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Same Day Apostille Seattle
Apostilles on Washington documents for Seattle and the Puget Sound region, issued through the Washington Secretary of State. Upload or post your document and we handle the submission.
From $99 per document, government fee included. You see an exact price before you pay anything.
- Government fees included, nothing added at checkout
- Free document review before you pay
- Tracked, insured return shipping
- Every U.S. state and federal documents too
Rather talk it through? Call (771) 777-4807 and we will tell you what your document needs before you pay for anything.
Same Day Apostille Seattle is at 701 5th Ave, 42nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104, serving Seattle and the Puget Sound region. We are part of National Apostille, which is why booking, tracking and payment all happen here.
An apostille is issued by the authority in the state that produced or notarized your document. For a Washington document that is the Washington Secretary of State. Where you live makes no difference to which office it goes to, which is the single most common misunderstanding we correct.
Federal documents are the exception. An FBI background check, an IRS letter, a USDA or FDA certificate, a USPTO record or a federal court document is apostilled by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, whichever state you are in. See federal apostille.
Send us a scan before you commit and we will confirm which route your document needs, and whether the copy you have will actually be accepted, at no charge. Most rejections are decided before anything is submitted.
At a glance
What same day does and does not mean
Same-day service is genuinely available on Washington apostilles in the right circumstances, and it is what we are named for. It is not a promise we make on every order, because it depends on things outside our control.
It requires a document that is already correct, in our hands before 10am, and a state office working at normal pace. It is not available on a mail-in order, because a posted document arrives when the carrier decides rather than before 10am. And it does not exist for federal apostilles at all: every federal apostille in the country passes through a single U.S. Department of State office, so there is no faster tier to buy and anyone selling you one is selling their own queue position.
Tell us your deadline when you book. We would rather say a date is not achievable than take the order and hope.
Washington specifics worth knowing
- Washington apostilles come from Olympia, through the Secretary of State, rather than from any Seattle office.
- The notary must be Washington-commissioned for a Washington apostille on a private document.
- A lot of Seattle work is employment-related: background checks, degrees and corporate records heading to Asia and Europe. Several of those destinations are outside the Hague Convention, which means a longer chain than an apostille. Check the country checker before you order.
Get an exact price for your Washington document in about two minutes.
How it works
Step 1
Send us the document
Upload a scan where the document allows it, or post the original in. We will tell you which yours needs.
Step 2
We check it before submitting
We confirm the copy is certified, correctly sealed and notarized where needed, before any government fee is paid.
Step 3
Apostille
We submit to the Washington Secretary of State, or to the U.S. Department of State for a federal document, and track it through.
Step 4
Back to you
Shipped tracked and insured, or scanned and emailed as soon as it is issued.
Same Day Apostille Seattle: common questions
Where are you in Seattle?
Same Day Apostille Seattle is at 701 5th Ave, 42nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104. Please call or book online before visiting, so we can tell you whether your document needs to come to us at all — most do not.
Can I really get an apostille the same day?
Sometimes, and it is worth asking. It needs a correct document in our hands before 10am and a state office running normally. It is never possible on a mail-in order, and never on a federal document. Tell us your deadline and we will give you an honest answer before you pay.
My document is from another state. Can you still help?
Yes. We handle all fifty states and federal documents. The document goes to the state that issued or notarized it, and only the document has to travel, not you.
How much does it cost?
From $99 per document including the government fee. Notarization, translation and return shipping are priced separately and shown in your total before you pay. Nothing is added at checkout.
Do I need a translation as well?
Many destinations require one, and some require the translation itself to be notarized. We offer certified and sworn translation and can bundle it into the same order.
What if my destination country is not in the Hague Convention?
Then an apostille will not be accepted and the document needs full embassy legalization instead. The country checker tells you which applies in one click.
Ready to get started?
Book online for an exact price on your Washington document, including the state fee.
Related: Federal apostille · Processing times · Country checker