Apostille Service in Mission, Texas

• Birth certificates for a child’s Mexican nationality registration, passport application or school enrollment abroad
• Marriage records for couples recording their Texas marriage in Mexico
• Death certificates needed to settle an estate or close accounts outside the U.S.
• Divorce decrees so a person can remarry in another country
• Notarized powers of attorney that let a relative sign on your behalf in Reynosa or Monterrey
• Diplomas and transcripts for jobs or graduate programs overseas

Mexico has accepted apostilles since 14 August 1995, when its accession to the Hague Convention entered into force (HCCH status table). For countries outside the Convention, such as the United Arab Emirates, Qatar or Kuwait, the document must instead be legalized through that country’s embassy. Our country list can help you check.

A few situations trip people up. If a parent was born in Mission but the child was born in Houston, each birth certificate comes from a different office, and both can still be apostilled in Austin because both are Texas records. If a document was issued by another state, however, that state has to apostille it; Texas cannot. And if you hold a document that was notarized years ago, check that the notary’s commission was active on the date of signing, because the state checks it against its records.

Families who own land or a house in Mexico often need more than one of these documents at the same time, such as a death certificate together with a notarized power of attorney for the heir handling the sale. Sending them together keeps the set consistent.