Apostilă în Federal — U.S. Department of State
Ce documente acceptă acest birou
- Din sursă
Document must be "an original or certified copy"; "seals and signatures are originals"; must include "legible signature of the official's name, printed name and title, and seal of the agency." Warning verbatim: "Do not notarize your document. Your document will no longer be valid if it is notarized." (applies to federal-agency documents; a translation, if needed, is what gets notarized)
În funcție de tipul documentului
| Tipul documentului | Ce solicită acest birou |
|---|---|
| electronically/digitally signed federal documents (e.g., the digitally signed FBI eDO PDF) neverificat | no explicit policy published — travel.state.gov requires that "seals and signatures are originals" on an "original or certified copy" (unverified whether a printed digitally-signed FBI Identity History Summary is accepted; practitioners commonly submit the printed FBI PDF, but no official statement located on travel.state.gov) |
Certificări de care s-ar putea să aveți nevoie mai întâi
Nu este necesar niciun pas de certificare suplimentar înainte de apostilare.
Formularul de cerere
- Formular
Un formular de cerere în format PDF.
- Numărul formularului
DS-4194
- De unde se obține
- Din sursă
Form DS-4194, "Request for Authentications Service" — "Be sure to list the country in which you will use the document" (the destination country is required on the form)
Depunerea cererii online
- Variantă online
Nu există o variantă de cerere online — acest birou primește cereri doar pe hârtie.
- Din sursă
No online submission or tracking portal; status checks via the Contact Us web form or phone
Unde mergeți personal
Washington, D.C.
600 19th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20006- Acces
Deschis pentru vizite fără programare.
Nu este necesară o programare.
- Program
"7:00 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except for federal holidays"
- Serviciu în aceeași zi
Nu se oferă.
- Ora-limită
Walk-in drop-off/pickup: NO appointment needed, but only "Mondays through Thursdays between 7:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m."
- Din sursă
Same-day service exists ONLY via emergency (life-or-death) appointment, Mon–Thu 10:00 a.m.–2:30 p.m. (email authcert@state.gov)
Cât costă
- Taxă
$20.00 USD pe document
"$20 per document" — a "$20 nonrefundable fee for each document." (The $8.00 figure still shown on the HCCH authorities page is OUTDATED.)
Cum se plătește
- Prin poștă
Cec sau mandat poștal.
- Personal
Plată cu cardul.
- Se completează ca beneficiar
U.S. Department of State
Copiați exact așa cum este scris.
- Din sursă
Payment differs BY CHANNEL. By mail: "check or money order. Make them payable to the U.S. Department of State. Do not send cash or credit card information." In person: "credit card, debit card, or a contactless form of payment such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or Samsung Pay. We do not accept cash, check, or money order."
Unde trimiteți documentele
- Adresă poștală
- Office of Authentications
U.S. Department of State
44132 Mercure Circle
P.O. Box 1206
Sterling, VA 20166-1206USPS nu FedEx UPS DHL
Această adresă este o căsuță poștală — curierii comerciali (FedEx / UPS / DHL) nu pot livra la o căsuță poștală. Pentru a trimite prin curier, confirmați mai întâi o adresă stradală cu biroul.
Cât durează
- Prin poștă
Mail: "within five weeks from the date we receive it" (page banner: "5+ Weeks")
- Personal
In-person walk-in drop-off: "seven business days" (banner: "2-3 Weeks") — documents are NOT processed while you wait (pick up ~7 business days later)
- Regim de urgență
Emergency appointment: processed "same day as your appointment" (banner: "Under 2 Weeks") — life-or-death emergencies only: email authcert@state.gov with "Proof of international travel within two weeks" and "Proof that an immediate family member has died, is dying, or has a life-threatening illness or injury"
Verificarea stadiului și a unei apostile
- Verificați o apostilă emisă
Nu este publicat niciun registru public de verificare pentru acest birou. Aceasta nu înseamnă că o apostilă nu poate fi verificată — întrebați biroul cum o confirmă.
- Verificați stadiul unei cereri
https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/contact-us/authentications.html
No online tracking portal. Status checks via the Contact Us web form ("We will respond to you within 7 days" / "via email or phone call in the next week") or phone 202-485-8000, hours "9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday"
Autentificare notarială online la distanță
Această autoritate emite apostile, dar nu numește niciun Notary Public, așa că la acest nivel nu există reguli privind autentificarea notarială la distanță. Acestea țin de statul sau provincia unde persoana respectivă deține calitatea de Notary Public.
Alte informații oferite de sursă
Documents that require the FEDERAL apostille are those signed by a "U.S. federal official," "U.S. consular officer," "Military notary or judge advocate," or "Foreign consul registered with the U.S. Department of State's Office of Protocol." Examples listed on travel.state.gov: "FBI background checks issued by U.S. Department of Justice" (FBI Identity History Summary) and "Federal court documents ... issued by U.S. Department of Justice" [sic]; "Certification of U.S. tax residency issued by Internal Revenue Service (IRS)" (Form 6166); USDA animal and plant certifications; USPTO patent and trademark applications; DHS certificate of naturalization; documents issued by the "Environmental Protection Agency, Social Security Administration, or Office of Personnel Management". FDA export certificates and DEA documents are federal-agency documents and follow the same route but are not itemized by name on the examples list (unverified as named examples — the "any U.S. federal official" rule covers them). E-register: no public online e-register for federal apostilles was located on travel.state.gov (unverified — no e-register page found as of Aug 2026); verification of an issued federal apostille is by contacting the Office of Authentications. Emergency appointments: authcert@state.gov
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- Consular records (CRBA)
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