An apostille is a certificate that authenticates a document to be used in proceedings in a foreign country. An apostille guarantees the authenticity of a document signature and any notarial stamps/ seals affixed to the document.
In the modern world, countless documents are signed and sent between countries, many of them notarized or including the signature of some other public official. The challenge for individuals receiving the documents is knowing whether the Notary’s signature is legitimate.
An agent can provide courier services to deliver notarized documents requiring apostilles to the appropriate agency. This might entail sending the notarized document, a check for the processing fee, the apostille request form and a return mailing label to the apostille-issuing agency on the customer’s behalf. The agency would then process the request, attach the apostille and mail the document with the apostille back to the Notary or the customer.