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Good news about federal apostille processing time: it’s getting faster! Note: This development does not affect California Secretary of State apostille procurement, which currently takes only one business day. Federal apostille processing time is set to improve on October 1. After being closed to help stop the spread of the Covid 19 virus in
Need to set up a hospital signing? Our new website page guides you through the process for organizing a document signing appointment in a hospital or other health care facility. Every week we receive calls from attorneys, social workers, and relatives of hospital patients asking for our advice and assistance planning a signing in a
Do you need a document notarized in San Francisco? If you want to get a document notarized in San Francisco, you will need to meet with a State of California-commissioned notary in person and get a wet-ink notarization. But where can you find a notary public in San Francisco? The number of walk-in notary public
We often get asked, “How much does a notary cost?” The answer is that the California Secretary of State regulates pricing for the notarial act, but other related fees may apply, depending on your notary needs. The maximum fee allowed by the State of California for most notarial acts is $15 The $15 per notarized
If you have a document being presented in another country, the recipient might ask you to obtain a “Sacramento apostille” (a.k.a. California Secretary of State or Hague apostille) before shipping it to them. The good news is that you don’t have to travel to Sacramento to get the apostille. SF Notary + Apostille can take
It’s true: the dream of a simple China apostille is almost a reality! Legalization of documents at the Chinese Embassy or Chinese Consulate will no longer be required starting 7 November 2023.
Get Your CA Apostille in Just One Day Exciting news! The California Secretary of State has reopened its counter in Sacramento, allowing us once again to provide one-day CA apostille service. This means documents that we notarize or are shipped overnight to our staff in Sacramento one day are apostilled and shipped the next business day.
Federal US State Dept Apostille/Authentication in 3 Weeks We are pleased to announce that our federal US State Department apostille / authentication turnaround time is improving! It’s now averaging less than three weeks–a huge improvement over the 13 weeks it was taking the State Department to apostille or authenticate FBI background checks and other documents
Canada Joins Hague Apostille Convention Great news! On 12 May 2023, Canada became party to the Hague Apostille Convention, meaning that they will soon issue and accept apostilled documents. The general reaction has been, “Well, it’s about time!” Canada was one of the few developed nations that had not joined the Convention, which made document
When booking mobile notary appointments, clients often ask us which types of proof of identification documents our San Francisco Bay Area traveling notaries will accept as satisfactory evidence of the signing party’s identification.
