Texas Apostille Service

No. A Texas birth certificate is an official vital record. Use an eligible original or a recent certified copy issued by the proper government office. A notary cannot turn a regular photocopy into a certified birth record.

An ordinary photocopy is not accepted as a substitute for an official Texas birth record. Request an eligible government-issued certified copy. You may upload a photo of what you have for our free preliminary check.

No. Texas notaries cannot certify copies of recordable vital records such as birth certificates. For a Texas birth certificate, obtain a certified copy from the appropriate government records office.

A certified vital-record copy comes from the government office holding the original record, with its official certification. A notary certifies certain non-recordable documents or witnesses signatures; notarization does not replace an official certified birth or marriage record.

No. A marriage record is a recordable government document. Use an eligible original or recently issued certified copy from the appropriate county clerk or records office, not a notarized photocopy.

Send a photo or PDF through our form for a free preliminary review. The Texas filing generally requires the eligible physical original, government-certified copy, or properly Texas-notarized original; an ordinary emailed scan is not a substitute.

The receiving country or organization decides which birth-certificate format it needs. Texas offers different certified record types. Tell us your destination and upload a photo for review before ordering a replacement.

Texas generally requires recordable certified documents to have been issued within the past five years for apostille eligibility. You may need a newly issued certified copy; we can review the date and type first.

Texas Vital Statistics or an authorized local records office can issue an eligible certified birth record. Ask for the certified record you need for use abroad; we can check it before your apostille order. See Texas Vital Statistics guidance ↗

It depends on the issuing school and the document format. Some school documents need an original Texas notarial act or other specific certification. Share what the school gave you so we can identify the appropriate route.

A privately signed power of attorney generally needs a proper Texas notarial act before Texas can authenticate the notary signature. We can check the existing notarization; we do not draft legal documents.

No. A notary performs eligible notarizations; the Texas Secretary of State issues the state apostille. Notarization may be needed for some private documents, but is not required for an official certified birth or marriage record.

First confirm that the document is an eligible Texas-issued record or Texas-notarized original, and check which country will receive it. Texas offers direct state processing; our private service can start with a free preliminary review and quote before you send an original.

Yes, you can start a request with us online or by WhatsApp. Most physical Texas documents still require the original or an eligible certified copy for state processing. The optional Tilda file-upload field is for preliminary review, not an electronic state filing.

The state usually requires an original Texas-issued record, an eligible Texas-certified copy, or an original properly notarized Texas document. A phone photo is useful for preliminary review but normally cannot replace the physical filing document.

An eligible certified Texas birth certificate can be considered for state apostille processing. We check its issuing authority and issuance date first. A hospital keepsake, souvenir certificate, or ordinary photocopy is not the same as an official certified record.

We can review an eligible certified marriage record to identify the correct Texas filing route. Share the issuing authority, issuance date, and country of use; if necessary, we will explain what type of certified copy you should obtain.

Yes, eligible Texas-certified vital records and court records can be reviewed for the appropriate state process. The issuing office, certification, and issue date matter; a notarized photocopy of an official record is not a replacement.

Tell us which name appears on the document and which country will receive it. The receiving organization may ask for a linking document, such as a certified marriage record, in addition to an apostille.

Usually no. A birth certificate, court record, or notarized original from another state normally follows the issuing state's route. Texas can authenticate eligible Texas public records and Texas notarial acts, not ordinary records issued by another state.

Yes. You can start our review from another U.S. state or abroad if your document qualifies for the Texas process. We confirm how to send it and quote international return delivery separately.

Our Standard package is $125, Priority is $195, and Express is $395 for one eligible Texas document. All include the applicable state filing fee and standard USPS return shipping within the United States. Translation, sending documents to the processing address, international delivery, and special-case services are extra. We confirm availability and any extras before payment.

Our provisional estimates, starting when an eligible physical document reaches the confirmed processing route, are approximately 3–5 weeks for Standard, 1–2 weeks for Priority, and 5–7 business days for Express when an expedited route is available. Shipping your document to the processing address and standard USPS return transit take additional time. Texas says mailed requests can take up to two weeks after receipt; we confirm the applicable service route and estimate before payment.

Yes. Standard USPS return shipping to a U.S. address is included in the listed price for one eligible document. You pay to send your document to the confirmed processing address. International return delivery or upgraded express shipping is quoted separately.

No. These are Apostille Center USA service packages. Texas offers standard mail-in processing and certain in-person options, but we must confirm an available faster handling route before accepting a Priority or Express order. An urgent package cannot make a mailed government request jump the queue.

Texas describes same-day processing for eligible in-person requests under its current appointment and walk-in rules. That is an official state option, not a same-day promise by Apostille Center USA. Contact us for a case-specific service estimate.

After you request a free review, we send the mailing steps for your specific document and chosen service. If you prefer to file yourself, see the Texas Secretary of State’s current instructions ↗.

We can review your corporate document and identify its correct certification route. Texas Secretary of State business records on file with the state are handled through its Corporation Certifying Team, not the standard Authentications Unit path for all other records.

No. FBI background checks are federal documents and require a separate federal route through the U.S. Department of State. See the FBI Apostille service if that is your document.

For Dubai, Abu Dhabi, or elsewhere in the UAE, a regular Texas apostille is generally not the complete process. State and U.S. federal authentication, UAE attestation, and possibly translation may be needed. We quote legalization separately.

Qatar's consulate in Houston describes state authentication, U.S. Department of State authentication, and consular legalization for eligible U.S. documents. Requirements differ by document, so request a review before mailing or paying. Qatar legalization is not included in the regular Texas apostille packages.

Yes. Ask for translation during the free review. We quote the target language, document length, and whether the recipient needs the document, apostille, or both translated. Translation is not included in the three apostille package prices.

It depends on the receiving authority and whether a separately notarized translator's statement must be authenticated. In some cases the completed document and apostille are translated together; do not assume one order of steps works for every country.

An apostille verifies the origin of an eligible public document; the receiving authority decides whether it accepts the record, format, and any translation. Tell us the destination and recipient so we can flag likely extra requirements early.

These countries are parties to the Hague Apostille Convention, so an eligible Texas public document generally follows the Texas apostille route. Your receiving institution may still require a certified translation or a specific document format.

Texas has separate rules and a different application form for adoption proceedings. We review your adoption documents and provide a separate quote; the three ordinary Texas-document packages should not be assumed to cover adoption cases.

No. Apostille Center USA is an independent private document assistance service. The Texas Secretary of State issues Texas apostilles; we assist with review, coordination, and return delivery, not legal advice.