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.
Start with translation only or select the exact DoV services your file needs. We review every custom request and send your personalized quote before any work begins.
Professional Italian translation preparation for your Declaration of Value.
Select the services your academic file needs.
We review the details and prepare a personalized quote before any work begins.
Once you accept your DoV quote, your own dashboard brings together your next steps, documents, progress, shipping, messages, and payment. Every order has a dedicated case manager with you from start to finish.
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Complete the consulate application form
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Your deposit invoice is ready to review. The balance is confirmed once your apostille is issued.
Review invoiceChoose the office responsible for your school. Each consulate has its own jurisdiction and filing requirements; we review where your complete file belongs.
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View San Francisco servicesIf 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.
Each piece of the DoV process matters. Learn what each service covers and how it fits into your consulate-ready file.
A bilingual (English/Italian) statement letter that summarizes your degree, institution, field of study, and grading. It accompanies the Declaration of Value so the consulate and your Italian institution read the same record in both languages.
Learn moreThe apostille authenticates your school official’s notarized signature attestation so it is recognized by the Italian consulate. It is the step that makes a U.S. academic record usable abroad.
Learn moreCertified Italian translations of the documents your Declaration of Value requires. Translation-only orders start at $50 per page, prepared with academic terminology and consular formatting in mind.
Learn moreWe assemble your complete Declaration of Value file and submit it to the Italian consulate or embassy that covers your school’s jurisdiction — correctly addressed, with every required page in order.
Learn moreRejections 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.
