Legally, a document issued in Fribourg falls under State Chancellery in Fribourg. In practice our standard route frees you from that counter: a notarized certified copy is made from your upload and the apostille goes on it — a copy suffices, whatever the canton. The original only enters the picture if your destination expressly requires the apostille on the original.
Order an apostille →Upload a PDF or photo; a notary establishes the certified true copy (included) and that copy receives the apostille — processed through our Vaud office. Nothing to post, and identical turnaround whether the document comes from Fribourg or anywhere else.
Some authorities insist the apostille sit on the original issued in Fribourg: we then file with State Chancellery in Fribourg. Send us the original by registered mail after ordering (address confirmed by e-mail) — it comes back apostilled.
Criminal records and other federal documents belong to the Federal Chancellery in Berne, not to Fribourg. Tick «federal document» in the form — we route it.
the canton of Fribourg is bilingual, and that can save you a translation. Documents are available in French or in German — so a file going to Germany, Austria or a German-speaking employer is better ordered in German from the start, and one going to France in French. Tell us the language when you order; it costs nothing then and a full document later.
Fribourg is bilingual down to the commune: neighbouring villages operate in different languages, and the civil registry office follows the commune rather than the canton. Check which language your document actually came out in before assuming — it is not always the one you expected from the address.