Apostille · NJ birth and marriage certificates
Apostilles for New Jersey birth and marriage certificates
A New Jersey birth or marriage certificate is apostilled by the New Jersey Department of the Treasury, Division of Revenue and Enterprise Services, and only on a certified copy from the State Office of Vital Statistics and Registry, never a photocopy. We submit it for from $150 per document plus the state's fee at cost; the certified copy itself has to be ordered by an eligible person.
- Order the certified copy. Form REG-27a limits certified copies to the subject; a parent, legal guardian or legal representative; a spouse, civil union or domestic partner, child, grandchild or sibling of legal age; an agency; or someone with a court order. The form lists $25 for the search and record and $2 for each extra copy ordered at the same time.
- Send it to us unopened and unaltered. Don't staple a translation to it.
- We order the apostille through the Division's online service and deliver or ship the original back.
The Division's page says it can't apostille vital records from other states: a certificate from Pennsylvania or New York goes to that state's office (see apostille offices by state).
More detail: birth certificate steps · marriage certificate: what to order.
Every apostille job gets a stage tracker on your request status page: received, documents checked, submitted, returned and shipped, with an email at each step.
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We handle the paperwork steps only. We are not lawyers or immigration consultants, we never prepare USCIS forms, and nothing here is legal, immigration or tax advice. The receiving office decides what it accepts, so no acceptance or turnaround is guaranteed.
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How long does an apostille for NJ birth and marriage certificates take?
It depends on the issuing office's current processing time and how the documents reach it, so we don't promise a date. You'll see each stage on your status page.
What does the price include?
Our starting rate, from $150 per document, covers preparing and submitting the request and returning the original. Government fees are added at cost, and a notarization or courier leg is priced separately when you need one.
Is this legal advice about my document?
No. We handle the certification steps. Whether the document says what the other country needs is a question for the receiving office or a lawyer there.