Legally, a document issued in Neuchâtel falls under State Chancellery in Neuchâtel. 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 Neuchâtel or anywhere else.
Some authorities insist the apostille sit on the original issued in Neuchâtel: we then file with State Chancellery in Neuchâtel. 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 Neuchâtel. Tick «federal document» in the form — we route it.
Documents issued in the canton of Neuchâtel come in French. France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Quebec and most of francophone Africa accept them as they are — no translation, no extra cost, one less step. German-speaking and English-speaking destinations will usually want a certified translation alongside the apostille.
Neuchâtel documents leave in French and often head for France or francophone Africa, where no translation is needed. The canton also hosts a university whose degrees are cantonal — apostilled here, not in Bern. Watchmaking employers abroad frequently ask for a diploma and a transcript together; order both at once and the per-document rate applies.