I spent a few hours this morning figuring out how I'm suppose to get my criminal history report Apostille-ized... I received the report a few weeks ago but it was just a printout and I wasn't sure what to do with it. So I e-mailed visa-immigration@doj.ca.gov asking what the next steps were. I received a response saying a new letter would be issued with a state seal and then I would have to contact the California Secretary of State. I got the new letter (not sure if it would have just been sent automatically if I hadn't asked) and then put it off for a couple weeks then went back and tried to figure out what to do. I printed out the DS-4194 from the U.S. state department website and started filling it out this morning when I read this: Note: The U.S. Department of State will not issue an Apostille for state-issued documents. Above this it stated: State issued documents destined for use in Hague Apostille countries may be authenticated by the Competent Authority in the state where the document was executed. A list of these authorities can be found on the Hague website. I clicked the link for the Hague website and found my way to this page http://www.sos.ca.gov/notary/authentication/ It included a list of required items to submit, one of which was "A cover letter stating the country in which the document will be used". No forms or anything to print out. What exactly is this cover letter supposed to say is unclear. Do I just write SPAIN in big Continue Reading