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Federal Apostille and Notary Processing

Federal Apostille Services at 1140 3rd Street NE — NoMa, Washington, D.C.

Our NoMa office on the second floor at 1140 3rd St. NE is a short walk from Union Station, which makes it the easiest of our locations to reach if you are arriving in Washington rather than living here. Documents taken in at this counter are reviewed, prepared, and hand-delivered by our team to the U.S. Department of State Authentications Office — $120 flat, government fee included.

$120 Flat Rate All Government Fees Included Hand-Delivered to State Dept. 10 Business Days

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Trusted Locally & Internationally

The Office for People Passing Through Washington

A surprising share of federal apostille work is done by people who do not live here. They come in on the train or land at National, spend a day in the city, and need a document lodged before they leave. NoMa suits that pattern: a few minutes from Union Station, close to the Red Line, and easy to reach with luggage in hand.

FederalApostille.org is a private document processing service, independent of the U.S. Department of State. Behind the counter is a decade of federal authentication filings and a single flat price — $120, government fee included — whatever the document and whatever the destination country.

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What We Authenticate

Federal Documents Accepted at the NoMa Office

FBI Background Check

The document that brings most people here. Identity History Summaries issued by the FBI or through an approved channeler, authenticated for residency, work permits, adoption and citizenship applications worldwide.

Naturalization Certificates

N-550 and N-570 originals authenticated where a consulate or foreign ministry wants proof of U.S. citizenship before it will register anything in your name.

Certificates of Citizenship

N-560 and N-561 records prepared for dual nationality registration, foreign inheritance matters, and property held outside the United States.

Federal Court Records

U.S. District Court judgments, decrees, adoption orders and certified clerk copies destined for a foreign court, ministry or civil registry.

IRS Form 6166 & Treasury

Tax residency certifications and Treasury records for treaty withholding, foreign account opening and registering a U.S. entity with an overseas authority.

Military & DD-214

Discharge certificates, NPRC service letters and VA correspondence authenticated for benefits, residency and employment abroad.

Simple · Tracked · Reliable

Drop It Off, Fly Home, Get It Back

Nothing about this requires you to stay in Washington. Leave the document on the second floor and the finished original is couriered to wherever you actually are, in the United States or overseas. The same is true in reverse — most of what we file arrives by mail or through the portal from people who were never in the city at all.

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Submit Documents

Drop off at 1140 3rd St. NE, Second Floor, mail originals, or upload through the secure portal.

Hand-Delivered to State Dept.

Checked against current federal requirements, then carried to the Authentications Office by our team rather than mailed.

Secure Return

Tracked courier to any address you name, at home or abroad. Ten business days end to end.

Location Advantage

Why Filing Through a Washington Office Is Faster

Federal apostilles are issued in exactly one place. Everything that makes a filing quick or slow happens around that fact.

Delivered in person, not posted Our team carries filings to the Authentications Office. That removes the outbound transit and the agency's inbound mail handling from your timeline.
No public appointment to secure Walk-in capacity at the State Department is limited and books out well ahead. Our submission process does not compete for those slots.
Screened before it is filed Most rejections trace back to the document itself — an uncertified copy, a stale certification, a missing state-level step. We check for those at intake.
Easy to reach on a short visit A few minutes from Union Station and the Red Line, so a stop here fits into a travel day without a detour across town.

Questions & Answers

1140 3rd Street NE Office — Common Questions

Where is the NoMa office?

1140 3rd St. NE, Second Floor, Washington, DC 20002 — in NoMa, a short walk from Union Station and from the NoMa–Gallaudet U Metro, with Union Market a few blocks north.

I'm only in Washington for a day. Can you still help?

Yes — that is much of what this office does. Drop the document off on the second floor and the apostilled original is couriered to your home address, your employer, or an address abroad. You do not need to be in the city when it is issued.

What is a federal apostille?

A certificate issued by the U.S. Department of State that lets a U.S. federal document be accepted in a country belonging to the Hague Apostille Convention. Only the State Department can issue one, and only for federal records — which is why every such filing in the country goes through Washington.

What does it cost?

One price, $120 a document, and the government fee is inside it. Intake review, preparation, the trip to the State Department and tracked return shipping are all covered. There is no expedited tier to upsell you and no invoice waiting at the end.

How long does it take?

Count on ten business days, intake to return. A mailed submission loses time twice — once getting to the agency, then again sitting in its inbound mail — and walking filings in skips both of those.

Do I have to come in at all?

No. Uploading through the secure portal or mailing originals to 1140 3rd St. NE, Second Floor produces the same result, at the same price, on the same schedule. In-person drop-off is a convenience, not a requirement.

What about state-issued documents?

Those take a different route entirely. Anything a state issued — a birth or marriage certificate, a state court record, a notarized document — is authenticated by that state's Secretary of State rather than by Washington. Send it to us anyway; we file with the right state office and clear the county-clerk step first in the states that require one.

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Federal Apostille Services at 1140 3rd Street NE — NoMa, Washington, D.C.