Diploma apostille for Chile.

Chile's Foreign Ministry recognizes professional degrees only from a short list of treaty countries, and the United States isn't on it. A U.S. degree goes to the Universidad de Chile's foreign-degree revalidation office, which needs it for regulated professions and sets its own document list. Get that list before ordering anything; it may ask for transcripts and course descriptions as well. On the Florida side, the registrar of a public school or university must sign before a notary when the document is issued, with a complete notarial certificate. A diploma photocopy notarized later won't qualify.

Our general rule for translations is certified by the translator, notarized by a separate notary and apostilled in Florida, but Chile often needs less or something different. Migraciones requires an official translation only for documents in a language other than Spanish or English. The Registro Civil instead wants a certified Spanish translation from Chile's Ministry of Foreign Affairs or the relevant consulate; the Ministry's service translates the apostilled original and can deliver it online. Translate after the apostille, and only when the receiving office asks.

A school document is apostilled through a notarized copy: the registrar (or another school official) signs a statement that the copy is true, and a Florida notary notarizes that signature with a complete notarial certificate. The Department of State then apostilles the notary's signature. An original diploma, an unsigned transcript or a copy you notarize yourself cannot be apostilled. Ask the school for its apostille procedure first — most Florida universities and school districts have one — and send us the notarized copy, not the original.

1. Order online — pick "Diploma or transcript" and "Chile" on the order form; $220 per document, $380 for two, $160 each for three or more.
2. Send a photo — reply to the confirmation email with a picture of the document. We check the certification before anything ships, so a defect is caught before it costs you a round trip.
3. Drop it at FedEx — after approval, FedEx emails you a prepaid QR code; show it at any FedEx Office or Ship Center, no printer or label needed.
4. Filed in person in Tallahassee — we walk the document into the Florida Department of State and ship the apostilled original back by FedEx within 5–7 business days of receipt — to your U.S. address, or to Chile with international return shipping (+$100).

One Florida apostille is all the U.S. side needs for Chile. Whatever the office there asks for after that — a translation, a filing deadline — is covered above.