My Florida Apostille
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My Florida Apostille
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Una apostilla (en inglés: "apostille") es un certificado emitido por una autoridad gubernamental designada que autentifica el origen de un documento público. Cuando un país que es miembro del Convenio de La Haya de 1961 recibe un documento extranjero con una apostilla, ese país reconoce el documento como auténtico sin necesidad de pasar por el proceso más largo de "legalización" en un consulado.
"Apostillar" es el verbo — significa el acto de obtener una apostilla en un documento. "Apostillado" es el adjetivo — un documento que ya tiene la apostilla aplicada. "Apostillada" es la forma femenina del adjetivo (un acta de nacimiento apostillada, una transcripción apostillada).
La traducción al inglés de "apostillado" es simplemente "apostilled". Si usted ve la palabra "apostille" sin la "e" extra, ese es el sustantivo (la apostilla misma). Si ve "apostilled", es el adjetivo aplicado a un documento. La pronunciación en inglés varía: el original francés se pronuncia "apostí-y", pero en Estados Unidos es común escucharlo como "apostíl" o "apostíl-e".
Cada apostilla del mundo tiene el mismo formato — un cuadro de 10 campos numerados, en idioma francés con etiquetas también en inglés y, en muchos casos, español. El formato es idéntico en cualquier país miembro del Convenio, así que un funcionario en Italia puede leer una apostilla emitida en Florida sin problemas.
Estos son algunos de los países más comunes a donde nuestros clientes envían documentos apostillados de Florida. La lista completa de países miembros del Convenio está en el sitio de la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado (hcch.net).
España, Italia, Francia, Alemania, Reino Unido, Portugal, Países Bajos, Bélgica, Suiza, Austria, Polonia, Irlanda, Grecia, Suecia, Noruega, Dinamarca, Finlandia, República Checa, Hungría, Rumania, y todos los demás estados miembros de la UE.
México, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Perú, Ecuador, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Panamá, República Dominicana, Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Bolivia.
China, India, Japón, Corea del Sur, Hong Kong, Singapur, Filipinas, Indonesia, Tailandia, Vietnam, Israel, Kazajstán, Mongolia, Tajikistán.
Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Arabia Saudita (desde 2022), Catar, Baréin, Omán, Marruecos, Túnez, Turquía. Algunos otros países del Medio Oriente todavía usan el proceso de legalización tradicional, no apostilla.
Australia, Nueva Zelanda, Fiyi, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu.
Sudáfrica, Marruecos, Túnez, Botsuana, Namibia, Lesoto, Mauricio, Suazilandia, Cabo Verde. La adopción del Convenio en África sigue creciendo cada año.
Apostilla: usada cuando el país receptor es miembro del Convenio de La Haya. Es un proceso de un solo paso — el documento se apostilla y queda listo para uso internacional. Esto cubre más de 125 países.
Autenticación / Legalización Consular: usada cuando el país receptor no es miembro del Convenio de La Haya. Es un proceso de varios pasos: primero se autentica el documento con el Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos, después se legaliza en el consulado del país receptor. Países comunes que aún requieren legalización: Canadá (sí, Canadá no es miembro), China (ciertos territorios), algunos países africanos y del Medio Oriente.
Notarización: completamente diferente — es el acto de un notario público de verificar la identidad de quien firma un documento. La notarización ocurre antes de la apostilla en muchos casos (diplomas, poderes, declaraciones juradas). La apostilla autentifica la firma del notario, no el contenido del documento.
Florida no maneja la autenticación federal ni la legalización consular — esos procesos son del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos en Washington D.C. Nosotros manejamos solamente apostillas de documentos emitidos en Florida.
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Last updated: May 12, 2026
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When you place an order, we collect: your name, email address, phone number, return shipping address, the type and number of documents you're ordering, the destination country, and any notes you include with your order. We also receive payment information indirectly through Stripe, our payment processor — we never see or store your full card number.
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Last updated: May 12, 2026
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Last updated: May 12, 2026
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