For personal documents this includes birth certificates, marriage licenses, death certificates and divorce decrees.In some jurisdictions, vital records may also include civil unions and domestic partnerships.

For corporate documents this includes Filing receipts, Certificate of Good Standing etc.Individuals are asked to retrieve these documents and have them apostilled for many reasons including obtaining a visa, employment, school, entering into a business arrangement with a foreign entity etc.

When asked to apostille a vital record it is important to note the following: you cannot notarize a photocopy of a vital record, you cannot use the original of a vital record, you must use a certified copy of the vital record. In many cases, a Certified Copy will have a raised seal on the bottom right hand corner of the document. Each state has specific rules and regulations as to how to obtain a Certified Copy of a Vital Record.

Global Document Expeditors can be of assistance in obtaining these documents.

We can either obtain these for you on your behalf after being granted written permission (See Permission Letter). There is also pertinent personal information needed to retrieve the vital record. Or if the request has to come directly from the requestor on the record we can help point you in the right direction and streamline the process to make ordering the vital record as easy as possible. We also recommend ordering an extra two copies of each vital record for future use.

Retrieving Vital records can be a “headache” and expensive proposition if done incorrectly. It can lead to document rejection and unnecessary expenses including time and shipping costs as well as a loss of job, visa business opportunity etc.

We are experts at handling this, and have created a system that is efficient, competitively priced with a fast turnaround.