United States

Apostille in American Samoa

Verified as of August 9, 2026

Everything below is transcribed from this office's own published sources and printed in its words. A value we could not confirm against an official page carries an unverified marker — but the absence of that marker is not a guarantee that a fact was checked, and the source's own doubts stay inside the notes reproduced here verbatim. Confirm fees, addresses and deadlines with the office before you send documents or money.

Who issues the apostille

Competent authority

Office of the Secretary of American Samoa (OSAS)

HCCH designation: Secretary of American Samoa; Attorney General of American Samoa. Current Secretary listed as High Chief Pulumataala Ae Ae Jr.

Which documents this office will accept

From the source: Pre-certification: original document + government-issued ID of requester

Certifications you may need first

No additional certification step is required before the apostille.

The request form

The request form is not published online — confirm with the office whether it wants a form, and which one, before you send anything.

What the source does say about this office is in the notes at the end of this page.

Requesting online

Online route: Part of the request is made online; the documents themselves still reach the office on paper.
Where: https://www.osas.as/copy-of-modernization
From the source: "Walk-ins are preferred, but you may also apply online" (Google Form linked from the OSAS page) or email the completed service request form; fees are paid at the Accounts Payable Office

Where to go in person

Pago Pago (Fagatogo)

2nd floor, Lumana'i Building, Fagatogo (toward the Fagatogo Malae), Pago Pago

Access: Open for walk-in service.
Hours: 7:30 am–4:00 pm Mon–Fri; applications accepted 8:00 am–2:00 pm
From the source: "Walk-ins are preferred, but you may also apply online" (Google Form) or email the completed service request form to secretaryofamericansamoa@go.as.gov

What it costs

Fee

$25.00 USD per document

Verbatim: "All authentication fees are $25.00 per document. Additional fees may apply."

How to pay

Accepted methods: The source does not itemize which payment methods this office accepts.
From the source: Payment instruments not stated. Fees are paid NOT at OSAS but at the Accounts Payable Office, 1st floor, Executive Office Building, Utulei

Where to send your documents

No mailing address is published for this office. Do not send original documents anywhere until you have confirmed the address with the office itself.

How long it takes unverified

Processing time is not published for this office.

From the source: Processing time: not stated (documents are reviewed, sent for the Secretary's signature, returned to OSAS for release) — (unverified)

“Unverified” marks a value we could not confirm against an official page. Facts without the marker are not therefore audited — always confirm money and addresses with the office before you send anything.

Checking status and verifying an apostille

Verify an issued apostille: No public verification register is published for this office. That is not the same as an apostille being unverifiable — ask the office how it confirms one.
Check a request's status: No status-tracking page is published for this office.

Remote online notarization

Our source's remote-notarization survey covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia, so it records nothing for American Samoa. That is a gap in the source — not a statement that remote notarization is, or is not, available here.

Other things the source says

Request form: OSAS service request form (client portion) — linked from https://www.osas.as/copy-of-modernization (Google Form/online option on page); form format/kind not stated, so requestForm stays null rather than a guessed kind

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