HIRING DOCUMENTS APOSTILLE

Hiring documents are documents covering various aspects of employment. This includes a new hire's compensation, benefits, job description and their agreement on such terms. In addition, it may include government forms that establish a legal record of a new hire's employment.

An apostille is a document authenticating the seals and signatures of officials on public documents such as marriage certificates, hiring documents, university diplomas, or any other document issued by a federal agency or certified by an American or foreign consul. Hiring documents apostilles are required because individuals who actually want to work overseas must obtain authorization from the destination country's consulate in order to do so.

If you are planning to work abroad, then you may be required to provide an apostille for your hiring documents. Documents issued in one country must be verified before they are presented or used in another country. Once they have been given an apostille stamp, the other country will recognize them and give them the legal importance they had in the country of issue.

Each country party to the Hague Convention designates an authority within its territory that can issue apostilles. For example, in the USA, it is the office of the State’s Secretary. In practice, you should contact a notary to get an apostille. Please note that some notaries may not be familiar with this procedure – they may propose you an ersatz that they are more familiar with. To escape any problems you may contact us and we can eagerly answer all of your questions.We offer background check locations in all 50 states. In most cases, there is more than one location available in each state for your service of need.

Your documents may need additional authentication by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., as well as legalization through the Embassy or Consulate office if the country requesting your Hiring Documents Apostille is not a member of the Hague Apostille Convention. Your Department of State and legalization requests can be immediately handled by our D.C. staff.

If your company intends to have operations internationally, you must obtain document apostille certifications for each employee who will have a residence there. Foreign jurisdictions will require that all employment documents be processed for legitimacy even if your business is an established multinational.

The process will be straightforward if the foreign country is a subject to the Hague Convention because all that is required is that you obtain apostille certificates. The documents must go through a more difficult authentication and legalization process if the country is not a member of the Hague Convention.

We recommend that you contact our specialists for more details. We have been providing apostille services for any types of documents since 1998. We will make sure that your documents will be processed fast, secure and correctly.