How a Florida fdle background check is used in Dominican Republic
The DGM's temporary work-residence checklist asks for a criminal-record certificate from the country where you lived for the last five years, apostilled or legalized, and it names the authority that must issue it. Read that line before ordering anything. If it calls for a U.S. federal record, an FDLE check won't replace it, and federal documents are apostilled by the U.S. Department of State, not by us. If a Florida state record is accepted, request the FDLE check notarized at issuance; a portal printout can't be apostilled. Then add an apostilled Spanish translation.
Translation for Dominican Republic
Dominican offices usually want the Spanish translation to carry its own apostille. The translator certifies the translation of the original and its apostille, a separate Florida notary notarizes that certification (the translator can't be the notary), and we apostille the notarized translation as a second document, so an original plus translation is our two-document price of $380. Some Dominican offices may instead want the translation made in the Dominican Republic; ask the office that will receive your file.
What your FDLE criminal history check must look like
Order the certified, notarized criminal history from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement — the version FDLE notarizes at issuance. An online instant check or a printout without FDLE's notarial certificate cannot be apostilled. The notarized FDLE result is a Florida document, so it receives a Florida apostille; an FBI identity history summary is a federal document that goes to the U.S. Department of State instead and is not something we handle. If the receiving office asks for a "state police certificate", the notarized FDLE check is what they mean.
Step by step: FDLE background check apostille for the Dominican Republic
- Order online — pick "FDLE background check" and "Dominican Republic" on the order form; $220 per document, $380 for two, $160 each for three or more.
- Send a photo — reply to the confirmation email with a picture of the document. We check the certification before anything ships, so a defect is caught before it costs you a round trip.
- Drop it at FedEx — after approval, FedEx emails you a prepaid QR code; show it at any FedEx Office or Ship Center, no printer or label needed.
- Filed in person in Tallahassee — we walk the document into the Florida Department of State and ship the apostilled original back by FedEx within 5–7 business days of receipt — to your U.S. address, or to the Dominican Republic with international return shipping (+$100).
One Florida apostille is all the U.S. side needs for the Dominican Republic. Whatever the office there asks for after that — a translation, a filing deadline — is covered above.