Apostille and Legalization of Documents

Among several documents required in foreign countries is the Department of Justice, FBI, criminal background. This document needs to be translated (English to Spanish)  when is required in Latin American countries or Spain and then legalized with an Apostille ( Apostilla ). The translation is certified and notarized.  Once legalized with an Apostille is usually sent through Fedex International Priority. The client also receive and email when the document is hand-delivered in the country of destination.  In this case the Apostille was done for Argentina. _____________________________________________________________________________ Sergio Musetti Apostille service in California - Sacramento County Notary Public - Certified National Notary Association Notary Signing Agent/Signing Specialist - Spanish English Translation  - Carmichael Notary Rotary

A document was written in Hebrew, notarized and received yesterday to be legalized with an Apostille .  Since Israel is on the list of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, it can be done in California for documents properly notarized or signed by a state official like a county clerk. Documents such as birth certificate, marriage, death, divorce can be legalized, or authenticated with an Apostille. The document was received this morning (1 day for Apostille processing and delivery in the US) and I received a call from the customer which observation was that the signature on the Apostille looked like a copy and not the original.  The signature from  Alex Padilla , who was sworn in as California Secretary of State on January 5, 2015, was a copy of the original.  That Apostille office process hundreds of documents per day and they use a certificate format approved by the H...