If you’re living abroad or plan to move to a foreign country, you may need an apostille for SSA documents to make them legal in your destination country. An apostille is an international certificate that certifies the authenticity of your documents, enabling them to be recognized in countries that have joined the Hague Convention on the Elimination of the Requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents.

In order to get an apostille on a Social Security Statement, you must have the original document signed with the official stamp and signature of the Social Security Administration. You can then submit the document for an apostille at your local Secretary of State or work with a service like Scribble Seal that will manage the entire process on your behalf.

Getting Apostille Services for Social Security Administration Forms

When a document is authenticated with an apostille, the embassy in your destination country will verify the apostille as valid. The embassy will also confirm that the signatory is who they claim to be, and that their signature is genuine. This verification process is called “legalization.”

Most of the time, the SSA letter will be requested by the foreign country before its addressee leaves the U.S. However, if the SSA letter is required after someone has already moved to a foreign country, they will need to go through a more complex authentication process including certification by the Department of State and legalization at the embassy in Washington, D.C. Please contact us at Scribble Seal for a free consultation and to learn more about our process.