Getting a Florida Birth Certificate Ready for Use Abroad

If you're in Fort Myers and need to use a Florida birth certificate in another country, the document may need an apostille before it can be accepted by the receiving authority.

Birth certificates are commonly apostilled for dual citizenship, foreign residency, marriage abroad, immigration matters, school enrollment, inheritance, family matters, and other international requirements.

The important part is making sure you have the correct birth certificate before beginning the apostille process. Not every copy of a birth certificate is necessarily suitable for authentication simply because it contains the same birth information.

Get Florida Apostille can review the birth certificate you currently have and help determine whether it appears appropriate for Florida apostille processing.

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Florida Birth Certificates for International Use

For a Florida birth certificate, the apostille process depends on having an appropriately issued or certified record that can be authenticated by the State of Florida.

If you have an older copy, photocopy, hospital record, keepsake certificate, or aren't sure which version you have, contact us before sending the original.

You can send us a photo or copy for review first. We'll look at the document and help explain the next step.

If another version of the birth certificate is needed, we'll let you know before you spend time shipping a document that may not be ready.

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Convenient Service for Fort Myers Clients

Once your birth certificate is ready, getting it to us is easy.

If you're located in Fort Myers, we can arrange local document pickup.

If you'd rather ship it, we can send you a prepaid shipping label so you don't have to arrange shipping yourself.

We then coordinate the Florida apostille process and arrange tracked return delivery.

 

If the apostilled birth certificate needs to be sent directly overseas, international shipping can also be arranged.

 

Rush processing is available in as little as 1–2 business days for qualifying documents.

 

Not sure whether the birth certificate you have is acceptable? Call or text (239) 273-4708 before sending it. English and Spanish assistance is available.