Federal Apostille and Notary Processing
Federal Apostille Services – 1300 I St NW, Washington, DC 20005
Apostille Office at 1300 I Street NW — Franklin Square, Washington, D.C.
Our Franklin Square office at 1300 I St. NW, Suite 400E is a working document-intake counter for U.S. federal authentications — not a mailbox. Documents accepted here are prepared, reviewed, and carried by hand to the U.S. Department of State Authentications Office. $120 flat, every government fee included, and nothing sits in a postal queue waiting its turn.
$120 Flat Rate
All Government Fees Included
Hand-Delivered to State Dept.
10 Business Days
Start My Apostille – $120 Flat Rate
Trusted Locally & Internationally
Who Walks Into Our I Street Office
Franklin Square sits between the federal agencies to the south and the embassy corridor to the northwest, and the mix of people who come through our door reflects that: consular staff picking up authenticated civil records, immigration attorneys clearing a filing deadline, contractors registering a subsidiary abroad, and DC residents who simply need an FBI report apostilled before a visa appointment.
FederalApostille.org is a private document processing service — independent of the U.S. Department of State — with more than a decade of experience preparing every category of U.S. federal record for authentication. One price applies to all of it: $120, government fees included.
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Federal Records Accepted at Our I Street NW Counter
FBI Identity History Summary
Our highest-volume item. Departmental Order and channeler-issued reports alike, apostilled for residency, dual citizenship, adoption and employment files in Spain, Italy, Germany, the UAE, Brazil and 120+ other Hague states.
Certificate of Naturalization
N-550 and N-570 certificates authenticated for second-passport files, ancestral citizenship claims, and property or probate matters handled by foreign counsel.
Certificate of Citizenship
N-560 and N-561 certificates prepared for inheritance filings, consular registration of dual nationals, and overseas real-estate transfers.
Federal Court Records
U.S. District Court judgments, decrees, name-change orders and clerk-certified copies that a foreign court, registry or ministry needs to recognize.
IRS & Treasury Documents
Form 6166 residency certifications and Treasury-issued records for treaty relief, foreign bank onboarding, and registering a U.S. entity with an overseas commercial registry.
Military & DD-214 Records
Discharge certificates, NPRC service letters and VA correspondence authenticated for veterans' benefits, residency and employment abroad.
Simple · Tracked · Reliable
Three Steps From Franklin Square to an Apostille
You do not have to be in Washington to use this office. Roughly half of what we file arrives from outside the District — uploaded through the portal or couriered in from another state — and is walked to the State Department by our team the same way a hand-delivered document is. Clients across the National Capital Region, including Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda and Silver Spring, typically choose in-person drop-off instead.
Start My Apostille – $120 Flat Rate01
Submit Documents
Upload through the secure portal, mail to 1300 I St. NW, Suite 400E, or drop off in person at the Franklin Square office.
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Hand-Delivered to State Dept.
Reviewed against current federal standards, then carried to the U.S. Department of State Authentications Office in person.
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Secure Return
Apostilled originals returned by tracked courier. Total turnaround: 10 business days.
Location Advantage
What Proximity Actually Buys You
Being a short walk from the Authentications Office changes the mechanics of the filing — not just the marketing copy.
- Nothing is entrusted to the mail Documents leave our hands and arrive at the State Department the same morning. No transit window, no tracking gap, no package to trace.
- No scramble for a public appointment Public walk-in slots are scarce and disappear weeks out. Our submission process does not depend on securing one.
- Rejections caught before filing, not after The wrong seal, a stale certification date, a missing county layer — we check for these at intake, when they still cost you minutes instead of weeks.
- Built for deadline-driven work Embassies, law firms and federal contractors in the Franklin Square corridor use this office precisely because their filings cannot slip.
Questions & Answers
1300 I Street NW Office — Common Questions
Where exactly is the Franklin Square office?
1300 I St. NW, Suite 400E, Washington, DC 20005 — on the north side of Franklin
Square, a few blocks from McPherson Square and Metro Center. Document intake happens on the fourth
floor; from there, filings are carried on foot to the U.S. Department of State Authentications
Office.
What is a federal apostille, and who issues it?
It is a certificate issued only by the U.S. Department of State in Washington, DC,
certifying a federal document for use in a country that belongs to the Hague Apostille Convention.
No state office and no notary can issue one for a federal record — the filing has to happen in
Washington, which is why the office sits where it does.
What does it cost?
$120 per document, flat, with the government fee already inside that number. The
price covers intake review, preparation, hand-delivery to the State Department, and tracked return
shipping. There is no separate rush tier and no line-item surprises at the end.
How long does it take?
Ten business days from intake to the document being back in your hands. Because
filings are hand-carried rather than mailed in, the days that a mailed submission loses to transit
and inbound handling simply are not part of the timeline.
Do I have to come to the office in person?
No. Most clients upload through the secure portal or mail originals to 1300 I St.
NW, Suite 400E. In-person drop-off is available if you are nearby and would rather hand the
documents over — but it does not change the price or the turnaround.
Why not file it myself at the State Department?
You can. The obstacle is access: public walk-in capacity at the Authentications
Office is limited and often booked out. Beyond scheduling, most self-filed rejections come down to
details — an uncertified copy, an expired certification, the wrong underlying seal — that we screen
for before anything is submitted.
My document was issued in another state. Can this office still handle it?
Yes, if it is a federal document. Federal apostilles are issued in Washington
regardless of where the record originated, so an FBI report, naturalization certificate or federal
court order from anywhere in the country is filed here. Documents issued by a state — birth
certificates, marriage records, state-court judgments — are apostilled by that state's Secretary of
State instead, and we can route those for you as well.
Get In Touch
We're Here to Help
Send your documents through the portal, by mail, or in person at Suite 400E — our team handles intake review, State Department hand-delivery, and tracked return from there.
Washington, DC Office
Address1300 I St. NW, Suite 400E, Washington, DC 20005
Call202-989-5501
Opening HoursOpen 24/7
Start Your Federal Apostille
- $120 flat rate — all government fees included
- Hand-delivered to the U.S. Department of State
- 10 business days, tracked return shipping
- Submit online, by mail, or in person
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