Apostille for a police clearance certificate from United States
A police clearance certificate from United States is apostilled by US Department of State for FBI checks. We organise it for you – including the fresh original and any pre-certification – add a sworn translation if needed, and deliver worldwide.
Start your police clearance certificate apostille
No payment before quote- Upload a scan, 2 min
- Verify with your phone
- Delivered by courier or download
Let us get this done for you
- Apostille from 8 hours
- Written quote before you pay
- Encrypted, no account needed
- 1Upload a scanWe pre-check it and confirm the route
- 2Verify with your phoneID + selfie, ~3 minutes, then your quote
- 3We obtain the apostilleCompetent authority + sworn translation
- 4DeliveredCourier worldwide or protected download
Who issues it, who apostilles it
FBI Identity History Summary (federal) or state police
US Department of State for FBI checks; Secretary of State for state police records
FBI results can be ordered with the apostille through approved channelers.
In the United States each state apostilles its own documents:
Where a United States police clearance certificate with apostille is accepted
Not accepted in Kosovo (Article 12 objection) – documents for these countries are legalised or verified instead.
- United States → United KingdomApostille
- United States → GermanyApostille
- United States → SpainApostille
- United States → ItalyApostille
- United States → FranceApostille
- United States → CanadaApostille
- United States → AustraliaApostille
- United States → United Arab EmiratesLegalisation required
- United States → Saudi ArabiaApostille
- United States → TürkiyeApostille
- United States → NetherlandsApostille
What we need from you
- The original certificate, issued within the last three months (we guide you through the application, or apply on your behalf where the country allows it)
- Destination country and purpose
- Optional: sworn translation language
Most recipients require a sworn translation; Gulf states often want Arabic, Latin America Spanish or Portuguese.
United States police clearance certificate apostille: questions
US Department of State for FBI checks; Secretary of State for state police records. Issued by: FBI Identity History Summary (federal) or state police – FBI results can be ordered with the apostille through approved channelers.
Yes. The apostille must be issued in United States, but you do not have to be there: we organise a suitable original where possible, the submission to the competent authority and delivery of the apostilled police clearance certificate anywhere. The notary reviews your application first.
An Article 12 objection is in force between United States and Kosovo; documents for these countries are legalised or verified instead. Non-Convention countries such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait always need legalisation.
It depends on the country. Some (Spain, Türkiye, Colombia, the UK ACRO service) allow applications by an authorised representative or online with your consent; others (the German Führungszeugnis, FBI) require you to apply personally. We guide you through the form, have the certificate sent to us, and take it to the apostille from there.
Immigration authorities generally want the national or federal certificate (FBI rather than a state police check in the US; ACRO rather than a DBS check in the UK). We tell you which one the destination lists.
The apostille does not expire, but recipients apply their own age limits – three months for many Gulf employers, six months for most immigration authorities. Order it as close to the submission as possible.
Police clearance certificate from other countries
United States police clearance certificate, apostilled and delivered
Fresh original, authority, translation and courier in one request – quoted before you pay.
Questions? Write to [email protected]