U.S. documents Apostille for Costa Rica

The Hague Convention (Apostille Agreement) is an international  treaty taken on by over 50 countries in the year of 1961. The goal of the treaty was to abolish the requirements of consular legalization of the public documents meant for foreign countries, the parties of the above stated convention. Apostille aims to shorten the process of documents legalization, by proving their authenticity by a proper official county, state and federal agencies in the country where the documents derived from. As soon as apostilled, the documents no longer need any following embassy legalization.

Costa Rica and Apostille Treaty

Costa Rica joined the Hague Apostille Convention in January of  2011. Therefore, if a document is meant to be presented before official establishments in Costa Rica, it is mandated to be apostilled in order to be approved overseas.

Getting the documents meant for Costa Rica is not a difficult procedure. Although, it is advised to keep in mind that, each document is prepared in a different way. For example, a document signed by an individual and notarized by a Notary Public, is typically prepared in two easy steps –authentication and apostille. While such documents as Vital Records, FBI Background Check Certificate, corporate and business documents, etc. require in–depth knowledge of which agencies and departments are involved in the Apostille practice.

Consequently, if you are dealing with the documents for the first time, it is clever to retain professional Apostille services that will help you to save your time and money. Also, if prepared by the experienced notaries and Apostille agents in association with established procedures and international rules, your documents will be assured a 100% acceptance by foreign establishments.

Document Apostille services in New York

When it comes to Apostille for Costa Rica, the Apoling Solutions is proud to offer the knowledge and expertise of our Notaries Public, proficient Apostille Agents and trained certified translators from English into Spanish language.

Being a leading provider of Apostille and document legalization services with agency located in New York, and giving service starting from the West Coast and reaching to providing services nationwide. We assist people in preparation of any kind of vital records, personal, official, educational, financial, business or legal documents anticipated for Costa Rica.

Below are the documents considered official (public) documents in accordance with the Hague Convention; therefore, gaining an Apostille on these documents is a must  if you would like them to be accepted by the authorities of Costa Rica:

1. Documents delivered by organizations or officials associated with courts, including as well as the documents distributed by a public prosecutor or court secretary:
   – Birth Certificate
   – Marriage Certificate
   – Death Certificate
   – Judgment of Divorce or Divorce Decree
   – Judgment of Name Change
   – Custody – related Judgment and Court Decisions, etc.
2. Documents issued by administrative bodies and qualified by authorized representatives:
   – Diploma signed by a Rector of an educational institution
   – Transcript certified by a School Principal
   – Medical documents signed by a hospital administrator, etc.
3. Documents signed by a notary public:
   – Certified and notarized copies of official documents (U.S. Driver’s License, passport of the U.S. citzen, copies of school records and diplomas)
   – Power of Attorney
   – Affidavits (including Affidavit of Single Status)
   – Consents including Parental Consent for Travel of their Children
4. Official authenticating endorsements, placed on documents signed by individuals acting in a personal capacity, such as official certificates of the registration of a document or of its existence on the date indicated, as well as official and Notarial verification of signatures: Business and Corporate documents such as By – Laws, certificate of Incorporation, Business Contract and Agreements.
   Considering the aforementioned, it is suggested that the documents intended for Costa Rica to be processed in accordance with International regulations and official requirements of Costa Rica.

Document retrieving services

If you have to:

• Apostille for Birth Certificate for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Marriage Certificate for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Death Certificate for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Divorce Judgment for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Certificate of Non-Appeal for Costa Rica
• Apostille for FBI background check for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Form 6166 for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Name Change for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Diploma for Costa Rica
• Apostille for school transcript for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Court document for Costa Rica
• Apostille for power of attorney for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Affidavit of Single Status for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Certificate of Non-Impediment for Costa Rica
• Apostille for police record (police clearance) for Costa Rica
• Apostille for Social Security Administration Letter

Keep in mind that an Office of the Secretary of State will not issue apostille for these documents. It is because one should obtain certified copies of the documents first and after proceed with their legalization.

Currently, most of the Apostille businesses do not offer document retrieving services and you have to retrieve the documents by yourself in advance of ordering Apostille services. This implies that you have to do a research on what documents to acquire, where to order them and exactly how to order.

The Apoling Solutions is a full – service agency. We’ll help you with getting a hold of the right document, authenticate and apostille it, and translate it from English into Spanish.
If you live in Costa Rica, and must to retrieve a document from the America authorities (Vital Records, Judgment of Divorce, educational documents, etc.), please, let us know by sending us an email or reaching out to us by phone. We can help you in these matters as well!

Apostille Certification translation into Spanish language

Considering the Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica, when presented to officials in Costa Rica, foreign documents necessitate translation into Spanish language. The translation must certified.

At the Apoling Solutions we complete everything in one place – document retrieving – authentication – Apostille – translation – translation certification and legalization – notary binding.

With us you do not have to worry about a thing!

Any document you might need, will be prepared and completed for you by us  promptly and professionally!

Ordering Apostille on documents for Costa Rica

Please, send us a request and receive free of charge – quote via this website, email us your inquiry at: apolingsolutions@gmail.com or bring the documents for Apostille to our agency, accessibly and conveniently located in the Bensonhurst area of Brooklyn, NY.

Do you reside out of state? Has your document been issued in the county or state that you do not live any longer?
We can handle any document that you need to take to Costa Rica– no matter what county or state it was issued by.

We offer complete Apostille services for clients from all over the United States, from the states of: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT,VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY.