Apostille & Document Legalization in Saint John

Saint John is a working port city, and its economy — shipping through the Port of Saint John, the Irving-related industrial network, and a substantial energy sector — regularly sends professionals, contracts, and credentials across borders. Engineers and tradespeople taking positions on projects abroad, and companies signing international agreements, all encounter the requirement that Canadian documents be formally recognized before a foreign authority will act on them.

The city is also one of Atlantic Canada's fastest-growing newcomer destinations, driven in large part by provincial immigration programs. New residents building lives here frequently still have affairs to settle in their countries of origin: marriages to register, property to transfer, estates to close, and relatives to authorize through powers of attorney — all of which typically require legalized Canadian paperwork.

Add families whose children study or work overseas, and residents marrying abroad, and the demand covers nearly every document type: vital records, police checks, credentials, and corporate files alike.

New Brunswick documents follow a slightly different path than those from the largest provinces. New Brunswick does not issue its own apostilles, so NB-issued and NB-notarized documents are apostilled or authenticated by Global Affairs Canada. In practice, that makes a remote, courier-based service especially practical for Saint John residents — the file has to travel either way, and we manage that journey for you.

Preparation still happens locally first: declarations and powers of attorney are signed before a New Brunswick notary public or commissioner of oaths, and vital records such as birth and marriage certificates are ordered as official copies from the provincial vital statistics office.

Since Canada joined the Apostille Convention on 11 January 2024, documents bound for Convention countries receive an apostille from Global Affairs Canada. For non-Convention destinations, the document is authenticated and then submitted for consular legalization at the destination country's embassy or consulate. Visa Jet confirms the correct route for your destination before any step begins.

Visa Jet assists Saint John and southern New Brunswick clients with the documents most often needed abroad.

Visa Jet is a private document-support agency — not a government office, embassy, or official partner of Global Affairs Canada — and we do not operate a walk-in office in Saint John. We serve clients across the city and southern New Brunswick entirely remotely, coordinating each stage by email and secure courier.

Because New Brunswick apostilles and authentications run through Global Affairs Canada, our remote model removes the geography from the problem: we review your destination and document type, guide the local notarization or certification, and coordinate the apostille, authentication, or consular legalization steps in order. Reach our team at info@visajet.ca or +1 819-635-8787 from anywhere in Saint John.