Birth Certificate apostille for Dominican Republic.

Dominican offices ask for an acta de nacimiento inextensa, a long-form record with complete details of both parents. The Dirección General de Migración lists it, apostilled, in its residence checklists, and the Junta Central Electoral relies on it when a Florida-born child of a Dominican is declared through the consulate. A short-form Florida certificate that omits the parents' details gets turned away. Order a certified copy that shows both parents' information, signed by the current State Registrar; copies certified before 2014 won't be apostilled. Then plan for a Spanish translation with its own apostille.

Dominican offices usually want the Spanish translation to carry its own apostille. The translator certifies the translation of the original and its apostille, a separate Florida notary notarizes that certification (the translator can't be the notary), and we apostille the notarized translation as a second document, so an original plus translation is our two-document price of $380. Some Dominican offices may instead want the translation made in the Dominican Republic; ask the office that will receive your file.

The Florida Department of State apostilles the signature of the State Registrar, so you need a certified copy issued by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics or a county health department — not a hospital certificate, a photocopy or a scan. Copies certified before 2014 carry an older signature and are not accepted; order a fresh certified copy through VitalChek or your county health department before you send it. The certified copy itself (about $9–$14 from the issuing office) is the only cost on top of our $220.

1. Order online — pick "Birth certificate" and "Dominican Republic" 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 the Dominican Republic with international return shipping (+$100).

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