Maryland Birth Certificate
Apostille for OCI
A Maryland birth certificate is apostilled by Maryland Secretary of State, Authentications in Annapolis — the state that issued it, never Washington DC and never the state you live in now. The fee is$5 per document and the typical turnaround is same-day, subject to a daily limit. Since 30 December 2024 this apostille is mandatory on any US birth certificate used in an OCI application.
Our price: from $99 all-in delivered within the USA, or $149 all-in couriered to India — government fee, handling and shipping in one flat number, confirmed before you ship anything.
Get a Maryland QuoteThe Maryland Route
| Apostille authority | Maryland Secretary of State, Authentications, Annapolis |
| Government fee | $5 per document |
| Typical turnaround | Same-day, subject to a daily limit |
| County pre-authentication | No |
| Certified copy comes from | Maryland Department of Health, Division of Vital Records in Baltimore. |
| Apostille format for OCI | Physical paper apostille — VFS Global does not accept e-apostilles |
Fee and turnaround verified mid-2026 — state fees and processing times change, so we reconfirm on the issuing office's official website before quoting.
The Maryland Quirk Worth Knowing
Maryland offers same-day service but caps how many documents it processes per day, so a late arrival can mean coming back tomorrow. For a single birth certificate this is rarely a problem; for a family apostilling several documents at once it is worth knowing before you plan the week.
The Maryland suburbs of Washington DC — Montgomery County, Howard County, Columbia — hold a large Indian-origin professional population, and Maryland births appear regularly in OCI files. At $5 per document Maryland is among the cheaper states in this table.
How We Handle a Maryland File From India
Confirm the certificate
Send photos on WhatsApp. We check it is the certified long form with the registrar's signature and seal — the version OCI processing needs — before anything moves.
Certified copy to our US address
Maryland Department of Health, Division of Vital Records in Baltimore. Where you do not already hold a certified copy, we guide the order so it ships directly to our US processing address.
Submission to Annapolis
We submit to Maryland Secretary of State, Authentications by tracked mail, with India named as the destination country and the physical paper apostille explicitly requested rather than an e-apostille. Add a mailing leg each way to the office turnaround above when you plan your dates.
Apostilled original to India
You get a photo of the attached apostille before dispatch, then the original ships to your Indian address with tracking. At VFS you hand in a self-attested photocopy and keep the original.
The full seven-step process, the myths that cause rejections, and the line-item cost breakdown live on the mainOCI birth certificate apostille guide.
Maryland — Common Questions
What is the daily limit in Annapolis?
What does Maryland charge?
We live in Maryland but our child was born in Delaware. Which state?
Born in a Different State?
The apostille always comes from the issuing state. If the certificate says a different state, start there:
Maryland Birth Certificate?
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