For spousal visas, foreign registration of marriage, and citizenship applications. $250 per certificate, 5 business days. Serving Sunrise from our Fort Lauderdale office, by appointment.
Sunrise sits squarely in our service area — we work with clients from the city constantly, and marriage certificate requests are among the most common reasons why. Married in Florida, but the marriage needs to count somewhere else? Foreign governments don't take a U.S. marriage certificate at face value — they require an apostille before registering the marriage, issuing a spousal visa, processing a name change, or extending citizenship rights to a spouse.
Florida marriage certificates are issued by the Clerk of Court in the county where the license was recorded — in Broward County, that's the Broward Clerk of Courts. Only a certified copy with the clerk's seal qualifies for an apostille. We verify the copy, file it in person at the Florida Department of State, and return the apostilled certificate in 5 business days. For Sunrise residents, that means one handoff — at your door or at our office — and the apostilled original back in your hands on a defined timeline.
Immigration authorities in nearly every country require an apostilled marriage certificate before issuing a spousal visa or residency permit to a foreign-married couple.
Many countries — Italy, Spain, Colombia, Brazil among them — require citizens to register a foreign marriage at home, and the apostilled U.S. certificate is the core document.
Spain, Italy, Portugal, and many Latin American countries offer accelerated citizenship for spouses of citizens — every application starts with an apostilled marriage certificate.
Updating a passport, national ID, or property title in another country after marrying in Florida requires the apostilled certificate as proof.
Sunrise is home to roughly 97,000 residents. Sunrise's Caribbean and Latin American communities — and the international workforce around the Sawgrass corporate corridor — keep us busy with apostilles for foreign employment, family petitions, and dual citizenship applications.
We serve clients throughout Sunrise's neighborhoods including Sawgrass, Sunrise Lakes, Welleby, New River Estates, and Sunrise Golf Village, as well as nearby communities such as Plantation, Tamarac, Lauderhill, and Weston. Landmarks like Sawgrass Mills, Amerant Bank Arena, and Markham Park put us on familiar ground — this is home-turf service, not a mail-order processor.
From Sunrise, our Fort Lauderdale office is about 20 minutes away — visits by appointment — and appointments are usually available same day or next day. Also serving marriage certificate apostille clients in nearby Plantation, Weston, Tamarac, and Lauderhill.
Most delays start here, so it is worth two minutes for Sunrise clients: The document must be a certified copy of the marriage record issued by the Clerk of Court in the Florida county where the marriage license was filed — for Broward weddings, the Broward County Clerk of Courts. The decorative certificate signed at the ceremony, the church certificate, and photocopies cannot be apostilled.
Don't have a certified copy? Broward's Clerk of Courts issues them by mail, online, and in person. Married in another Florida county — Miami-Dade, Monroe, or anywhere else in the state — the process is the same through that county's clerk, and we apostille those too. Married in another state, and the certificate must be apostilled there; married abroad, and the foreign certificate can't receive a U.S. apostille at all. When your marriage certificate is ready, bring it to our office — about 20 minutes from Sunrise — appointments usually available same day or next day.
Book your handoff: a scheduled appointment at the office, usually available same day or next day. Times are confirmed within the hour.
We review each document against the state’s checklist — certified copy, valid notarization, correct destination country — before it ever travels.
Filing happens face to face at the Florida Department of State, not by envelope. That is what keeps the timeline fixed at five business days.
When the apostilled originals come back, we call. Pick them up at the office or we return them to you locally — whichever is easier.
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 filing at the Department of State, 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 at your appointment — no need to complete it in advance.
Because Sunrise is a city whose Caribbean and Latin American families work alongside the international workforce around the Sawgrass corporate corridor, the marriage certificates we apostille here are most often bound for Colombia, Jamaica, Venezuela, and Peru. That matters practically: each destination has its own quirks — whether a certified translation is required, whether the receiving registry wants a recently issued copy, and whether the apostille needs to be translated along with the document.
We handle those details as part of the job rather than leaving you to discover them at a consulate window. Tell us the destination country when you call and we’ll confirm exactly what your marriage certificate needs before anything is filed — including whether a translation should be ordered before or after the apostille, which is the sequencing mistake that costs Sunrise clients the most time.
Yes — we serve every city in Broward County, Sunrise included. Service is by appointment at our Fort Lauderdale office at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E; requests before 2 PM are routinely scheduled the same day, and every request gets a confirmed time within one business hour.
We're at 6750 N Andrews Ave, Ste 288E in Fort Lauderdale — about 20 minutes from Sunrise. Office visits are by appointment, and same-day slots are usually available.
5 business days, drop-off 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.
No. Either spouse — or anyone you authorize — can hand us the certificate. The apostille authenticates the clerk's signature on the record, not yours.
Frequently, yes — Spanish-, Portuguese-, and Italian-speaking countries typically require a certified translation of the certificate for local registration. We coordinate translation and apostille together.
Certified copies don't expire under Florida law, but many foreign registries want one issued within the last 6–12 months. If yours is old, order a fresh copy — it's inexpensive and avoids rejection abroad.
Yes — any Florida county. The apostille comes from the Florida Department of State regardless of which county clerk issued the record.
The Broward County Clerk of Courts — you can order certified copies online, by mail, or in person. Once you have the certified copy with the clerk's seal, we take it from there.
