Cost and timing for a federal document

The price people argue about is usually the one we did not hide. Our filing fee is $125 for the first document and $65 for each additional document in that order. Rush filing is $199 and $85. Florida will not charge an apostille fee, because this paper is not a Florida apostille. Return shipping is a separate FedEx quote from Tallahassee to your address. An optional PDF scan is $20 a document, emailed the day the stamp is on the paper. The original still comes back by courier.

That is not a single “$125 includes the state and the shipping” offer. The state fee is the state’s. Shipping is the carrier’s, and it changes with the address. Prices is the page to read before you compare us to a flat number on another site that folded those costs in and then added them again at checkout.

For Nicaragua, paying rush does not change the treaty and it does not translate the document. It means we take a clean original to the counter on the next business day we have it in Tallahassee. Nicaragua is in the Hague Apostille Convention.

A second document in the same envelope is the $65 line, not another $125, as long as it is part of the same order. A federal document plus a second Florida paper is the usual pair. Each one still needs its own state fee. Each one still has to pass the photo check.

There is no Florida apostille fee on this paper because Florida will not issue the stamp. If the clerk has to certify a court paper first, that clerk may charge you separately. That county fee is not our filing fee and not the state’s apostille fee.

From Jacksonville, inbound shipping is yours to buy. Outbound is the FedEx option you pick at checkout. about one business day is a fair planning number for the trip to our desk. Do not leave a consulate appointment on top of the minimum. Add the state day and the ride home.

If the document is federal, stop on this page and read the FBI and federal guide. The dollars above are for Florida documents. Washington sets its own fee and its own clock.

Here is the same job as a week in Jacksonville, Duval County, not as a slogan. Monday, you already have the federal document in your hand, or you are still waiting on the issuer and you do not pretend otherwise. You upload the photo. We either tell you to mail it or tell you what is wrong with it. Tuesday you ship, with the order number on the label. Transit from Jacksonville is about one business day. The paper reaches the desk, we compare it to the photo, and it goes to the Florida Department of State on the next business-day drop.

Nicaragua is in the Hague Apostille Convention. Nicaragua offices usually ask because of a family record, a school file, a company paper, or a power of attorney. When the stamped original is back in Jacksonville, that is the moment a translation can start, if Nicaragua asked for one. It is also the moment a PDF scan matters, if you bought the $20 copy so someone abroad can read the stamp before the courier arrives. The original is still the thing you carry to the appointment.

This week cannot start until the issuer has signed. Florida cannot apostille an FBI background check, a federal court paper, or a U.S. agency document. Those go to the U.S. Department of State in Washington. We can look at the file and tell you that. We cannot put a Florida stamp on it.

Can you apostille a federal document for Nicaragua without a trip to Tallahassee? Yes. You mail the original. We file it. It comes back to Jacksonville with tracking. Nicaragua is in the Hague Apostille Convention.

How long from Jacksonville? Plan about one business day for the original to reach us, a business day at the state for a courier drop, and return shipping. Rush is for when that calendar is already tight and the paper is already clean.

Will Nicaragua accept a photocopy if the apostille is real? No. Any federal document presented as a Florida apostille never becomes a stampable original. Get a new certified copy instead of paying twice.

Check the destination one last time against the country list. A relative may have said “the embassy” out of habit when the country has taken apostilles for years. Nicaragua is the page that matches this guide. Habit is how people buy embassy legalization they no longer need, or a Florida stamp they cannot use.

When the original comes home, look at the attachment before you celebrate. The certificate should be fastened to the document, the seal visible, the name of the Florida official readable. If a page is missing, call us before you mail it overseas. Fixing a set that is still in Jacksonville is a different problem from fixing one that is already in a consular pouch.

Look at the document the way the counter will look at it. If the letterhead is federal, we stop and say so while the paper is still in your hands. If you would be embarrassed to hand that sheet to a clerk, do not hand it to a carrier. Order a better copy first. The order form is for the paper you actually have, not the paper you plan to order next week.

The cover sheet can be plain. Your name, the order number, the destination, and a phone that you answer. Write Nicaragua on it so a second document in the envelope does not get paired with the wrong country. Do not include a narrative of the family history. The examiner does not read it, and it sometimes gets stapled to the document by accident.

Do not add a notary seal on top of this federal document to make it look more official. A registrar or a clerk already signed it. An extra notary makes the paper look altered. Papers that do need a Florida notary are on the power of attorney and affidavit pages.

Return shipping is part of the job, not a footnote. Pick the FedEx service that matches the date you told the foreign office, and remember that a business day at the state sits between those two rides. From Jacksonville, about one business day inbound is only half of the travel. The label home is chosen at checkout so you see the number.

Read this together with Nicaragua, FBI or other federal document, Jacksonville, Duval County, prices, how it works, the order form, all countries, Florida cities. Related guides: Why a federal document gets refused, Florida apostille from Kissimmee, Polk County, Florida birth certificate for Nicaragua, Clerk-certified copies in Gainesville, Alachua County. The phone is (855) 261-8500 and the email is floridafastapostille@gmail.com.

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