Step by step
1 · Free pre-check (same or next business day)
You upload scans or photos through our secure form and tell us the destination country and deadline. We verify: the correct competent authority; that the document type, format and signatures are acceptable (no lamination, no card formats, validatable signatures); that it's the right version of the document for your purpose (e.g. long-form birth certificate for citizenship files); and whether your destination is a Hague member. You receive a written routing plan and a fixed all-in quote.
2 · Preparation
We complete the authority's request form, pay the government fee where online payment applies (Québec, Alberta) and print the receipt, coordinate notarization or Québec signature verification when required, and email you a prepaid, tracked Canada Post Xpresspost label to send us your originals, with the return label ready for the way back.
3 · Your originals reach us
Print the label, put your originals in a rigid envelope and drop it at any post office: nothing to pay at the counter, and you hold the tracking number. In Greater Montréal we collect in person; in Laval you can drop off by appointment. For Montréal documents we also file by hand with the Ministère de la Justice, see apostille in Montréal. The day the envelope arrives we send you a photo, inspect every page against the pre-check, assemble the package and submit to the authority the same business day. How the prepaid label works
4 · Tracking, scan-back & delivery
You get an email at every checkpoint: received, submitted, in processing, apostille issued, shipped. The day your documents come back, we email a PDF scan of the apostilled set, then forward the originals anywhere in the world by tracked courier.
What can, and can't, be apostilled
Commonly accepted
- Vital statistics certificates (birth, marriage, death), current government-issued originals
- RCMP and police record checks
- Court documents
- Degrees, diplomas, transcripts (notarized where required; direct in Ontario for public post-secondary since 2019)
- Corporate documents: incorporation, good standing, board resolutions (often via notarized copies)
- Notarized private documents: powers of attorney, consent-to-travel letters, contracts, statutory declarations
Routinely refused, we screen for these
- Laminated, glued or damaged documents
- Card-format documents (driver's licences, citizenship cards)
- Unsigned documents or signatures the authority cannot validate
- Old certificate formats; short-form certificates when the destination requires long-form
- Plain photocopies (an apostille goes on originals or properly notarized copies)
Three ways to hand us your documents
You never type our address or choose a shipping service. Wherever you are in Canada, the leg from you to us is already organized when you approve the quote.
Anywhere in Canada
A prepaid, tracked Canada Post Xpresspost label, emailed the day you approve your quote. Drop the envelope at any post office, nothing to pay at the counter, and it reaches us in one to three business days. Shipping in Canada is a fixed $80 both ways, label and return, shown in your quote.
Greater Montréal
We collect at your home or office, usually the same day, and bring the apostilled set back the same way. Nothing goes into the mail. Included.
Laval
Drop off at our office by appointment. We check the originals in front of you and hand you a signed receipt listing every document. Included.
Your documents, protected at every step
Your originals are the irreplaceable part of this process, so we treat them that way.
Monitored, secure facility
Your originals are processed at an access-controlled location under continuous, recorded video surveillance, never left unattended.
Tracked the moment it moves
The instant your documents are picked up or handed off, you receive a tracking number and a notification, at every leg of the journey.
Fastest shipping, always
We send your documents by the fastest tracked method available, so they spend the least possible time in transit.
Need just one piece?
The apostille is our core service, but you can order any single step on its own, too: certified translation, embassy legalization for non-Hague countries, notarization coordination, or document retrieval.
See all document servicesYour documents, handled with care
Secure payment, worldwide
Pay by card through Stripe from anywhere in the world. No account to create, no wire transfer to figure out.
Originals you can track
Your originals travel by Canada Post Xpresspost in Canada, and by DHL Express or another tracked courier abroad, signature required and fully tracked, so your document is traceable from our hands to yours.
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Start with the free pre-check
Twenty-four hours, a clear plan, a fixed quote. Then you decide.
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