OCI applicants may need apostilled US birth or marriage certificates. These are state-issued records, so the apostille comes from the jurisdiction that issued the certified copy. We no longer take state apostille orders; call us for a partner referral.
If the receiving OCI office requests an apostilled US birth certificate, obtain the certified copy from the vital records authority in the place of birth. Check whether that office requires a long-form copy showing the parents' names. A hospital keepsake certificate does not replace a certified government record.
A birth or marriage certificate is apostilled by the jurisdiction that issued the certified record. A Washington DC record follows the DC process; a record issued by a state follows that state's process. Do not submit an OCI vital record through our federal apostille order form.
Call (571) 384-4491 and we will connect you with a partner for a birth or marriage certificate apostille. Ask the receiving OCI office whether it also needs a translation.
An FBI Identity History Summary is a federal document. When an apostille is required for an India-related application other than an OCI vital-record filing, we handle the U.S. Department of State step for eligible FBI reports. Confirm whether your specific application requires it.
The jurisdiction that issued the certified record handles its apostille. Call (571) 384-4491 and we will connect you with a state apostille partner.
No. Our online apostille order form accepts eligible federal documents only. For OCI state-issued documents, call (571) 384-4491 for a partner referral.
No. An FBI background check is a federal document processed through the U.S. Department of State. US birth and marriage certificates follow the issuing jurisdiction's state apostille process.