Find your official checklist
Use the immigration authority or consulate responsible for where you legally reside. Different posts can publish different submission instructions.
Relocation document preparation
U.S. Documents for Digital-Nomad Visas and Life Abroad
Moving abroad often means proving identity, criminal history, education, marriage, or family status with U.S. records. We help you identify the issuing authority and coordinate the apostille, authentication, translation, and return-delivery steps your receiving checklist calls for.
Before you order anything
List each issuing authority
FBI, state vital-record office, county, court, school, or notary. That determines the U.S. processing route.
Mark freshness and translation rules
Record how recent each document must be, which language is required, and whether the apostille or only the source document must be translated.
Common U.S. document jobs
FBI background check
Federal route through the FBI and U.S. Department of State when an apostille/authentication is required.
Birth, marriage, and divorce records
State/county prerequisites depend on the issuing jurisdiction and certified-copy format.
Diploma and transcript
The school, notarization/certification method, issuing state, and destination authority all affect the route.
Powers of attorney and private documents
Wet-signature, notarization, witness, and recipient requirements should be settled before apostille processing.
Remote notarization warning: a notarization may be legally valid under the notary's commissioning-state law and still be rejected by a recorder, court, consulate, or other receiving party. Confirm acceptance first.
Destination examples
Spain telework visa
Current Washington instructions call for an FBI criminal record, federal apostille, and official Spanish translation for adult applicants. Use the instructions for your own consular jurisdiction.
Portugal remote-work residence
Portugal's AIMA framework calls for authenticated foreign criminal-record information when applicable. The visa-stage checklist must be confirmed with the responsible Portuguese post.
Last reviewed August 18, 2026. Requirements change; re-check the responsible authority immediately before applying.
Already living outside the United States?
Eligible U.S. documents can often be routed without you returning to the U.S. Notary Pin can coordinate U.S. processing, certified translation as an add-on, and tracked international return delivery after reviewing your document and destination.
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