Filed in person at the Florida Department of State

Apostille services in Homestead.

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5–7
Business Days
From the day we receive your documents.
$220
Starting Price
State fee and shipping included.
125+
Countries Recognized
Every Hague Convention member state.
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States We Serve
Florida documents, nationwide and worldwide.

How a Homestead apostille works.

There is no state apostille counter in Homestead or anywhere else in Miami-Dade County — only the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee issues them. We hand-carry every Homestead order there and get it back to you in five to seven business days, instead of the five to seven weeks a mailed-in request usually takes.

Most Homestead orders start with a Miami-Dade County record: birth and death certificates from the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, and marriage licenses, divorce decrees and court records from the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Court and Comptroller. Anything signed in front of a Florida notary — a power of attorney, an affidavit, a single-status letter, a translation — can be apostilled as well. Diplomas and transcripts from Miami Dade College Homestead Campus qualify too, once the registrar's office has signed them in front of a notary.

Prefer to hand your documents to a person? Our nearest appointment office is Fort Lauderdale, about 60 miles from Homestead, Monday–Friday by appointment.

What Homestead customers apostille most.

Family & property in Latin America

Powers of attorney for selling or managing property, plus birth and marriage certificates for family matters in Colombia, Venezuela, the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Peru and Argentina — some of the most common orders we see from Homestead.

Citizenship by descent

Italian jure sanguinis, Spanish, Portuguese and Irish citizenship files all need apostilled Florida birth, marriage and death certificates — often three generations of them in one order.

Diplomas & transcripts

Graduates of Miami Dade College Homestead Campus apostille diplomas and transcripts for graduate school, teaching jobs and credential evaluations abroad.

Two ways to order from Homestead.

Both end the same way: filed in person at the Florida Department of State and back in your hands in 5–7 business days.

Online Order

$220
Per Document · From Anywhere

Order online and we review your documents, then FedEx emails you a prepaid QR code. Take your documents to any FedEx in Homestead — FedEx supplies the envelope, no printer needed.

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  • Return shipping included
  • 5–7 business day turnaround
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Local to Homestead.

Homestead is the gateway to Everglades and Biscayne national parks and home to Homestead Air Reserve Base and the Homestead-Miami Speedway. We handle Homestead orders alongside neighboring Cutler Bay, Kendall, Coral Gables and Doral, on the same 5–7 business day schedule.

The closest place to meet us is our Fort Lauderdale office, about 60 miles away, by appointment. Wherever you start, every document is walked into the Department of State by our Tallahassee team.

Local facts

Homestead at a glance

Price
$220 per document
Turnaround
5–7 business days, filed in person
Nearest appointment office
Fort Lauderdale — by appointment · about 60 miles
Shipping
FedEx included in the U.S. · worldwide +$100

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Common questions.

Not a state one. Florida apostilles are issued only by the Florida Department of State in Tallahassee, so no office in Miami-Dade County can issue one. The closest place to meet us is our Fort Lauderdale office at 100 N Federal Hwy, Suite 955, about 60 miles from Homestead, by appointment Monday–Friday. Or order online and skip the drive.
Birth and death certificates: the Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville, or VitalChek — the state fee for these is $10. Marriage licenses, divorce decrees, court records and deeds: the Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Court and Comptroller — $20 state fee for a clerk-certified copy, or $10 for a marriage certificate ordered from Vital Statistics. Both fees are included in our $220. We don't accept vital records certified before 2014: the signature on file at the Department of State must be the current registrar's, so an older copy needs to be re-ordered first.
Yes. Ask the registrar's office for a diploma copy or transcript signed by a school official in front of a Florida notary, "for apostille". That notarized document is what the Department of State apostilles — a plain copy or an outside notary's copy certification is rejected.
$220 per document, state fee and U.S. return shipping included — the same online or by appointment. Full cost breakdown →
Yes — Cutler Bay, Kendall and Coral Gables order exactly the way Homestead does: online or by appointment in Fort Lauderdale, $220 per document, back in 5–7 business days.

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