One complete service for your Dichiarazione di Valore — school notarization coordination, apostilles, certified Italian translations, application preparation, and consular submission.
I, Margaret A. Whitcomb, Registrar of Keystone Institute of Technology, hereby attest that I personally signed the diploma and official transcript issued to Jane Doe, and that both are authentic records of this institution.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · County of Philadelphia
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of March, 2026, by Margaret A. Whitcomb, proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person who appeared before me.
Every stage is coordinated by one Philadelphia team — six steps, start to finish.
Send us your diploma and transcript scans. We check chain-of-degree requirements and consulate formatting before anything is mailed.
We guide your registrar through the certification letters Italian consulates require, then notarize the registrar's signature.
Your documents are apostilled at the correct Secretary of State — we handle Harrisburg filings and out-of-state coordination.
Every page is translated into Italian by a certified translator and formatted to mirror your original academic documents.
We file the complete package at your Italian consulate of jurisdiction and track it until the Declaration of Value is issued.
Once the consulate releases your DoV, we ship it back via DHL, FedEx, UPS, or USPS — domestic or international, fully tracked.
A DoV is issued only when the consulate sees all six together. Move through the list — we build the pieces marked we prepare it for you.
It is one letter from your school that makes two statements the Italian consulate must see before it can value your degree.
The diploma and transcript are genuine documents issued by the institution.
The program length in years, total credits earned, and the level of degree awarded.
This letter certifies that [Student Full Name] was awarded the degree of [Degree Title] by this institution on [Date], and that the attached diploma and transcript are authentic records issued by this office.
This letter further certifies that the program consisted of [Number] academic years and [Total] credit hours, and represents a [Bachelor's / Master's] level qualification under the United States academic system.
Three clear starting prices. Final cost depends on document count, issuing state, and shipping destination — we send a projected invoice before any work begins.
A complete certified Italian translation set, up to 5 single-sided pages.
The essential preparation package for a consulate-ready academic file.
Expedited full-service DoV with consular submission
Prices are estimates for typical U.S. academic DoV packages. Schools, multiple degrees, Latin translations, or non-PA apostilles may adjust the total.
PA, DE, Southern NJ, WV, Middle States Association
NY, northern NJ, CT (Fairfield), Bermuda
MA, ME, NH, VT, RI, CT
DC, MD, VA, NC
FL, GA, SC, AL, MS, PR
IL, IN, IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD, WI
MI, OH, KY
TX, OK, AR, LA, TN, NM
Southern CA, AZ, NV (Clark), UT, CO, WY
Northern CA, OR, WA, ID, MT, AK, HI, NV
We confirm your correct jurisdiction before preparing the filing. Requirements and submission availability vary by consulate.
If your international school is accredited by Middle States Association, our academic team can coordinate the complete path from embossment through Italian consular submission.
Your accredited school places the diploma and transcript embossment order through its Middle States online portal.
The original diploma and transcript are shipped to Middle States Association, then retrieved by our academic team.
We request the double statement letter on school letterhead and schedule its authorized signatory for remote notarization.
Once notarized, the academic documents are submitted for the correct Commonwealth of Pennsylvania apostille.
We translate the diploma, transcript, grading scale, and double statement letter into Italian as one coordinated set.
We assemble the completed application, prepare the consular file, submit it to the correct Italian consulate, and arrange tracked return shipping.
Clear answers organized by topic before your documents begin moving.
Rejections cost months. Our firm catches these before your package leaves Philadelphia.
This is the #1 rejection. You cannot apostille a photocopy of a diploma or transcript. The Secretary of State authenticates the school official's notarized signature attestation — not the academic document itself. Without that signed, notarized attestation on school letterhead, the apostille will be refused.
A PhD DoV requires Bachelor's, Master's, AND PhD documents — each with its own DoV. A Master's DoV requires Bachelor's + Master's. If your degrees were issued by schools in different consular jurisdictions, each chain must be processed separately at the correct consulate.
Declarations of Value must be processed at the consulate with jurisdiction over the state where the issuing institution is located — not where you currently live. Multiple schools across jurisdictions = multiple consulate filings.
Diplomas and transcripts alone cannot be apostilled. Italy requires a notarized school certification letter — signed by an authorized registrar and notarized in person — confirming authenticity and the signing official's authority.
Apostilles do not need to be translated. What MUST be translated: diplomas, transcripts, supporting documents, notarization pages, and grading scales. Translating the apostille wastes time and money — and the consulate may still request additional supporting documents.
We are a Philadelphia-based document legalization and translation firm specializing in apostilles, notarizations, and certified Italian translations for academic, legal, and corporate documents. For over a decade we have helped students, professionals, and families prepare U.S.-issued documents for use in Italy and across the Hague Convention.
Led by Brian Perez, our team coordinates directly with school registrars, state Secretaries of State, certified translators, and the Italian Consulate of Philadelphia to deliver complete, consulate-ready DoV packages — reviewed against current requirements before they ever leave our office.
Most DoV firms operate from Italy. There are very few U.S.-based firms helping American graduates prepare their documents domestically — we're bridging that gap.
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