Quick answer
A Florida name-change order is occasional for Peru, but when your DNI and your U.S. One Florida apostille is all the U.S. side needs — $220, 5–7 business days.
- Issued by
- The Clerk of the Circuit Court in the Florida county where the name change was granted, as a certified copy of the final judgment of change of name (section 68.07…
- Florida state fee
- $20 — included in $220
- Route
- Apostille only — Hague member since 2010
- Online notarization
- Not applicable — needs a certified copy
- Consulate serving Florida
- Consulate General of Peru in Miami
- Translation
- Our standard for a translation is a translator's certification, notarized by a different notary, with its own Florida apostille.
How a Florida name change order is used in Peru
A Florida name-change order is occasional for Peru, but when your DNI and your U.S. passport show different names, it's the document that connects them. RENIEC, SUNARP and Peruvian notaries match names strictly, and a poder or deed signed under a new name can be stopped if nothing links it to the name on your Peruvian records. File the certified order with the document it explains. It must be certified by the Clerk of Court; the copy handed out at the hearing is often uncertified. Expect to translate it with the rest of the file.
Getting a name change order Florida will apostille
A certified copy of the final judgment of change of name with the clerk's original certification and seal or official e-certification, complete with the judge's signature page. The former and new names must match your other records exactly. The state fee is $20, included in our price.
Request it from the clerk of the county that granted the change, online, by mail or at the counter. If you were born in Florida, the change is reported to Vital Statistics, and many foreign offices also want an updated certified birth certificate from VitalChek or the Bureau. Clerk and Vital Statistics fees are not included in our $220.
State fee for this document: $20 — included in our price. Full details on the name change order apostille page.
Who receives it in Peru — and translation
RENIEC and Peruvian consulates register births, marriages and deaths that happened abroad. SUNARP (the national public registries) registers powers of attorney, property and companies, usually through a Peruvian notary. Migraciones handles residence and minors' travel authorizations, and SUNEDU recognizes foreign university degrees. In Florida, the Consulate General of Peru in Miami serves the local community.
Our standard for a translation is a translator's certification, notarized by a different notary, with its own Florida apostille. Peruvian offices may instead require their own translator: SUNARP asks for a translation by a traductor público juramentado (sworn public translator), RENIEC refers to translation through Peru's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and SUNEDU asks for an official certified translation. Ask the office that will receive your document which one it accepts, and translate after the apostille.
Peru sets some hard clocks: a Florida marriage registered at RENIEC instead of the consulate must be registered within 90 days of entering Peru, and Migraciones treats notarial and consular travel authorizations for minors as valid for 90 days from issue and usable once. For other documents, ask the receiving office how recent it wants them.
Consular office serving Florida: Consulate General of Peru in Miami.
Four steps, one week
Order online
Pick the document and destination country on the order form and pay by card. After we review your documents, FedEx emails you a prepaid label.
Send your document
Drop the envelope at any FedEx location.
We file in person
We review it, then walk it to the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee for the apostille.
Returned to you
Back in 5–7 business days — anywhere in the U.S., or abroad for a flat $100.
Why name change orders get rejected
- Hearing copy, scan or attorney copy instead of the clerk-certified judgment
- Notarized photocopy of the judgment
- Missing pages
- Wrong document: a name restored in a divorce is shown by the divorce judgment
What it costs for Peru
$220 per document, $380 for two and $160 each for three or more — the state fee, request form, in-person filing in Tallahassee and FedEx shipping inside the U.S. are included. Shipping the finished apostille to Peru is a flat $100 per order.
Not included: whatever the issuing office charges for the certified copy or certificate, and notarization (online notarization is $40 for the first document — $10 notarization fee + $30 technology platform fee — and $20 for each additional one).