How To Apostille A
TEFL Certificate Copy
TEFL certificate example
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If you’re looking for a TEFL certificate apostille near me look no further because we only need three things from you to complete the expedited Texas apostille for TEFL certificate copy process.
First, mail us or drop off at our office a color photocopy of your TEFL certificate (the original TEFL certificate you received by mail cannot be apostilled by law) and you must also include a signed certified copy affidavit from the TEFL certificate holder (you) that has been properly notarized by a Texas notary public (you cannot use a notary public from any other state or foreign country).
Please DO NOT mail or drop off to us your original TEFL certificate because Texas apostille requirements do not require or allow this.
The Texas Secretary of State will reject any non-recordable document (TEFL certificates) 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.
The affiant’s signature (the person who will sign the TEFL certificate certified copy affidavit in front of a Texas notary public) on the TEFL certification certified copy affidavit must be the original. Meaning the signatures on the TEFL certificate certified copy affidavit that the Texas notary public witnesses cannot be a copied or a automated autopen type signature.
The Secretary of State in Texas will reject your TEFL certification copy if original signatures were not used on the TEFL certificate certified copy affidavit.
A Texas authentications unit staffer will use a magnifying glass and/or a smudge test to verify that all TEFL certificate certified copy affidavits presented to them properly used original wet ink signatures. So don’t think you can sneak this past them.
Click on the big PDF icon below that says, “CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD” to instantly download a copy of the TEFL certificate certified copy affidavit that you print out, sign, and get notarized to apostille Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate copies.
Certified Copy Affidavit
On this ________ day of ______________________ , 20____,
I ____________________________________ (print TEFL certificate holder name) swear and attest that the attached document is a true, correct, and unaltered copy of my original TEFL certificate, 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.
________________________________________
(TEFL certificate holder signature)
State of Texas
County of ______________________
Sworn to and subscribed before me on the _______ day of _____________________________, 20____,
by ________________________________ (print TEFL certificate holder name).
___________________________________
(Texas notary public signature)
The above Texas notary jurat verbiage must be written in all English on your TEFL certificate certified copy affidavit. The actual TEFL certificate content can be in any non-English language (say you got it translated) but the entire Texas notary jurat text cannot be in a different or translated language other than English.
If the Texas notary jurat verbiage that is used on your TEFL certification certified copy affidavit is not 100% in English your Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate copy will be rejected by the Secretary of State of Texas.
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 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 TEFL academy certification) and are completely unreliable and slow.
The reason we require a prepaid return shipping label is so we can mail your TEFL certification 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 TEFL certificate 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 TEFL certificate 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 TEFL certificate 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 pickup your TEFL certification 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 expedited 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 TEFL certificate apostille request by mail or drop off until we receive a properly completed Texas apostille services order form from you.
If you will be dropping off a TEFL certificate 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 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 TEFL certificate 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 TEFL academy certification will not and cannot be apostilled onsite at our office so this isn’t walk-in service.
The only legal and government entity in Texas that can issue Texas apostille certificates is the Texas Secretary of State office which is where we will rush file your TEFL certification at on your behalf.
We must receive your properly notarized certified copy affidavit and a TEFL certificate photocopy 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 TEFL certificate apostille order after that cutoff time don’t worry we’ll simply attempt to file it 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 your Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate off 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 TEFL certificate in the stated time.
Your TEFL certification couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
TELF teaching certificate 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 TEFL certificate in the stated time.
Your TEFL certification couriered to any shipping center (return shipping costs not included).
TEFL academy certificate 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.
