Do you need your documents certified and legalized for Chile?
Chile is now a member of the Hague Apostille Convention and no longer requested Embassy or Consulate legalization.
The following information no longer applies for US documents authenticated for Chile.
Certifying and legalizing documents for Chile is a two-step process. Your documents must first be certified by the State that issued your documents and then legalized by the Chile Embassy or Consulate office. If your documents requires notarization, please have them notarized before you mail them in to our office for processing.
For example, let’s say you need your California birth certificate certified and legalized for Chile. This two step process would require your birth certificate to be certified by the California Secretary of State and then legalized by the Chilean Consulate in Los Angeles or San Francisco. This process is necessary in order for the country of Chile to accept your documents. If your documents requires notarization (Example: Power of Attorney, Affidavit), then your documents requires notarization, State certification, and Embassy or Consulate Legalization.
Translation of your documents should always be performed after you receive the State certification and Embassy/Consulate legalization. The Chilean Embassy or Consulate does not require your documents to be written in Spanish. We recommend that you have your documents translated after you receive them from our office.
The country of Chile has one Embassy in Washington, D.C. and six Consulate offices throughout the United States. The following is a list of their offices and the States they serve.
Chile Embassy Washington, D.C.
Jurisdiction: Maryland, North Carolina, Washington, D.C., West Virginia, and Virginia
Chile Consulate Los Angeles, California
Jurisdiction: Arizona, Colorado, and Hawaii, Southern California, Southern Nevada, and Utah
Chile Consulate San Francisco, California
Jurisdiction: Idaho, Montana, Northern California, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington State, and Wyoming
Chile Consulate Houston, Texas
Jurisdiction: Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas
Chile Consulate Miami, Florida
Jurisdiction: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Chile Consulate New York, NY
Jurisdiction: New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Vermont
Chile Consulate Chicago, IL
Jurisdiction: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
Before mailing in your documents to our office, please Contact Us.
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