Apply by Mail:

1. To Get Apostille a School Transcript, the applicant must approach the U.S. Department of State Office of Authentications link
2. The applicant has to download the service request form DS – 4194 from the following link
3. The applicant must enter all the details in the application form. Incomplete form is not accepted.
4. Make sure that the applicant must attach all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
5. The applicant must attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
6. Mail all the necessary documents along with the completed form to the Office of Authentications. The mailing address are given in “Office Locations and Contacts” section of this page.
7. The applicant has to pay the prescribed fee of $20 for all services.
8. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
9. An acknowledgment receipt will be provided to the applicant. Please save it for future reference.
10. Once the process gets completed successfully, the authority will process your request in 10 to 11 weeks from the date the applicant sent the request.

Note: To check the status the applicant can use the following link. The authority will respond to the applicant via email or phone call in the next week. Do not submit a second request while waiting for a response.

• Service request form link
• Signed and notarized copy of transcript
• Copy of School Identity card

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Mailing address:
Office of Authentications
CA/PPT/S/TO/AUT
44132 Mercure Cir.
PO Box 1206
Sterling, VA 20166-1206
Contact details link

• Any U.S citizens who intends to apostille School Transcripts, is eligible to make this application.

• The applicant must pay the prescribed fee of $20 for all the services.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• Service Request form link

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• This entire process can be completed in 10-11 weeks or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

Before submitting documents requiring authentication, you must:

Notarize each document in front of a notary public:

• For notaries public commissioned through the county: Documents must first be certified by the clerk of court in the county where the notary is commissioned, and then certified by the secretary of state in the state where the document was notarized.
• For notaries public commissioned through the state: Documents must only be certified by the secretary of state in the state where the document was notarized.

• Name of the applicant
• Address
• City
• State
• Zip code
• Phone
• Email
• Social security number
• Delivery details
• Shipping address
• Type of document

• An Apostille is a type of attestation in which documents are legalised in a particular format that is acceptable in all nations that belong to the Hague Convention. Essentially, apostille is an international attestation that is acceptable in about 92 countries, and most of the western world recognises Apostille.

• For More Information link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

• A transcript is proof of education. It has a detailed record of all the subjects the student has studied with their scores in the form of marks or grades given by the institution of study.
• A transcript includes enrolment history, grades that the student got, credits earned and attempted and average of grade-point. The classes would be arranged in chronological format by the enrolment semester or the quarter. The grade-point average may be given individually for each quarter, but total cumulative average is given.