Washington Birth Certificate
Apostille for OCI
A Washington birth certificate is apostilled by Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division in Olympia — the state that issued it, never Washington DC and never the state you live in now. The fee is$15 per document (expedited service available at $100 per 10 documents) and the typical turnaround is mail-based. 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 Washington QuoteThe Washington Route
| Apostille authority | Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division, Olympia |
| Government fee | $15 per document (expedited service available at $100 per 10 documents) |
| Typical turnaround | Mail-based |
| County pre-authentication | No |
| Certified copy comes from | Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics in Olympia, or a local health department. |
| 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 Washington Quirk Worth Knowing
Washington runs a mail-based apostille process rather than a walk-in counter, which changes the planning maths: there is no way to "rush over and get it done today" as there is in California or Illinois. The state does offer an expedite option at $100 per ten documents, which is only worth it if you are genuinely against an appointment date.
The Seattle–Bellevue–Redmond corridor is one of the densest Indian tech populations in the US, and a large share of those families have US-born children now applying for OCI from India. Because Washington is mail-paced, Seattle-area files are the ones most likely to need the expedite option.
How We Handle a Washington 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
Washington State Department of Health, Center for Health Statistics in Olympia, or a local health department. Where you do not already hold a certified copy, we guide the order so it ships directly to our US processing address.
Submission to Olympia
We submit to Washington Secretary of State, Corporations & Charities Division 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.
Washington — Common Questions
Can we walk a Washington birth certificate in for same-day service?
What does Washington charge?
Our child was born in Bellevue and we are now in Bangalore. What do we actually do?
Born in a Different State?
The apostille always comes from the issuing state. If the certificate says a different state, start there:
Washington Birth Certificate?
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