Puerto Rico Apostille Service

Certify documents issued in Puerto Rico for official use in Europe and abroad.

Certify documents issued in Puerto Rico for international use

Apostille Stamps in Puerto Rico can be obtained to authenticate official Puerto Rican documents such as Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates, Criminal Record Certificates (Certificado de Antecedentes Penales), University diplomas and transcripts, and other documents certified by a Puerto Rico notary (including powers of attorney and affidavits).

Puerto Rico Apostille stamps are issued by the Department of State in San Juan.

Documents needed for submission in non-apostille countries require an authentication certificate from the Puerto Rico Department of State, and are then authenticated by the U.S. Department of State and embassy of the recipient in Washington DC (although some embassies may legalize documents authenticated in Puerto Rico directly).

  • We offer expedited apostille services in Puerto Rico. Apostilles can normally be obtained in 3 business days
  • Isarey can assist with obtaining official copies of Puerto Rico birth, death and marriage certificates. We can also obtain Criminal Record Certificates from the Puerto Rico Police Department.
  • We work with all major embassies in Washington DC, including the embassies of the United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Qatar, and the Taipei Representative Office, to attest Puerto Rican university degrees and other documents.

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Puerto Rico Documents that can be authenticated with Apostille Stamps

  • Apostille Puerto Rico birth, death and marriage certificates

    Birth, death and marriage certificates

    Apostille Puerto Rico birth, death and marriage certificates from the Demographic Registry. Only new-format certificates issued from July 2010 are valid for an Apostille.
    Isarey can obtain official copies of Puerto Rico birth, death and marriage certificates for clients in need of an Apostille Stamp.
    Certificates are issued in English and Spanish. Birth and marriage certificates are also available in long form format (certificado literal). Long form certificates take longer to obtain but contain additional data about the birth or marriage and may be required for certain procedures (for example, by Italy or Spain when being submitted in support of a citizenship application).<
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    Certificate of Penal Record

    Apostille Puerto Rico Criminal Record Certificates (Certificado de Antecedentes Penales). For assistance obtaining your Puerto Rican Penal Record Certificate, please contact us
    State Criminal Record Certificates (certifying a clean criminal record at the Puerto Rico Police Department) can be authenticated with an Apostille from the Puerto Rico Department of State. Federal background checks (FBI Identity History Summary Checks) can be authenticated with an Apostille Stamp from the U.S. Department of State. See: FBI Background Checks

  • Puerto Rico Education Certificates

    Apostille Puerto Rico University degree certificates and other types of academic and professional qualifications awarded in Puerto Rico.

  • Notarized Documents

    Powers of Attorney, Affidavits, certified passport copies, contracts and other private documents certified by a notary in Puerto Rico.

  • Incorporation Documents

    Certify Puerto Rico corporate documents including certificates of incorporation, certificates of good standing, articles of association, board resolutions for use abroad.

  • Trade documents

    Apostille Puerto Rico certificates of origin, certificates of free sale, commercial invoices, product health certificates, GMP certificates and other trade documents

Isarey provides document attestation services in Puerto Rico to private, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. To find out about certifying Puerto Rico documents for use in Europe and abroad, use our online quotation form or email us a scan or description of the documents you need to certify. We will get back to you directly with a quotation and details of how to proceed:

6 steps to certify document issued in Puerto Rico

  1. Upload the documents you need attested or send them to us by email.
  2. Our experts will pre-check your documents to ensure that they are eligible for Apostille certification or consular legalization in the country where they are issued, and we’ll assist you locally in preparing them if required.
  3. We’ll send you a quotation with the total cost of the process (final price including all fees, certified translation when required and courier costs) and an estimation of how long the process will take to complete.
  4. We’ll arrange a secure courier to collect your original documents (where electronic versions are not sufficient).
  5. As soon as we receive your documents, we will confirm your order and proceed with the attestation process. Where appropriate, we will arrange certified copies for the attestation process so that we can return your originals directly.
  6. We return the attested documents to you by secure international courier.

Legalize Puerto Rico Documents

Puerto Rico documents can be legalized for cross-border use by means of Apostille Certification or Consular Legalization

Apostille Certification

An Apostille Stamp is a simplified procedure of international attestation. When affixed to documents, Apostilles are directly recognised by the authorities of over 120 countries (Signatories of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents Hague Apostille ConventionExternal link (opens in new tab)) as certifying the document’s validity, without requiring additional certification.

Since Puerto Rico is a signatory to the convention, Isarey can assist by obtaining Apostille Certification for Puerto Rico documents so that they are valid for official use in other signatory countries, including: NL NetherlandsNetherlands - ES SpainSpain - IT ItalyItaly - PT PortugalPortugal - GR GreeceGreece - CY CyprusCyprus - FR FranceFrance - SA Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - DE GermanyGermany - CN ChinaChina

Consular Legalization
Consular Legalization is required when a document from Puerto Rico is to be used in a non-signatory country. In this case, following authentication by authorities in Puerto Rico, the document must be certified a second time in Puerto Rico by the embassy representing the country where the document is to be used.

Countries which do not recognise Apostille certification and require consular legalization include: AE United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates - QA QatarQatar - TH ThailandThailand - TW TaiwanTaiwan - VN VietnamVietnam

Certified Translation

Where Puerto Rico documents are to be used abroad and where the receiving country has a different official language, certified translation may also be required. Isarey takes care of any certified translations required as part of the document attestation process, ensuring that translations are carried out and certified in accordance with local regulations.

Note that a certified translation on its own only provides assurance that the translation itself is accurate and true; it does not confirm the authenticity of the original document. The original document must be legalized for a certified translation to carry equivalent legal weight.

Puerto Rico Document Resources

External resources and news about Puerto Rico documents, apostilles and certification procedures.

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Puerto Rico Document Resources
Criminal Record Certificates
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Puerto Rico Criminal Record Certificates (Certificado de Antecedentes Penales) can be requested online.

The above links are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; Isarey bears no responsibility for the accuracy, content or policies of external websites.

Get a Quotation for your Documents

We price each certification process individually, depending on the type and quantity of documents to be attested, the country of issue, the country of use and intended purpose, urgency, whether certified translations are required as part of the process and courier costs.

To receive a quote, you can upload your documents using our online quotation form or send us your documents by email. After reviewing your documents and requirements, we will get back to you with a quotation:

If you don’t have the documents available, just describe the documents you need to certify, and we will get back to you with an estimation of cost and delivery times.

Using our quotation form, your documents will be uploaded over a secure connection and immediately encrypted on our server. For added protection, you can upload password-protected files (PDFExternal link (opens in new tab), Microsoft Office 365: Save a password protected document to prevent unauthorized people from opening it. Office DocumentsExternal link (opens in new tab), WinRAR Encryption Frequently asked question (FAQ) RAR foldersExternal link (opens in new tab)) and provide us with the passwords separately.

PERSONAL DATA: If your documents contain personal data belonging to people outside your household, please ensure that you are authorised to share this data before uploading your documents. If your documents contain sensitive personal data, such as biometric data, medical data or data on criminal convictions, please ensure that you indicate this when prompted, upon submitting your documents. For further information on our processing of personal data contained in uploaded documents, please see:
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For further information on confidentiality in our handling of document content please see:
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