Department of State.
We must receive your Texas Name Change Petition For 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 Texas Name Change Petition For 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 Texas Name Change Petition For 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 Texas Name Change Petition For in the stated time.
Your Texas Name Change Petition For apostille couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
Texas Name Change Petition For 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.
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 Texas Name Change Petition For in the stated time.
Your Texas Name Change Petition For apostille couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
Texas Name Change Petition For 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.
