Unregistered
07-29-2014, 10:41 PM
Still trying to understand the apostille - translate - apply process. Do I have this right ?
1. If a document is an official US government document (birth certificate, marriage license, FBI background check, etc), it must be apostilled. Then:
2. All English-language documents, apostilled or not, must be translated and certified by a Certified Translator. Then:
3. Originals and photocopies of the Spanish-language documents are submitted along with the application form.
4. You keep the English-language originals (birth cert, marriage license, apostilled FBI background check, doctor's letter, medical insurance letter, etc); don't submit them.
5. Probably a good idea to take everything, and more, with you to the consulate appointment, just in case. English-language versions of documents, birth certificate even though you have passport, etc. Just in case.
Is that right ?
Thanks.
(BTW, registration keeps failing. Get a blank page.)
http://www.billdietrich.me/MovingToSpain.html
1. If a document is an official US government document (birth certificate, marriage license, FBI background check, etc), it must be apostilled. Then:
2. All English-language documents, apostilled or not, must be translated and certified by a Certified Translator. Then:
3. Originals and photocopies of the Spanish-language documents are submitted along with the application form.
4. You keep the English-language originals (birth cert, marriage license, apostilled FBI background check, doctor's letter, medical insurance letter, etc); don't submit them.
5. Probably a good idea to take everything, and more, with you to the consulate appointment, just in case. English-language versions of documents, birth certificate even though you have passport, etc. Just in case.
Is that right ?
Thanks.
(BTW, registration keeps failing. Get a blank page.)
http://www.billdietrich.me/MovingToSpain.html