Honduran Documents - Apostille

[keithNvaleria 0]

Hey Honduras posters: My fiance is Hondurena and has Permanent Residency in Costa Rica. We are filing through the US Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica. She is in the process of having her mother obtain Birth, Police and Single Certificates on her behalf. When they are issued by the official government offices, are they already having a Apostille....or is that an additional action that needs to be taken?

Edited September 24, 2009 by keithNvaleria

[elfuego 1]

Apostilles are not automatically included with those documents in Honduras or anywhere that I know of. I had to request apostilles in the U.S. for my documents to be accepted for my Honduran marriage. Your mother-in-law retrieving the documents should not be a problem. However, I should warn you that there are two different types of Honduran documents. A short form and a long form or forma literal. I recently learned a hard lesson when I received an RFE from the NVC over our marriage certificate and my wife's birth certificate. The U.S. Embassy requires the long form so my wife had to re-request these documents and fedex them to me a.s.a.p.

Also, in addition to the police certificate your wife will need from Costa Rica, the Honduran police certificate must come from the main DGIC office in Tegucigalpa. There is a regional office in San Pedro Sula and some other local offices but Tegucigalpa has the complete records for the country. I mention this because of the current political situation and now is not really the best time to go. However, when your mother-in-law does go, she will need a copy of your wife's identification, letter of authorization and letter of request. I believe that only applies to the police certificate. As for the apostilles, you may want to have your wife or mother-in-law contact the Registro Nacional de las Personas or www.rnp.hn.

Hope this helps and good luck on your journey