Apostille for USA financial documents?

[USAtoBA]

Did anyone do this for your rentista visas?

W2s, Bank account statements, dividend earnings.

What was the process?

I am searching Google and chatgpt and they are pretty much saying it cannot be done.

But my lawyer seems certain it can be

Thanks.

 

[steveinbsas]

From my own experience I know that any document that has a notarized signature can receive the apostille.

The Secretary of States of Illinois issued the apostille for a copy of my irrevocable trust which had a cover letter signed by the lawyer who drafted it.

I also provided migraciones with a letter (with the bank letterhead) that was signed by an officer of my bank that verified the deposits from the trust into my checking account (without attaching any bank statements).

The signature of the bank officer was notarized and the Secretary of State of Illinois issued the apostille for the letter.

Both documents were accepted by migraciones when I applied for temporary residency, which was considered as a "visa pensionada" because of the source of the funds.

For the "visa rentista" you may need to provide bank statements or reports provided by your CPA. The cover letters for them can be notarized by a notary public in the USA and then they can recieve the Apostille.

 

[USAtoBA]

Update, I got it done today in Arizona. It was extremely straightforward and easy. Much easier than apostilles I did in New York City many years ago. Just swear in front of the secretary of state with the documents. Notarize. Apostilled.

 

[Buenas Ondas]

Also, just throwing this out there: Some states allow you to do notarization + apostille over a web call. Texas is one. I think PA is another. Sounds like AZ is to.

Pretty much anything can be apostilled since it's mostly just you swearing that the document is true

 

[devilclam]

have you confirmed whether or not the documents need to be translated? Because if so, you might need to get them translated and notarized by a translator registered by the colegio de traductores

 

[USAtoBA]

Hopefully not, the FBI translation was almost $100 USD for one page. It was a good 20 or so I had apostilled. But I'm prepared for the worst.

 

[Buenas Ondas]

have you confirmed whether or not the documents need to be translated? Because if so, you might need to get them translated and notarized by a translator registered by the colegio de traductores

Any document that isn't in Spanish has to be translated by a registered translator. At least officially. Whether you have any leeway or not is totally up to the whim of whoever you're dealing with at migraciones. Had a hold up one time on a bank receipt for a wire transfer even though I had corresponding receipts for the exact amount being deposited in my Argentinian account

'Notary'--more like an electronic signature--all occurs digitally without your involvement, so that's a plus. Rates this time last year for translations were reasonable in USD--tho can definitely add up

 

[SlowWalker]

From my experience, financial documents (statements) cannot be directly apostilled.
But as others say you may notarize them as true, and then it is the notary that gets apostilled.
This might be acceptable if other have done this and it works. It can be easy as it can be initiated by a video call for the notarization and then depending on which state they are in will determine the time for recieving the apostille.

For my statements, I ended up going to a local accountant. I showed them my bank statements and pay slips. and they made a certificado de ingresos. That document is signed by the accountant and then digitally signed by the accounting society or something similar.

Other documents that needed to be translated, used the apostilled english document. The translator will make the translation and then get a certification from the college of translators.

 

[Buenas Ondas]

This might be acceptable if other have done this and it works. It can be easy as it can be initiated by a video call for the notarization and then depending on which state they are in will determine the time for recieving the apostille.

Other than my FBI background check, this was what I used for all of my apostilles.

For financial records, I hired a U.S.-based CPA on Fiverr to look through my bank statement and type up a letter stating 1.) how much was in my account 2.) where those funds originated [I used a dedicated bank account so that only work income posted vs. having to explain Venmo transfers from friends or we] and 3.) stating that all deposits were consistent with a legal source of income.

Then got that letter notarized and apostilled online.

For funds that entered Argentina, I just used my receipts from Banco Ciudad (they send them to me every time I make a wire transfer) and then screenshots of those funds in their online banking app. Since those originated in Argentina, they didn't need an apostille.