The US Department of State (USDOS) in Washington, D.C. apostille federal documents and authenticate documents that will be used in foreign countries.

On October 1st, 2024 the US Department of State (USDOS) re-opened for walk-in services to registered agents. In person services is open Monday through Thursday. USDOS apostille processing time is approximately 3-4weeks.

Roca Authentications is a registered agent at USDOS and we can provide expeditated services with approximately 10 business days for an additional fee, contact us for more information.

Egypt Embassy Document Legalization

Egypt is not a member of the Apostille Convention

 

Egypt Embassy Document Legalization

Egypt is not a member of the Apostille Convention and all documents must be legalized (authenticated) by the Egyptian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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Egyptian Cultural & Educational Bureau in Washington, D.C.

 

Authentication Academic Documents: All academic documents must be certified by the Egyptian Cultural & Educational Bureau in Washington, D.C. (ECEB) College transcripts and diplomas, school reports (grades 1-12), high school diplomas, and university documents have to be issued by accredited universities.

Attendance and high schools have to be recognized by the department of education attendance-based study programs.

Notarization and US Department of State authentication are not required for authenticating the documents from ECEB.

 

Embassy Legalization in Washington D.C.

Legalization is normally required

If the country is not a member of the Hague Convention, legalization is normally required.

The document must be certified by the secretary of the state where it was notarized.

It is then authenticated by the U.S. Department of State here in Washington, D.C.

There is one more step and that is that it has to be legalized or authenticated by the embassy of the country where they will be used.

Example of these countries are: Egypt, Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, UAE, Canada, etc. We provide fast and reliable document legalization services for documents to be used in non-Hague convention countries.

We can take care of all the necessary steps.

Embassy Legalization in Washington D.C.

We have in our staff public notaries registered in the states of Virginia and the District of Columbia (WDC).

Obtain a Visa in a Foreign Country

FBI Background Check to Obtain a Visa in a Foreign Country

We are affiliated with an FBI channeler, which allows us to provide electronic submissions to the FBI for faster processing of your FBI Background Check.

Obtain a Visa in a Foreign Country

We provide FBI retrieval and apostille or authentication services for clients around the world. We can take your fingerprinting in our office.

We can also process fingerprint cards taken elsewhere. If you are living overseas, you can have your fingerprints taken at the closest U.S. Consulate, local police department or authorized agency.

We have the capability to convert paper cards of your fingerprint to electronic files for submission to the FBI. So, if you have your prints taken elsewhere you can mail you fingerprint cards to our office and we can electronically submit those fingerprints to the FBI.