How our Boston apostille service works
Our Boston apostille service does the filing for you, from order to delivery. Massachusetts issues apostilles in one place in Boston: the Secretary of the Commonwealth’s Commissions Section, a short walk from the State House. That is where we file.
- Order online. Tell us the document, the country and your deadline. You get an order number and instructions by email.
- Mail your documents. Send them to our Woburn address, free (we receive mail 7 days a week), or add a prepaid FedEx label for $25.
- Ans checks them. Original signature? Massachusetts official or notary? Right certificate for the country? Problems get fixed before filing.
- We file at One Ashburton Place. We pay the $6 state fee (it is included in your price) and collect the apostille or certification.
- You get them back. By FedEx, UPS, DHL or USPS, to you or straight to the consulate or office abroad.
Apostille services for every Boston neighborhood
We serve all of Boston and the cities around it. Order online from wherever you are; the process is the same.
- Back Bay
- Beacon Hill
- Downtown
- North End
- West End
- South End
- Seaport
- South Boston
- Charlestown
- East Boston
- Fenway
- Mission Hill
- Allston
- Brighton
- Jamaica Plain
- Roxbury
- Dorchester
- Mattapan
- Roslindale
- West Roxbury
- Hyde Park
Nearby: Cambridge, Somerville, Brookline, Newton, Watertown, Quincy, Milton, Chelsea, Everett, Revere, Malden, Medford, Arlington, Dedham, Needham, Waltham, and every other Massachusetts city and town. See areas we serve.
Boston documents we apostille most
If a Massachusetts official or notary signed it, we can usually get it apostilled. In Boston that usually means:
- Birth, marriage and death certificates: certified copies from the City of Boston’s registry or from the Registry of Vital Records and Statistics in Dorchester. Vital records apostille.
- Diplomas and transcripts from Boston and Cambridge universities and colleges, which need a notary step first. Diplomas and transcripts.
- Powers of attorney, affidavits and consent letters notarized in Massachusetts, often for property, inheritance or a child traveling abroad.
- Court documents such as divorce judgments, certified by the court clerk or assistant clerk.
- Company documents for Boston businesses opening an office, bank account or distributor abroad. Notarized and business documents.
FBI background checks are federal and go to the U.S. Department of State, not One Ashburton Place. FBI apostille works for Boston residents the same way it works for everyone.
Getting your documents to us from Boston
Order first, so your order number travels with the documents, then mail them to us. Mailing in is free, and we receive mail 7 days a week.
- By mail: send them tracked to Middlesex Notary Co LLC, Attn: Ans Ishfaq, 335 Washington St, PMB #1127, Woburn, MA 01801. Use overnight mail if you ordered same-day service, so it reaches us by 11 AM ET.
- In person: drop them off at 38 Montvale Ave, Suite G30, Stoneham, MA 02180. Call or text (617) 396-7232 ahead so we can confirm a time.
- Prepaid label: add a prepaid FedEx label on the order form for $25.
- Not in Boston anymore? Mail a Massachusetts document from anywhere in the U.S. or abroad. We return it to you or send it on, by FedEx, UPS, DHL International or USPS.
Same-day apostille in Boston
Same-day apostille in Boston is $249 per document for up to three documents in our hands by 11 AM ET on a business day. They are ready by 5 PM, and FedEx Ground return is included. The state counter processes up to three documents in one visit, so an order with four or more is ready the next business day and priced at the Next business day rate ($199). If we miss the time for a reason within our control, you pay the Standard price. How same-day works.
Should you go to One Ashburton Place yourself?
Sometimes, yes. If you work near Government Center, have one certified copy that you are sure is correct, and can spare an hour during business hours, walking in costs only the $6 state fee. The Boston apostille office guide has the address, hours, counter rules and what to bring.
People use us instead when:
- They can’t take time off work for a trip downtown, plus parking or the T
- They have four or more documents and don’t want to come back the next day
- They aren’t sure the document qualifies, and a rejection would cost them their appointment
- The country needs embassy legalization after the state step
- They live outside Massachusetts but have a Massachusetts document
Compare the options on our Massachusetts apostille cost page.