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For exporters, manufacturers and laboratories

Export documents apostilled the day they arrive, billed once a month.

Shipments should not wait on a stamp. Send us every certificate, licence and contract your export desk needs legalized, and we route it to the right authority or embassy, send it on to your importer, and bill it all on one monthly statement your accounting team can file without a question.

Written reply within 1 hour9 am to 10 pm Eastern, 7 days a week

$99 per document
Same day intake
1 named contact
1 page tracks every file
1 statement a month
Why a desk, not a series of orders

Built for a company that ships every month, not for a one-time file

A consumer apostille service is designed around one person, one document, one trip. An export desk runs on repetition: the same certificate for the same regulator, lot after lot. We set the route once and then simply run it.

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Same-day intake, confirmed in writing

The day your envelope or scan reaches us, every document is logged, photographed and queued, and you get a written confirmation with its route and the date to expect the stamp. No document sits unopened on a desk.

02

One named contact who knows your documents

You deal with Auguste, by direct line or email, in English or French, 9 am to 10 pm, seven days a week. No ticket numbers, no re-explaining what a certificate of analysis is.

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A tracking page for your company

Every document in progress on one page, with its current step and the courier tracking once it leaves. One access code, which you can share with logistics, your distributor or the importer's broker.

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One statement a month, ready for accounting

Each document on its own line with your PO or reference number, the government or consular fee next to it at cost, courier at cost, one total, one payment. Your controller never chases ten small invoices.

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Verifiable apostille numbers the day they issue

The moment the authority stamps, you receive the scan and the apostille number by email, so your importer can start its file while the originals are still in DHL's hands.

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Document profiles, set once

Certificate of analysis for Costa Rica, Health Canada licence for Mexico, distributor agreement for the Emirates: each recurring document gets a profile, with its notary step, authority, destination format and recipient. The tenth one is faster than the first.

Pricing

Plain pricing your controller will sign off on

A service fee per document, a floor that keeps the desk open in a quiet month, and every third-party fee passed through at cost with the receipt behind it. No set-up fee.

Most export desks
Monthly desk
$99 per document
$300 monthly minimum
  • The minimum covers your first 3 documents each month; from the 4th, $99 each
  • Government and consular fees at cost, courier at cost, each on its own line
  • Destinations outside the Apostille Convention: + $149 per document for the embassy route
  • Rush drop-off on the day's authority run: + $79 per batch
  • Notarization or certified translation, when a document needs one: arranged at the notary's or translator's fee
  • Three months to start, then month to month with 30 days' notice
Open a monthly desk
Annual desk
$3,000 per year
36 documents included
  • Prepaid for twelve months, $89 for each document beyond 36
  • The same contact, tracking page and monthly statement
  • Priority on the day's authority run, no rush fee
  • Government, consular and courier fees at cost, as on the monthly desk
  • One invoice a year for the service, which suits a budget approved in advance
Ask about the annual desk

Drag the slider. Service fees only; government, consular and courier fees are added at cost and depend on the authority and destination.

$495 per month

5 documents at $99. Your minimum of $300 is comfortably covered.

Ordered one at a time at $139 each: $695

A month at the desk

What your statement looks like

An illustration with five documents, the kind of month a small exporter has. Government and consular fees are shown as the lines they would occupy, not as amounts, because each authority sets its own.

Oct 2
2 certificates of analysis, Alberta laboratory, lot 4471 and 4472, for Costa Rica · PO 2231
2 × $99
Alberta apostille fee, 2 documents
at cost
Oct 9
Health Canada medical device licence, for a COFEPRIS file in Mexico · PO 2238
1 × $99
Global Affairs Canada authentication, 1 document
at cost
Oct 21
Distributor agreement + certificate of incorporation, for the United Arab Emirates, embassy route · PO 2240
2 × $99 + 2 × $149
UAE embassy legalization fee, 2 documents
at cost
Courier
DHL Express to San José and Mexico City, signature required; Purolator to your office for the UAE set
at cost
Total
Service fees, 5 documents
$793 + fees at cost

Dates, lot and PO numbers are invented for the example. The statement arrives on the 1st as a PDF, with the receipts for every fee charged at cost attached.

What we route

The documents export desks send us

Public documents go to the authority directly. Private and commercial documents are notarized first, by a notary we coordinate, then apostilled or legalized. We tell you which is which in the written confirmation.

  • Certificates of analysis COA
  • Certificates of free sale
  • Health Canada licences MDL · MDEL · DEL
  • Certificates of origin
  • Certificates of incorporation and good standing
  • ISO, GMP and HACCP certificates
  • Distributor and agency agreements
  • Powers of attorney
  • Letters of authorization
  • Commercial invoices and packing lists
  • Product labels and technical files
  • CFIA and phytosanitary certificates

Apostille destinations

Mexico, Spain, Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, India, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Morocco, the Philippines and every other member of the Apostille Convention: one stamp, issued by the authority for the province that issued the document, or by Global Affairs Canada for federal documents.

Embassy destinations

United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Egypt, Vietnam, Thailand, China for some documents and the other countries outside the Convention: authentication by Global Affairs Canada, then legalization at the embassy or consulate. Longer, more expensive, and planned with you in advance.

Desk or one-off

How the desk compares with ordering as you go

Export deskOne-off orders
Service fee$99 per document, $300 monthly minimum$139 per submission, $109 for each additional document in the same envelope
IntakeSame day, written confirmation with route and expected dateWhen the order is placed and paid
TrackingOne page for the company, every document, one access codeOne access code per file
InvoicingOne statement on the 1st, PO numbers, fees at cost itemizedOne invoice per order, paid before work starts
Set-upDocument profiles written once with you, then reusedEach order starts from a blank pre-check
RushPriority on the day's authority run; + $79 per batch on the monthly desk, included on the annual desk+ $79 per order, when available
Getting started

Open in a week, running from the first envelope

A 15-minute call

We list the documents you send most, their destinations and who should receive them, and write a profile for each. You get the desk agreement by email the same day.

Your first batch

Courier the originals to Laval, or drop them off. Same-day intake, written confirmation, and the first apostille numbers in your inbox as soon as the authority stamps.

The monthly rhythm

Send documents as they come. Follow everything on your company page, and receive one statement on the 1st with the receipts behind every fee at cost.

Where we stop, and where your advisers stay. We move documents from your desk to the authority, the embassy and your importer, and we get them stamped. We do not give legal or customs advice, draft agreements or act as a customs broker; your lawyer, your broker and the importing regulator keep those roles. If a regulator's requirement is unclear, we tell you what we see and ask before anything is filed.
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Tell us what your desk sends

Two minutes. A written reply within the hour with your document profiles, the route for each, and the desk agreement ready to sign.

A written answer within 1 hourA bilingual person replies, 9 am to 10 pm Eastern, 7 days a week.Outside those hours, you hear from us first thing in the morning.

Direct line if you have one, so we can call back about a document.

Files are used only to assess your request, stored on encrypted infrastructure, and deleted on request. See our privacy policy. No charge until you sign the desk agreement.

Export desk questions
What counts as one document?
One original, or one notarized copy, that receives its own apostille or legalization stamp. A certificate of analysis for one lot is one document. A notarized distributor agreement is one document, however many pages it has.
Is there a minimum term?
Three months to start, then month to month with 30 days' notice. The annual desk is prepaid for twelve months. If a quiet month has fewer than three documents, the $300 minimum still applies; that is what keeps your profiles, your page and your contact in place.
Who pays the government and consular fees?
You do, at cost, with no markup. They appear as their own line on your statement next to each document, with the authority or embassy that charged them, and the receipt is attached.
Can you put our purchase order numbers on the statement?
Yes. Send the PO or reference number with each document, or once for the month, and it appears on that document's line. Your accounting team can also receive the statement directly.
Can the stamped documents go straight to our importer?
Yes. Each document profile sets where the originals go: your office, your distributor, the importer's broker or the regulator. We ship by DHL Express with signature required and email the tracking number to everyone you name, in their language.
What about destinations outside the Apostille Convention?
We handle the embassy route too: authentication by Global Affairs Canada, then legalization at the destination's embassy or consulate in Canada. It costs $149 more per document, plus the consular fee at cost, and it takes longer, so we plan it with you and tell you the realistic date before you promise one to the importer.
Do we have to be in Québec?
No. Desks run from anywhere in Canada by courier. Documents issued in Ontario, British Columbia, Alberta or Saskatchewan go to that province's authority; federal documents and those from the other provinces go to Global Affairs Canada. Your courier costs are passed through at cost, or you ship on your own account.
Do you also handle our employees' personal documents?
Yes, at the desk rate, as long as they come through your desk: a diploma for a posting in Dubai or a police certificate for a work permit in Mexico is simply another document on the month's statement.
5.0 on Google
“I highly recommend this agency. They keep you informed every step of the way, providing accurate and reliable information and finding solutions to every issue that may arise. They are professional, responsive, and genuinely committed to making the entire process as smooth and stress-free as possible.”
David Alvarez-Carbonell, Google review
“A very good team and excellent service! A super-organized team that truly cares about its clients. I received my apostille very quickly. I highly recommend them: I got the service in time, before my trip. Thank you to the whole team and all the best!”
Christelle, Google review (translated)
“Great team and excellent coordination; I received my apostille in less than 6 days, just in time for my trip. Best of luck to the whole team!”
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Stop losing shipping days to a stamp

Tell us what your desk sends and where it goes. You will have a written reply, with document profiles and the desk agreement, within the hour.

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