The most requested apostille in Broward County — for dual citizenship, foreign marriage, and visa applications. $190 per certificate, 5 business days. Serving Pembroke Pines with mobile pickup and our nearby Wilton Manors office.
In Pembroke Pines — home to about 171,000 residents — the need for a birth certificate apostille usually arrives with a deadline attached: a consulate appointment, a visa window, a foreign closing date. The birth certificate is the single most common document we apostille. Dual citizenship applications, foreign marriages, international work visas, school enrollment abroad — nearly every international process that involves proving who you are starts with an apostilled U.S. birth certificate.
For Florida-born residents, the path runs through the Florida Department of State — but only certified copies issued by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics (or a county health department vital records office) qualify. Hospital keepsake certificates, photocopies, and laminated copies are rejected on sight. We review every certificate before filing, walk it into the Department of State in person, and have the apostilled original back in your hands in 5 business days. For Pembroke Pines residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
By far the most common use. Italian consulates require an apostilled birth certificate for the applicant and every ancestor in the direct line of descent.
Spain's and Portugal's citizenship programs — including routes for descendants of Sephardic Jews and Latin American nationals — require apostilled U.S. birth records.
Marrying abroad? Most foreign civil registries require an apostilled birth certificate before they'll issue a marriage license to a U.S. citizen.
Polish, Irish, German, Lithuanian, and other ancestry-based programs require apostilled birth certificates for every generation in your line.
The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Korea, Singapore, and most EU countries include an apostilled birth certificate in the standard visa document package.
Foreign school enrollment, dual-national passport applications, and family reunification petitions all require the child's apostilled U.S. birth certificate.
Pembroke Pines is home to roughly 171,000 residents. One of Broward's largest cities, Pembroke Pines has deep Caribbean and Latin American roots — Jamaican, Colombian, and Cuban families here regularly need apostilled vital records for dual citizenship, foreign pensions, and family petitions.
We serve clients throughout Pembroke Pines's neighborhoods including Chapel Trail, Silver Lakes, Pembroke Falls, Grand Palms, and Century Village, as well as nearby communities such as Miramar, Cooper City, Southwest Ranches, and Weston. Landmarks like Pembroke Lakes Mall, C.B. Smith Park, and the Charles F. Dodge City Center put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
From Pembroke Pines, our Wilton Manors office is about 30 minutes away — or skip the drive entirely and book mobile pickup; we come to your home or office. Also serving birth certificate apostille clients in nearby Miramar, and Weston.
The Florida Department of State will only apostille a certified copy of a birth certificate — one issued by the Florida Bureau of Vital Statistics in Jacksonville or by a county health department vital records office, bearing a raised or printed registrar's seal and an issuing signature. The commemorative certificate from the hospital, however official it looks, cannot be apostilled.
Born in Broward County but don't have a certified copy? You can order one from the Florida Department of Health in Broward County's vital records office or online through the state Bureau of Vital Statistics. Born in another state? Your birth certificate must be apostilled by that state's Secretary of State — we can point you to the right office. Born abroad? A Consular Report of Birth Abroad is a federal document requiring U.S. Department of State authentication instead. When your birth certificate is ready, bring it to our office — about 30 minutes from Pembroke Pines — or book mobile pickup and we'll come to you.
Walk in to our Wilton Manors office or schedule mobile pickup anywhere in Broward County — confirmed within one business hour.
Every document is checked before filing — certification, notarization, destination-country requirements — so nothing gets rejected.
Your documents are walked into the Florida Department of State in person. No mail-in queue, no batching, no guesswork.
Apostilled originals ready in 5 business days — office pickup or local return delivery. We call the moment they’re back.
No hourly rates, no hidden charges, no surprise add-ons. The price you see is the price you pay — including the Florida Department of State filing fee.
All prices include the Florida Department of State filing fee ($10 per document), in-person walk-in filing, and full document handling. Notarization available as a separate service when your documents require it.
Download the Florida Department of State Apostille and Notarial Certificate Request Form. We can fill it out for you during pickup — no need to complete it in advance.
Yes — mobile pickup covers all of Pembroke Pines and every Broward County city. Requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled same-day, and every request gets a confirmed window within one business hour.
We're at 2312 Wilton Dr, Ste 420 in Wilton Manors — about 30 minutes from Pembroke Pines. Walk-ins are welcome seven days a week, or book mobile pickup and skip the trip.
5 business days, pickup to return — the same in-person filing timeline countywide. Rush handling is available when your deadline is tighter; call us and we'll tell you honestly what's achievable.
Some receiving countries — Italy and Spain among them — expect a recently issued certified copy, often within the last six months to a year. If yours is decades old, we recommend ordering a fresh certified copy before apostilling. We can advise based on your destination country.
If it's a certified copy with the registrar's seal and signature, usually yes — the Department of State authenticates the issuing official's signature. Very old certificates signed by officials no longer on file can occasionally be rejected, in which case a freshly issued certified copy solves it.
A birth certificate must be apostilled by the state that issued it — New York records by New York, New Jersey by New Jersey, and so on. We handle Florida-issued documents; for out-of-state records we can tell you exactly which office to contact.
The apostille itself is a standardized multilingual form, but many countries require a certified translation of the birth certificate for local use. We coordinate certified translations regularly — ask when you book.
Yes — the process is identical, and a parent can request it. Children's certificates are among our most common requests for dual-national passports and foreign school enrollment.
Order certified Florida birth certificates.
Florida Department of Health in Broward CountyLocal vital records office for Broward-born residents.
Florida Department of StateThe office that issues the apostille itself.
Flat pricing, bundles, and what can add cost.
Processing timeThe 5-day timeline vs the mail-in queue.
Same-day & rush serviceWhat is honestly achievable on a tight deadline.
Mobile pickupWe come to you, anywhere in Broward County.
Same-day pickup available across Pembroke Pines — call and we'll confirm your window within one business hour.
