{
  "schemaVersion": 2,
  "lastVerified": "2026-11-01",
  "nextReview": "2027-02-01",
  "updatePolicy": "Quarterly check of each provider's own price page. A provider whose page no longer shows a price is removed, not estimated.",
  "method": "Prices and scope as each provider advertises them on its own page, read on the checked date. Vendor claims, not agency commitments.",
  "rows": [
    {
      "id": "compliance-officers",
      "provider": "Compliance Officers",
      "covers": "fbi-and-apostille",
      "amountUsd": 390,
      "amountHighUsd": 435,
      "priceNote": "USD 390 with regular apostille, USD 435 with express apostille",
      "scope": "FD-258 card and guide, card review, FBI filing, State Department apostille, and a digital copy. Courier for the kit, the card to its Miami office, and the original back to you are quoted separately.",
      "turnaround": "8 to 10 weeks regular, 6 to 7 weeks express, counted from when the card reaches its Miami office",
      "bestFor": "Someone already abroad who wants an express apostille option.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://complianceofficers.org/fbi-background-check-apostille-from-abroad/",
      "sourceDate": "2026-10-10",
      "checkedAt": "2026-11-01",
      "method": "vendor-reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "fingerprint-boston",
      "provider": "Fingerprint Boston",
      "covers": "fbi-and-apostille",
      "amountUsd": 369.95,
      "priceNote": "USD 369.95 on standard processing",
      "scope": "USD 170 FBI check with the FBI and channeler fees, plus a USD 199.95 federal apostille with the State Department fee and return to a US address. Fingerprints are taken in person in Massachusetts. Its page says applicants already abroad use a different route.",
      "turnaround": "5 to 8 weeks door to door for the regular federal apostille",
      "bestFor": "Someone in New England who can be fingerprinted in person and has a US delivery address.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://fingerprintboston.com/blog/apostille-fbi-background-check/",
      "sourceDate": "undated",
      "checkedAt": "2026-11-01",
      "method": "vendor-reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "beverly-hills-apostille",
      "provider": "Beverly Hills Apostille",
      "covers": "fbi-and-apostille",
      "amountUsd": 290,
      "priceNote": "USD 95 for the FBI submission plus USD 195 for the apostille",
      "scope": "FBI submission from two mailed fingerprint cards, then the apostille. The page does not say whether the FBI and State Department fees are included. Shipping is extra.",
      "turnaround": "Not stated for the apostille",
      "bestFor": "Someone who already has fingerprint cards and wants the FBI filing and the apostille from one company.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://beverlyhillsapostille.com/fbi-channeling/",
      "sourceDate": "undated",
      "checkedAt": "2026-11-01",
      "method": "vendor-reported"
    },
    {
      "id": "federal-apostille-org",
      "provider": "FederalApostille.org",
      "covers": "apostille-only",
      "amountUsd": 120,
      "priceNote": "USD 120 flat rate, government fees included",
      "scope": "Federal apostille handling for a document you already have. The FBI check itself is separate, and its cost guide lists return shipping as a separate line.",
      "turnaround": "Its headline says 7 business days while another section says 10",
      "bestFor": "Someone who already holds the FBI result and needs only the apostille.",
      "sourceUrl": "https://www.federalapostille.org/",
      "sourceDate": "undated",
      "checkedAt": "2026-11-01",
      "method": "vendor-reported"
    }
  ]
}