Apostille for China · Boston & Massachusetts Service
Mail your Massachusetts or U.S.-issued documents to our processing team. We review the documents, identify the correct state or federal Apostille route, submit eligible documents, track the order, and securely return the completed documents.
Private mail-in document assistance — no Boston walk-in office
China Apostille update
The Apostille Convention entered into force for the People’s Republic of China on November 7, 2023. For many eligible U.S. public documents used in mainland China, an Apostille from the correct U.S. authority now replaces the former consular-legalization chain.
An Apostille confirms the origin of a signature or seal; it does not prove the truth of the document’s content or guarantee acceptance. Confirm document version, age, translation, and attachment requirements with the receiving school, bank, court, housing authority, public-security office, or other organization in China. We do not provide legal advice.
Document review first
Eligibility depends on the actual document and signature. A service card is a starting point—not a promise that a document qualifies.
We check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceWe check the issuing signature, copy type, and likely state or federal route before submission.
Useful when a receiving organization in China requests an Apostille or authenticated U.S. public document.Start This ServiceCorrect authority, correct sequence
Identify the state, court, school, agency, or federal department that issued the document.
Prepare the correct original, certified copy, or properly notarized document.
Check whether an intermediate clerk or other authentication is required for the signature.
Create an order on the main site and select a service speed.
Mail documents only to the case-specific address shown in your account instructions.
Our team reviews, submits, tracks, and securely returns the completed documents.
Registrar-led preparation
We can review the likely preparation route for records from Boston University, Northeastern, Harvard, MIT, Boston College, UMass Boston, Tufts, Berklee, and other schools. The registrar may need to certify a record in front of a notary. Apostille for China is not affiliated with or endorsed by any school named here.
One shared price source
standard
$200per documentexpedited
$280per documentexpress
$380per documentReturn shipping: one flat $25 fee per order.
Processing estimates begin after complete and acceptable documents are received. Government processing and shipping time are not guaranteed.
Mail-in coverage
Clients may mail documents from anywhere in Massachusetts. You do not need to travel to Boston because you live in a different town.
Practical answers
Obtain the correct original or certified copy, confirm the signature is eligible, create an order, and follow the case-specific mailing instructions. Massachusetts-issued records generally go to the Secretary of the Commonwealth; federal and out-of-state records use other authorities.
The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth issues Apostilles for eligible Massachusetts signatures. Our service is private and is not that government office.
For many eligible U.S. public documents used in mainland China, an Apostille replaces the former consular-legalization chain because the Convention entered into force for China on November 7, 2023. Confirm the current requirement with the receiving organization.
Often yes, when you have an eligible certified copy carrying an authenticable Massachusetts registrar or clerk signature. We review the copy before submission.
Often, but the school registrar may first need to certify the record in the presence of a Massachusetts notary. The school controls how its records are issued.
An FBI Identity History Summary is a federal document and generally follows the U.S. Department of State Apostille route, not the Massachusetts route.
Some private or school documents do; certified public records usually follow the issuing custodian's signature. Do not add a notarization to a federal document unless the issuing authority instructs you to do so.
Not for every document. The signature and document type determine whether an intermediate step is needed, so we check the actual record rather than applying a blanket rule.
Yes. Create an order first and use only the case-specific mailing address shown in your instructions. We do not operate a walk-in Boston-area office.
Service estimates are about two weeks for Standard, one week for Expedited, and three days for Express after acceptable documents arrive. Government and shipping time can change and are not guaranteed.
Standard is $200, Expedited is $280, and Express is $380 per document. Return shipping is one flat $25 charge per order. These are service prices, not a statement of government fees.
That depends on the receiving organization in China. Ask it whether a translation is required, who may translate it, and whether the translation or attachments need notarization.
No. An Apostille authenticates the origin of a signature or seal. The receiving organization decides whether the document, translation, age, and attachments meet its requirements.
No. Create an order and wait for the case-specific document and mailing instructions before sending originals.
One secure application system
This regional site provides Massachusetts-specific preparation guidance and sends every order to the secure ApostilleforChina.com application system. It has no separate account, payment, or upload system.
Create your order before mailing originals. Your account will provide case-specific instructions.
