Single Status Affidavit Apostille, San Jose
handled even while you’re abroad
Whether you walk into our San Jose office or live overseas, we prepare your single status document, apostille it, and deliver it ready for the registry.
A single status affidavit is a notarized statement that you’re legally free to marry. To use it abroad — in Mexico, the Philippines, Vietnam, and most countries — it must be apostilled by the California Secretary of State. Living outside the U.S.? We can assist with your single status document, including the apostille, and ship it to you, so you never fly home for paperwork.
What is a single status affidavit, and why apostille it?
A single status affidavit is a sworn, notarized statement that you are legally free to marry. Foreign governments ask U.S. citizens for it before a wedding abroad, because U.S. records don’t prove marital status the way many countries expect.
A notarized affidavit alone carries no weight overseas. The registry needs proof that the notary is real, so it gets a single status affidavit apostille — an authentication added by the California Secretary of State apostille office under the Hague Convention, accepted abroad without an embassy step.
We handle the full chain in San Jose: prepare or review the affidavit, notarize it, add a certified translation if needed, and return it apostilled — so nothing is rejected at the registry.
Four steps from affidavit
to apostilled and ready
Notarize your single status affidavit
Bring a valid government ID to our San Jose office. We prepare or review your single status affidavit and notarize it with a bonded California notary — in English, Spanish, or Vietnamese.
Add a certified translation if needed
If your country requires the affidavit in its official language, we coordinate a certified translation and keep it paired with your original so the apostille covers both.
Apostille by the California Secretary of State
We submit the notarized affidavit for the California Secretary of State apostille. Choose standard, priority, rush, or same-day depending on your deadline.
Pick up or ship your apostilled affidavit
Collect it in San Jose the same day on rush service, or we ship it tracked to you or directly to the foreign registry so it arrives ready to use.
Overseas and asked to prove
you’re free to marry? We handle it here
You don’t need to fly back to California. We can assist with your single status document, including the apostille, from our San Jose office, then ship it tracked to you or straight to the registry.
Send your details and the registry’s checklist
Call or email your full name, date of birth, a passport copy, and the exact wording the registry abroad asks for.
We prepare your document and the apostille
We handle your single status document and submit it to the California Secretary of State at the apostille tier you choose.
Tracked delivery wherever you are
Your apostilled document ships internationally with tracking, so you can register the marriage without a trip home.
It fits best if you lived in Santa Clara County before moving abroad. Lived or married somewhere else? Call first, and we’ll tell you honestly which document your country accepts before you pay anything.
If the registry insists on a sworn statement signed abroad, you sign it at a U.S. embassy or consulate and it then needs a federal apostille, which we also handle.
If you’re getting married overseas, you’ll likely need this
Marrying in Mexico or Latin America
Civil registries ask for an apostilled soltería, usually with a Spanish translation.
Weddings in the Philippines or Vietnam
A certificate of no marriage is commonly required before the license is issued.
Registering a marriage abroad
Foreign registries authenticate the U.S. notary before recording the marriage.
Fiancé(e) & spousal visa files
Some consulates request proof of single status in the visa packet.
Civil or religious ceremony overseas
City halls and churches abroad often require a free-to-marry statement.
Short notice before you fly
Same-day apostille keeps a tight travel date on track.
You pay for speed, never for guesswork
Your single status document is prepared for your destination and reviewed by Quinnie Do before it goes to the California Secretary of State. Then you choose the apostille speed your wedding date needs.
Example: $150 + $200 Priority = $350 total. Already have a notarized affidavit? Order an apostille online and mail it to us. Translation and international shipping are quoted up front, never a surprise.
One office for the whole document
Most apostille services authenticate the paper and stop there — you still hunt for a notary, then a translator. We do all three in San Jose, with help from our partner TruPoint Legal for deeper legal-document needs.
Notarize, translate & apostille in one place
No running between a notary, a translator, and Sacramento — built right the first time.
Same-day when the wedding won’t wait
Same-day California Secretary of State apostilles keep tight travel dates on track.
Spanish & Vietnamese on staff
Soltería and Vietnamese affidavits prepared in your language, not just translated.
Bonded California notary in-house
Quinnie Do reviews each affidavit for the destination, which means fewer rejections abroad.
“We were marrying in Guadalajara and the registry needed my soltería apostilled and translated fast — they did the whole thing in one afternoon.”
— Lucía M., San JoseSingle status affidavit apostille
questions, answered straight
Can you get my single status document if I live outside the U.S.?
How much does a single status affidavit apostille cost?
Will a Santa Clara County single status letter work in my country?
How long does it take to get it apostilled and shipped abroad?
The registry abroad wants a specific wording. Can you match it?
How recent does it need to be?
Do I need a divorce decree as well?
Do I need a translation, and in what order?
Get your affidavit apostilled
and marry abroad on schedule
Walk into our San Jose office to notarize and apostille in one visit, or order online and we’ll ship it ready to use — same-day available for tight travel dates.
California Secretary of State apostille service by Fingerscan Digital Inc. · 434 Blossom Hill Rd, San Jose, CA 95123 · (408) 766-3528 · Serving San Jose, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Milpitas and the Bay Area. For business and bulk document authentication, visit fingerscan-digital.com. Last updated October 2026.