Vantage Notary provides expert apostille and document authentication services to help your documents gain legal recognition abroad. Whether you need to certify educational diplomas, birth certificates, business documents, or legal papers, we handle the entire certification process with the Indiana Secretary of State and U.S. Department of State.
An apostille is a special certification that verifies the authenticity of a document for use in countries that are members of the Hague Apostille Convention. It confirms the authority of the notary or official who signed your document.
We process apostilles for use in over 120 member countries including France, Germany, China, and Brazil.
For countries not in the Hague Convention (like UAE or Egypt), we provide full authentication through the State Department and foreign embassies.
We can authenticate virtually any document that requires international recognition:
We handle every step to ensure your documents meet international requirements:
We verify your documents meet notarization and certification requirements
If needed, we properly notarize signatures or certify copies
For some documents, we obtain county clerk certification first
We submit to the Indiana Secretary of State for apostille certification
For non-Hague countries, we handle U.S. State Department authentication
If required, we facilitate embassy/consulate legalization
We offer flexible processing options to meet your deadlines:
* Additional government fees apply ($20 per apostille from Indiana SOS, $8 per county certification)
To begin the apostille process:
Important: Some documents (like birth certificates) must be certified copies from the issuing agency - we cannot notarize original vital records.