Since the Honduras apostille can be done online, it is easier to apostille the documents from the comfort of your home, however, you can still go to the Chancellery if you require it. The apostille certifies the authenticity of a document, that is, it certifies that the signature, seal and tax stamp are legal and authentic.
Appointments to Authenticate Documents at the Consulate
If you want to attend the Honduran consulate in person, you must first request your appointment online for “Auténticas y Apostillas”, you must enter this link and go to make your reservation.
Appointments for Apostille at the Consulate
How can I request a Honduras Apostille Online?
You must have a user created with your general data and provide an email, since this user will allow you to enter the page: “List of Available Procedures”, where you must choose the “Authentic and Apostille” option and then click on “Start Process”.
Once the above is done, continue filling out the following fields:
- Subject: you must enter the number of documents to be apostilled.
- In the “Details” option you must specify the type of document you want to apostille, as well as the country where your document is sent.
- The TGR receipt must be in PDF format.
- All documents to be submitted must be in PDF format at the time of uploading them.
- Once you have finished attaching the documents, select the “Save Changes” option.
- Upon completion you will be redirected to the “ Current Procedures ” window where you can see that the documents are in a state of preparation.
- In the “Current Procedures” tab, at the top right, select the “Submit for Review” option and then select “Yes” to leave the document in process.
- With your username, enter the “List of Available Procedures” page and choose the Authentication and Apostille option from the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and click on “Start Procedure.”
- When the apostille of your document is ready, it will be sent to the email provided by you.
Apostille Verifier for Hondurans
If you have a document and would like to know the veracity of the apostille, you can enter the button that we leave you; you just have to enter the procedure ID; This way you will be able to know if your document has true legal value.
Electronic apostilles for Hondurans in the United States
It is important to handle the following information: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tegucigalpa has been designated as the Central Authority for Honduras and will be issuing Apostilles for those documents issued in Honduras.
Documents that can be Apostille at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Honduras
The documents that can be apostilled are those issued by a public authority. Some examples of documents that can be apostilled in Honduras are:
- Identity documents:
- Educational documents:
In these documents we find university degrees, study certificates, secondary school diplomas, certificates of courses or seminars taken.
- Legal documents:
Finally, in legal documents, they can apostille: powers of attorney, public deeds, court rulings, criminal record certificates.
Honduran Criminal Record Apostilles
Once you have the criminal record certificate, you must continue to apostille it. To achieve this, you need to process an electronic apostille, this will be sent to your email once generated. For this it is not necessary that you request an appointment at the consulate.
Hague Apostille for Honduras
The United States and Honduras are members of the Apostille Section of the Hague Convention, so the apostille is recognized as the way to authenticate documents to be used in a country other than the country where they were issued.
This means that public documents issued in the United States must have an apostille to be recognized in Honduras. To request an apostille of the documents, you must process them online and they will arrive by mail.
Authentication of US Documents
Birth Certificate Apostilles
If you are Honduran and require an apostille on your birth certificate, the first thing you must do is authenticate the document at the General Secretariat of the National Registry of Persons. To make the corresponding payment, you can go to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, or make the apostille online, as indicated above in the text.
Authentic and Apostilles from Honduras in the USA
The United States Embassy does not require apostilled or authenticated documents for its processes or applications. However, for authentications, documents issued by federal agencies must be requested at the Department of State’s Authentications Office.
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