APVI — American Passport & Visa International
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Business Document Apostille · Standard Apostille · Professional & Academic Documents

Apostille for business, academic, and professional documents.

APVI helps individuals, companies, law firms, HR teams, and academic professionals apostille eligible business, academic, and professional documents for international use — including powers of attorney, corporate records, school documents, employment letters, and more.

Processing Options
24 Hours
$599
5 Business days
$299
10 Business days
$149
Choose the processing speed that fits your timeline at checkout.
Document Types
Business
Apostille
Academic
Apostille
Professional
Apostille
Powers of attorney, corporate records, school documents, employment letters, and more.

Questions? Speak with an apostille specialist: (800) 766-0452

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Business Documents · Academic Records · Powers of Attorney · Specialist Review

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A real APVI specialist can help you choose between passports, travel visas, and document authentication, explain the documents required, and tell you what happens after you place your order.

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Pricing & processing

Simple pricing for standard business and professional documents.

Three clear processing options for eligible business, academic, professional, and standard documents. Pick the speed that fits your timeline.

Emergency Processing

Processing
24 Hours
Price
$599 / document

Our fastest option for urgent business, academic, and professional documents that need to move immediately.

Best value

Rush Processing

Processing
5 Business days
Price
$299 / document

A balanced option when you need the document back quickly but not overnight.

Priority Processing

Processing
10 Business days
Price
$149 / document

Our standard option for eligible business, academic, professional, and commercial documents.

State, federal, embassy, shipping, and third-party fees may vary depending on the document type, destination country, and required path.

Eligible document types

This page is built for business, academic, and professional documents.

APVI supports a wide range of documents used for international business, education, employment, and legal matters abroad.

Business & Corporate Documents

  • Articles of incorporation
  • Certificates of good standing
  • Board resolutions
  • Company letters
  • Commercial records
  • Corporate authorization documents

Powers of Attorney

  • Personal power of attorney for use abroad
  • Business power of attorney
  • Property power of attorney
  • Legal representation documents

Academic Documents

  • Diplomas
  • Transcripts
  • Enrollment letters
  • Academic records
  • Teaching credentials

Professional Documents

  • Employment letters
  • Authorization letters
  • Professional licenses
  • Experience letters
  • Work-related supporting documents

Commercial Documents

  • Commercial invoices
  • Company certifications
  • International business support documents
  • Cross-border trade paperwork where eligible

Other Standard Documents

  • General business-use documents
  • Professional-use documents
  • Standard document types reviewed by APVI before submission
How it works

A guided apostille process for business, academic, and professional documents.

APVI helps confirm the correct document category, destination-country path, and required apostille process before your documents move forward.

Step 1

Start your apostille order

Begin your Standard / Business Document Apostille order online.

Step 2

Tell APVI what type of document you have

Select whether your document is a power of attorney, business record, academic document, professional document, or commercial document.

Step 3

Upload documents for specialist review

Securely upload a copy so APVI can review the likely apostille path before you ship required originals or supporting materials.

Step 4

APVI confirms the correct path

APVI reviews the document type and destination country to help confirm the correct apostille or related authentication process.

Step 5

Receive your completed document

After processing, APVI helps return your completed document using the selected delivery method.

Common uses

Standard apostille services support business, education, and professional needs abroad.

Business Transactions Abroad

Corporate records, powers of attorney, and commercial documents may be needed for foreign business activity.

Employment Abroad

Employment letters, professional records, and authorization documents may be required for work overseas.

Education & Study Abroad

Diplomas, transcripts, and academic records may need apostilles for school or credential use abroad.

Corporate Filings

Company records may be required for cross-border legal, financial, or operational matters.

Legal Representation

Powers of attorney and related business-use documents may be needed for legal or property matters abroad.

Professional Licensing or Compliance

Professional records may be needed for foreign licensing, recognition, or compliance purposes.

Apostille vs. embassy legalization

The destination country determines the final path.

Some countries accept apostilles. Others may require a longer authentication or embassy legalization process.

Apostille

  • Used when the destination country accepts apostilles for the document type involved
  • Business, academic, and professional documents for Hague Apostille Convention countries

Embassy Legalization

  • Used when the destination country requires a different authentication chain for the document
  • Documents for non-Hague countries or country-specific consular requirements

Not sure which applies? Call (800) 766-0452.

Common mistakes

Standard apostille delays usually happen when the document path is unclear.

Using the wrong document category

Business, academic, professional, personal, and FBI documents do not always follow the same apostille path.

Skipping destination review

The destination country helps determine whether apostille or embassy legalization is required.

Submitting incomplete business records

Corporate and professional documents may need to match the intended foreign use and supporting details.

Choosing the wrong service page

Personal records and FBI Background Checks belong on different apostille paths.

Waiting too long before deadlines

Business, education, employment, and legal timelines can be affected by document-processing and shipping time.

Sending documents before review

APVI helps review the likely path before you send what is required.

Why APVI

Standard apostille services work best when the document path is clear.

APVI is a private passport, visa, apostille, and document authentication company serving travelers, businesses, law firms, and organizations since 2003.

Standard apostille specialist review before submission, to reduce preventable apostille errors
Clear routing for business, academic, and professional documents
Power of attorney apostille support
Corporate and commercial document support
Academic and employment document support
Destination-country review before submission
Secure document upload
Status updates from start to finish
Support for individuals, companies, law firms, HR teams, and organizations
BBB A+ Accredited
Trusted since 2003
Trustpilot and Google review proof
By the numbers

The experience behind every business apostille.

Since 2003
Serving travelers, businesses, law firms, and organizations
Destination Review
Apostille and authentication path confirmed before submission
BBB A+
Accredited, with Trustpilot and Google review proof
DIY vs. APVI

Standard apostille is easier when the document path is clearly identified.

Document category review, destination-country review, business vs personal vs FBI routing, pricing clarity, processing expectations, shipping and return delivery, status updates, and human specialist support.

Without APVI

The DIY path

  • You determine the service path yourself
  • You may confuse business, academic, personal, or FBI document requirements
  • You manage timing, destination questions, and submission yourself
  • You track shipping and return delivery yourself
  • Missing information can create delays
With APVI

The APVI path

  • APVI helps confirm the correct document category
  • APVI helps review destination-country requirements
  • APVI provides clearer pricing for eligible standard documents
  • APVI supports the apostille process and status updates
  • Real human support is available
For companies, law firms & schools

Apostille support for organizations managing business and academic documents.

APVI supports companies, law firms, HR teams, academic institutions, and professionals who need business, academic, and professional documents prepared for international use.

Companies

Support for corporate records, powers of attorney, commercial documents, and cross-border business documentation.

Law Firms

Support for client powers of attorney, business records, and legal-use documents for international matters.

HR & Global Mobility

Support for employment letters, professional records, and employee-related documents for overseas assignments.

Schools & Universities

Support for diplomas, transcripts, and education-related documents used abroad.

Secure document handling

Business and professional documents deserve organized handling.

APVI combines secure uploads, specialist review, clear document routing, and return delivery guidance for sensitive records used abroad.

Secure upload
256-bit SSL encrypted document upload
Specialist review
Reviewed before submission
Clear document routing
Business, academic, and professional paths
Status updates
From intake to return delivery
Return delivery guidance
Clear options before checkout
Human support
Reach a specialist by phone
Customer stories

Business and academic documents prepared for international use.

APVI customers rely on specialist guidance when standard apostille requirements become time-sensitive or confusing.

"APVI provides exceptional services. Amazing support to process my documents for two countries now. Ibtihal is supportive and kind, making the process an exceptional experience."
Michael Noel
Trustpilot review · 5 stars
"Fast, professional and completely on top of the paperwork. They told me exactly what to send and everything came back ahead of schedule."
Jim Brigman
Trustpilot review · 5 stars
"We had corporate records and a power of attorney that had to be authenticated for an overseas filing. The instructions were clear and the updates never stopped."
Daniel R.
Trustpilot review · 5 stars
Frequently asked

Business apostille questions, answered.

Still have questions? Call us at (800) 766-0452.

This page is for eligible business, academic, professional, and standard documents, such as powers of attorney, business records, diplomas, transcripts, employment letters, and related documents used abroad.
No. Personal and vital records such as birth, marriage, death, divorce, adoption, and name-change documents follow a different apostille path.
No. FBI Background Checks are federal documents and follow a separate FBI apostille process.
APVI's service fee is $599 for 24 Hours, $299 for 5 Business days and $149 for 10 Business days per document, plus the $20 Department of State fee. Shipping and any third-party fees are shown before checkout.
APVI offers three processing options for standard documents: 24 Hours, 5 Business days and 10 Business days. Shipping time to and from APVI is additional.
Yes. APVI can assist with powers of attorney used for legal, business, property, or international matters.
Yes. APVI supports many business and corporate documents used abroad, including company records and related documents where eligible.
Yes. APVI can assist with many academic documents used for study, work, or credential purposes abroad.
If the destination country does not accept apostilles, the document may require a different authentication or legalization path. APVI can help confirm the correct process.
No. APVI is a private passport, visa, apostille, and document authentication company.
No. Final acceptance is determined by the receiving foreign authority, embassy, consulate, or organization. APVI helps reduce preventable errors by confirming the required apostille or authentication path before submission.
Yes. Call APVI at (800) 766-0452.
Get started today

Start your standard or business document apostille with APVI.

Tell us what type of document you have and where it will be used. APVI will help confirm the correct apostille path for your business, academic, or professional document.

Final acceptance is determined by the receiving foreign authority, embassy, consulate, or organization.

Roles and responsibilities

What APVI Does and What the Government Authority Does

APVI helps manage the process. Secretary of State offices, the U.S. Department of State, and embassies issue the authentications.

What APVI does

  • Reviews documents, copies, and the required authentication path
  • Confirms the order of steps for the destination country
  • Prepares and tracks submissions to the correct offices
  • Handles courier submission and pickup where eligible
  • Provides status updates and human support

What the government authority does

  • Reviews each document and verifies the signature or seal
  • Determines whether the apostille or authentication is issued
  • Sets state, federal, embassy, and consular fees
  • Controls processing times
  • Issues the apostille or authentication certificate

APVI is a private document authentication company, not a government agency. You may submit documents directly to the issuing authority without using APVI.

Before you order

Who We Are and What That Means for You

No. APVI is a private document authentication and apostille services company. APVI is not the U.S. Department of State, a Secretary of State office, an embassy, or a consulate.
APVI is an optional private service. An APVI Specialist reviews your documents and the authentication path, confirms the order of steps for the destination country, prepares and tracks the submissions to the correct offices, handles courier submission and pickup where eligible, and keeps you updated with human support. The apostille or authentication itself is issued by the government office.
No. State, federal, embassy, and consular fees are shown separately from APVI service fees. Shipping options are selected in the order form.
No. Issuance is determined by the government authority, and acceptance abroad is determined by the receiving party. APVI helps reduce preventable document mistakes through specialist review and process guidance.

APVI is a private document authentication and apostille services company. APVI is not the U.S. Department of State, a Secretary of State office, an embassy, or a consulate, and is not affiliated with or endorsed by any government. You may submit documents directly to the issuing authority without using APVI. APVI service fees are separate from state, federal, embassy, and consular fees.