Every client who gets an FBI background check through you and is relocating abroad, applying for a visa, or pursuing dual citizenship needs that document apostilled. Right now, that revenue walks out your door. With our white-label Partner Program, it stays under your roof.
You fingerprint someone. They get their FBI background check results. Then they ask: "What about the apostille?" Right now, you either send them somewhere else or tell them to figure it out on their own. Either way, you lose touch with a client you already served.
If you are new to apostilles, you are not alone. Most fingerprinting companies have never had to think about this step. Here is what you need to know.
An apostille is a certificate that authenticates a document for international use. It exists because of the Hague Apostille Convention, a treaty signed by 126 countries. When someone needs to use a U.S. document in any of those 126 countries, the receiving government requires an apostille to verify the document is legitimate. Without it, the document is not legally recognized abroad.
A notary can notarize certain documents and, in some cases, take state-level documents to a Secretary of State for authentication. But an FBI background check is a federal document issued by a federal agency. Federal documents can only be apostilled by the U.S. Department of State. No state office, no notary, no local authority has the power to apostille an FBI background check. This is why so many notary businesses send their clients' FBI checks to us.
The Department of State Office of Authentications accepts mail-in requests (5+ weeks processing) and walk-in drop-off requests (2 to 3 weeks processing, limited to 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM, Monday through Thursday only). There is no online portal. There is no way to pay and expedite remotely. We personally walk documents in on a regular basis due to our proximity to Washington, D.C., which is how we achieve 7 to 10 business day turnaround for every partner order.
The demand is massive and growing. Anyone applying for a visa, residency permit, work authorization, or citizenship in any of the 126 Hague Convention countries needs their FBI background check apostilled. The most common destinations: Spain (Non-Lucrative Visa, Digital Nomad Visa), Portugal (D7, Digital Nomad), Italy (dual citizenship), Germany (work visas), UAE (employment), France, South Korea, and dozens more. Remote work is driving international relocation at an unprecedented rate, and every one of those people needs this document.
Your clients are already in your office for the FBI background check. The fingerprinting is the first step. The apostille is the natural next step. Right now, that second step happens somewhere else, if it happens at all.
Whether you realize it or not, a percentage of your FBI background check clients need an apostille. They just do not tell you because they do not think you offer it. Or they do not know they need one yet and will find out later when their visa application tells them. Either way, you already had them in front of you.
Being a one-stop-shop means your client gets fingerprinted, receives their FBI results, and the apostille is handled under your brand without you doing any extra work. The entire experience stays with you. For multi-location companies, every location can offer the same apostille service with a consistent branded experience through a single portal.
Your client gets fingerprinted, their FBI check comes back, and you upload it. We handle everything after that.
Log into your branded portal, upload your client's completed FBI background check, and enter their shipping details. Takes about 2 minutes.
We fill out all required Department of State forms, verify the documents, and package everything for submission. You do not touch any of this.
We personally walk your client's documents into the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. This is the only way to get 7 to 10 business day turnaround.
The apostilled document is shipped directly to your client or your office. 2-day shipping included. Your customer receives tracking texts and emails branded to your company throughout the entire process.
Other providers process the apostille and hand it back to you. We run the entire client experience under your brand automatically. Tracking texts, milestone emails, a personal tracking page, review requests, referral requests. No other third-party apostille provider offers this level of client experience. You never relay a single update.
Your customers receive tracking texts and emails at every milestone. Submission confirmation, status changes, shipping notifications. All sent under your company name. Client replies go directly to your inbox.
Every customer gets a personal tracking page branded to your company with real-time status updates. They know the ready date as soon as documents are dropped off at the Department of State. After delivery, automated review and referral requests go out under your name.
See every apostille order, every status, every document in one place. Filter by client, date, or status. Always know where things stand.
Instead of fingerprinting being the end of the transaction, it becomes the beginning. The apostille is a natural extension of the service you already provide.
Ship to your client, your office, or directly to a consulate or embassy. 2-day shipping included. Overnight and international shipping available.
No monthly fees, no minimums, no contracts, no setup costs. Use the portal when you have a client who needs an apostille. One order or fifty.
Your customers receive tracking texts, emails, and a personal tracking page with updates at every stage of the apostille process. All communication is branded to your company. They know the ready date as soon as documents are dropped off at the Department of State. No other third-party apostille provider offers this level of visibility and client experience. This is infrastructure you would have to build yourself, and we have already built it for you.
We work with fingerprinting companies in all three of these situations. The Partner Program solves a different problem depending on where you're starting from.
You do FBI background checks but you've never offered apostilles. Your clients who need one go somewhere else. You don't know how to do it and don't have time to learn. With our Partner Program, you don't need to learn anything. Upload the FBI check, we handle the rest, your client thinks you did it all.
You understand what an apostille is. Clients ask for it. But the forms, the mailing, the checks, the follow-up emails, tracking which apostille is where in your pipeline. It's not worth the headache. That's exactly what the Partner Program eliminates. All of that becomes our job. You still offer the service and your clients still see your brand.
You are already handling apostilles. But you are either mailing them in (5 to 12 week wait), managing the logistics yourself, or using a provider where you are still the one relaying updates to your client. They call you for status. You check with the provider. You relay the answer back. Our Partner Program eliminates that entirely. Your client gets tracking texts, a personal tracking page with real-time updates, automated milestone emails under your brand, and even review and referral requests after delivery. Same service, zero middleman work.
If you're already handling apostilles, you know the demand is real. The question is whether your current process is costing you time, reviews, and referrals.
These are the most common scenarios where a client who just got fingerprinted through you will need their FBI background check apostilled.
Clients moving to Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, France, UAE, or any Hague Convention country need an apostilled FBI check for their visa or residency permit.
Italian, Irish, Polish, German, and other citizenship by descent applications all require an apostilled FBI background check as part of the application packet.
Spain, Portugal, Germany, Croatia, and dozens of other countries now offer digital nomad visas. Every application requires an apostilled FBI check.
Clients being transferred or hired internationally need apostilled background checks for work permits. Common for UAE, South Korea, and EU countries.
No hidden fees, no monthly charges, no volume requirements. You pay per order and every order includes return shipping.
$95 each additional document (up to 10 per order)
You already did the fingerprinting. You already ran the FBI check. The apostille is the last step and it should stay under your brand. Get set up in 24 hours.
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