Document Legalization

USILACS Offers Guaranteed State Apostille and Foreign Legalization Service

Before issuing work permits, work visas, or professional licenses, most foreign countries will require that your education credentials be legally authenticated before they will be accepted in their jurisdiction.

Legalizing education documents has always been highly technical, complex, and confusing.  However, as of late, since the COVID pandemic and government instability, the legalization process has increased in complexity and frustration exponentially.  Since COVID began ravaging the world, many countries temporarily closed their consulates, and other facilities were closed permanently.  This has led to substantial confusion and challenges for many who need their education documents legalized to return to jobs, homes, and services in many foreign countries.

In today’s world, legalizing documents for foreign use is becoming increasingly complex and often impossible for students to self-serve.  A lot of confusion and misinformation is being spread by well-meaning friends, websites, social media, and fellow students.  Due to the current perplexity and inaccuracy, many self-serve students know that before submitting the documents for foreign legalization, they must obtain a state apostille and US State Department authentication.  Dealing with the US State Department is hugely time-consuming.  Many apostille applications take up to three months to be processed.  If that is not bad enough, the foreign embassy sometimes refuses the self-serve student for several reasons.

In this ever-changing and unstable geopolitical environment, it is not the time for students to self-serve their education document legalization needs.  Regulations are sometimes changing daily.  Various visa services are disseminating false or outdated information, and many are also raking in enormous fees and still not delivering on the promised legalizations.  The other challenge facing self-serve students is that most visa services only service a small geographical area.  In today’s world, students need a global legalization service that can fully serve their legal needs.

USILACS has worked with students for several years to assist them in obtaining apostilles and embassy legalizations.  USILACS has legal representatives, attorneys, relationships, and contacts worldwide.  We are experts in legalizing education documents and have extensive experience obtaining legalizations in challenging countries such as China, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Thailand, and many others.  China is one of the most challenging countries to obtain legalization for, and USILACS has an over 99% success rate with China Embassy Legalizations.    With USILACS contacts and expertise, USILACS students are not limited to a single embassy or consulate.  With legal professionals, representatives, and visa services worldwide, USILACS has the unique ability to process foreign legalization thru multiple embassies and consulates for a single country.

Effective September 1, 2020, USILACS offers a guaranteed one-stop solution for all educational document requirements.

State Apostille Package (Florida State Apostille Only) USILACS will:

  1. Access your student file and print color copies of your documents.
  2. Publish a statement of authenticity on the back of your document, have it signed by one of our legal representatives, and have it notarized and sealed. 
  3. Ship your documents to the Florida Secretary of State’s office with all fees.
  4. Have your documents certified and have a sealed authentication certificate attached to your documents.
  5. Upon receipt of your documents from the Florida Secretary of State, USILACS will scan your apostilled documents and email you a copy.
  6. Priority ship your original documents to the location of your choosing.

Complete Foreign Legalization Package (State Apostille & Foreign Legalization) USILACS will:

  1. Access your student file and print color copies of your documents.
  2. Publish a statement of authenticity on the back of your document, have it signed by one of our legal representatives, and have it notarized and sealed. 
  3. Ship your documents to the Secretary of State’s* office with all fees.
  4. Have your documents certified and have a sealed authentication certificate attached to your documents.
  5. Upon receipt of your Secretary of State documents, USILACS will scan your apostilled documents and email you a copy.
  6. Complete all required foreign embassy or consulate forms, complete with all attachments.
  7. Deliver your documents to the foreign embassy or consulate, with all fees paid.
  8. Have your documents legalized for use in your requested country.
  9. Pick up your legalized documents.
  10. Scan your legalized documents and email you a copy. 
  11. Priority ship your original documents to the location of your choosing.

*USILACS has legal representatives, attorneys, relationships, and contacts throughout the USA; therefore, USILACS has the choice of several jurisdictions from which to obtain your Apostille.  The jurisdiction USILACS utilizes is based solely on the foreign country for which the students desire their document (s) legalized.

Our Guarantee

 Both packages come with a 100% guarantee.

In plain and simple wording, should USILACS fail to deliver the Apostille or legalizations to the student as promised, USILACS will refund the student the total cost of the Apostille or legalization.  Example: If a student pays for tuition at USILACS and then pays for the apostille or legalization package, and USILACS fails to deliver the Apostille or legalization as promised, USILACS will refund the total cost of the Apostille and legalization package.

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Terms & Pricing:  

State Apostille Package:         

Time to complete: 6 to 10 weeks          

Cost:  First Document $190.00 (including all fees and priority shipping)
Additional Document(s) $40.00 ea.  (including all fees and priority shipping)

CLICK HERE for the STATE APOSTILLE ORDER FORM

Complete Foreign Legalization Package:         

Time to complete: 6 to 7 months          

Cost: First document $399.00** (including all fees and priority shipping)
Additional Document(s) $80.00 ea.  (including all fees and priority shipping)

**China Surcharge: 40%  For full details

CLICK HERE for the COMPLETE NON-CHINESE LEGALIZATION ORDER FORM

CLICK HERE for the COMPLETE CHINESE LEGALIZATION ORDER FORM