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Your exact document checklist.

Generic checklists get people rejected. The criminal-record certificate you need depends on where you lived, not your passport. A diploma has to be apostilled a specific way. A PEO can quietly sink the whole case. Answer a few questions and I'll build the precise list for your situation — with the apostille chain, the validity clocks, and the traps most people miss.

Why a generic checklist gets people rejected

Spain's Ley 28/2022 asks for public documents that are apostilled in the country that issued them — never where you live now — and it reads criminal records by residence in the last few years, not citizenship. Miss that and the file comes back with a requerimiento that costs weeks. This generator encodes the rules I use on real cases: the FBI check vs. the ACRO certificate, the federal-vs-state apostille distinction, the notarised True Copy a diploma needs first, and the PEO problem that stops the Certificate of Coverage cold.

Built for planning. Every case has its own wrinkles — have me confirm your list before you spend a cent on apostilles.

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