Legally, a document issued in Thurgau falls under State Chancellery in Frauenfeld. 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 Thurgau or anywhere else.
Some authorities insist the apostille sit on the original issued in Thurgau: we then file with State Chancellery in Frauenfeld. 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 Frauenfeld. Tick «federal document» in the form — we route it.
Documents issued in the canton of Thurgau come in German. That is exactly what Germany, Austria and Liechtenstein want, and no translation is needed for them. For France, Italy, Spain, Latin America or most of the Middle East, a certified translation will almost certainly be required on top of the apostille — plan for it from the start rather than discovering it after the file is refused.
Thurgau meets Germany along Lake Constance, and a large part of the traffic here is cross-border employment and family life spread over two countries. German document, German destination, no translation — which makes this canton one of the cheapest to work from when the file goes north.