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If you need to present your Canadian birth certificate outside of Canada, you may need to have your certificate apostilled. To confirm whether this is necessary, you will need to consult with the person or organization to whom you are sending your birth certificate. They are the authority on what processing is required before they can accept your document. Note that they may tell you that you need to have your birth certificate "apostilled" or "attested" or "authenticated and legalized".

If you have any questions about the apostille of your birth certificate don't hesitate to contact our friendly staff for advice.

RCMP Certified Criminal Record Checks take 7-10 business days to be issued by the RCMP headquarters. They are shipped by Canada Post regular mail to the mailing address you provided on your application. If you have ordered a criminal record check from your local police, the processing time may vary from 1 - 7 days.

You can certainly have the criminal record check sent directly to IDC to save time. Contact us to discuss the apostille of your criminal record check.

Yes! To save time our clients frequently have their criminal record checks delivered directly to our Ottawa office. As soon as it arrives in our office, we begin the apostille process on your behalf. Our address is:

International Documents Canada
310 Beechgrove Ave., Suite B
Ottawa, ON   K1Z 6R3

Feel free to contact our friendly specialists if you have any questions. We can also provide you with a free detailed quote.

The pricing for the apostille of a criminal record check will vary depending on several factors. These variables include whether or not you require notarization, the services and speed of service you choose, and the processing times with the diplomatic mission (if legalization is required).

When you contact our friendly staff for your free consultation, we'll discuss your options and provide you a detailed quote, so you'll know exactly what is involved. For general information on our pricing visit our pricing page.

In some cases it may be possible to apostille a copy of your criminal record check instead of the original, but we don't always recommend it. With criminal record checks, we strongly recommend that you apostille your original document whenever possible.

To find out if a copy of your criminal record check will be acceptable, you will need to consult with the person or organization to whom you are sending your document. If you have confirmed that a copy of your criminal record check is acceptable, then the first step is to have a certified true copy made. If you have any questions about apostille of a copy of your criminal check, don't hesitate to contact our friendly specialists.

If you need to present your Canadian divorce certificate in another country, you may need to have your certificate "apostilled". This is the process used to prepare a Canadian document so that it will be formally recognized in foreign jurisdictions.

Please consult the person or organization to whom you will be sending your divorce certificate, in order to determine whether they require your document be apostilled. If you have any questions about whether your divorce certificate needs an apostille, don't hesitate to contact our friendly specialists. We would be happy to answer your questions.