My Florida Apostille
FL DOS Request Form
My Florida Apostille
FL DOS Request Form
The Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form is the single-page PDF the Florida Department of State requires with every mail-in apostille submission. It's a simple form — name, address, phone, the documents you're submitting, the destination country, payment details — but the FL DOS rejects mailings every week for small mistakes on this form. The state doesn't return your money when a submission is rejected; you re-submit and re-pay. So if you're filing yourself, get the form right the first time.
Download the official form directly from the Florida Department of State website at dos.fl.gov. Do not use third-party copies of the form floating around the internet — they get out of date and the state will reject submissions on outdated forms. The official PDF is fillable on most browsers and PDF readers.
Once filled out, you mail the form together with your certified documents, your check (made payable to the Florida Department of State), and a self-addressed stamped return envelope to: Florida Department of State, R.A. Gray Building, 500 S Bronough St, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250. The mail-in queue at FL DOS is typically 5–7 weeks. (Our walk-in service does this same submission in person — 5–7 business days, no form for you to fill out.)
The form has five sections. Each one has at least one trap.
Your full legal name, address, phone, email. Use the same name format on every document — if your birth certificate says "Roberto" and the form says "Robert", the state may flag the discrepancy.
List each document type and the number of copies. The state charges $10 per document, not per page — a 3-page document counts as one document. Don't undercount or overcount; the fee total must match exactly.
The country where the apostilled document will be used. Spell it exactly as it appears on the Hague Convention list — "Republic of Korea" not "South Korea", "United Kingdom" not "England" or "Britain". Wrong country names cause rejection.
Check or money order payable to Florida Department of State (full legal name — not "FL DOS" or "Secretary of State"). Calculate: $10 per document × number of documents = total. Don't include shipping fees in this total.
Include a self-addressed stamped envelope with enough postage for the weight of your returning documents. First Class works for 1–2 documents; Priority Mail for 3+. Without a SASE, the state can't ship your apostilled documents back.
Optional but smart: include a short cover letter listing exactly what's enclosed (forms, documents, check, SASE). If the mail clerk at FL DOS sees a discrepancy, the cover letter helps them resolve it without rejecting the whole package.
If your submission gets rejected, FL DOS keeps your fee and sends the documents back. You resubmit — and lose another 5–7 weeks. These are the rejection reasons we see most often.
$10 per document, not per page. Calculate carefully. The most common error is including shipping in the check amount, or forgetting to multiply by document count.
Must be exactly "Florida Department of State". Not "FL DOS", "State of Florida", "Secretary of State", or "Florida Secretary of State". The wrong payee voids the payment.
Only certified copies with the embossed seal can be apostilled. Hospital "souvenir" birth certificates, photocopies, laminated certificates, and printouts will be rejected.
For notarized documents: the notary's printed name, commission number, and expiration date must all be present. Missing any of these voids the notarization.
Country must be a Hague Convention signatory and spelled correctly. Non-Hague countries require "authentication" not "apostille" — the form will be rejected if you check the wrong box.
No self-addressed stamped envelope = no return. The state will hold your apostilled documents and may eventually destroy them if no SASE is provided.
FL DOS does not apostille Remote Online Notarization documents, even though Florida statute authorizes RON. Must be in-person notarization for apostille eligibility.
If your notary's commission expired before they notarized your document, the notarization is invalid. FL DOS verifies every notary against the state database.
If you'd rather not deal with the form, the check, the SASE, and the 5–7 week wait — that's our service. $190 per document includes the form completion, the state filing fee, in-person filing at the FL DOS counter, and return shipping back to you. No form for you to fill out. No check for you to write. No envelope for you to address. No queue to wait in.
Our Tallahassee back-office team walks every order in person to the Florida Department of State apostille counter — half a mile from our office. We've completed thousands of these forms; we know every rejection trap by heart. Same 5–7 business day turnaround whether you order online from anywhere in the U.S., drop off at our West Palm Beach office, or schedule a mobile pickup in Palm Beach or Broward County.
Bundle pricing makes multi-document submissions easier on the wallet: $300 for 2 documents, $130 each for 3 or more. State filing fee and return shipping always included. No surprise fees.
All three options end the same way — your apostilled documents back in your hands in 5–7 business days, filed in person at the Florida Department of State.
Drop off in person at 500 S Australian Ave, Suite 6088B. Pay at the counter, pick up the finished apostille at the same office.
Palm Beach & Broward Counties: we come to your home or office for the pickup, file at FL DOS, and deliver the apostille back.
Order from anywhere in the U.S. We email you a pre-paid FedEx QR code — drop your envelope at any FedEx location.
$190 per document — form completion, state filing fee, in-person filing, return shipping all included. 5–7 business days.
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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My Florida Apostille is an independent document service that facilitates apostille processing through the Florida Department of State on behalf of customers. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the Florida Department of State, the U.S. Department of State, or any government agency. We are a private business providing convenience services.
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If the Florida Department of State rejects your document, we will contact you within one business day to discuss options. Some rejections can be resolved same-day at the counter; others require new documents from the issuing agency. Rejections do not entitle you to a refund of the state filing fee or our service fee, because both the fee and the labor have been performed.
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Last updated: May 12, 2026
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