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DD-214 / Military Records · Costa Rica

DD-214 / Military Records Apostille for Costa Rica

How to authenticate a DD-214 and Military Service Records for use in Costa Rica: the exact route, translation requirements, and full-service handling from West Palm Beach.

Costa Rica accepts an apostille.

Your DD-214 / Military Records needs one certificate from the U.S. Department of State to be valid in Costa Rica — no embassy step.

Sending a DD-214 / Military Records to Costa Rica — commonly for residency, retirement, property — requires authenticating the document so Costa Rica authorities accept it. Because Costa Rica is a Hague Convention member, the route is a single apostille. Here is exactly what applies to this document and destination.

Route to Costa Rica
Apostille
Issuing agency
Department of Defense / National Personnel Records Center
Getting the document
We can obtain this document for you
Translation
Certified Spanish translation required.

How to apostille a DD-214 / Military Records for Costa Rica

  1. Send us your DD-214 / Military Records details and confirm the destination is Costa Rica.
  2. Ship the document to us, or drop it at our West Palm Beach office.
  3. We submit it to the U.S. Department of State for apostille.
  4. The apostilled DD-214 / Military Records returns to you or your recipient in Costa Rica.

Translation

Certified Spanish translation required. Where required, we coordinate certified translation with your order.

Ready to start?

Tell us what you have and where it is going. We reply with the correct route, a flat quote and shipping instructions.