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Does USA require apostille for marriage certificate?

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The US Government has been know to actually reject documents Apostilled by the Philippines because one of the main US requirements for Philippine Marriage Certificates, Birth Certificates and such is that it must be on Philippines Statistics Authority security paper with the official PSA logo.  And the Philippines attaches Apostilles with a giant metal eyelet type security staple that punches a HUGE hole right through the center of that required PSA logo.  The US wants to see the original underlying document un-damaged and un-obscured by attachment of an Apostille. 

 

OTOH, some Philippines Embassies definitely require Apostille to register foreign marriages.

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pushbrk
pushbrk

Then to do with what?  What future headache did you have in mind?  No answer tells me you were just making it up out of thin air.  That's not how we help people here. I'm not the MOST experienced

VinnyH
VinnyH

When my husband (born in the UK) and myself (born in France) started the proceedings to adopt our children here in the United States, the Court asked us for:   - my French Birth Certificate,

payxibka
payxibka

NO.  Nothing requires apostille 

 
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