Considering Monument Visa? Fair enough.
Monument Visa is an established document service and, as far as we can tell, a legitimate one. They also happen to be the other company selling an FBI apostille that starts at seventy-five dollars — which makes the comparison worth doing properly. Below is the line-by-line, with their figures taken from their own public website and date-stamped. No spin: there are rows where they win.
Line by line
Monument Visa figures as published on monumentvisa.com, checked July 31, 2026. Prices change; treat their column as a snapshot and confirm on their site.
| 75 Apostille | Monument Visa | |
|---|---|---|
| Base price, FBI apostille | $75 | $75 (standard tier) |
| Rush option | +$45 add-on (total $120) | $125 rush tier |
| Emailed scan of the certificate | +$20, optional | Included in service |
| Shipping | +$20 U.S. / +$40 international, optional | Selected at checkout |
| Can they obtain the FBI report for you? | Yes — +$100 add-on ($175 all-in with the apostille) | Yes — FBI channeling offered ($100 with digital results) |
| Diploma / driver's-license apostilles | No — FBI reports only | Yes ($75 per document) |
| Ordering | 100% online | 100% online |
| Refund policy | Full money-back if we can't complete the filing | See their site for current terms |
The honest read
Choose Monument Visa if you need a diploma or driver's license apostilled — we handle FBI reports only, and that isn't changing soon.
Choose us if you want to pay for exactly what happens, piece by piece. Rush is the sharpest difference in practice: upgrading with them means moving from the $75 tier to the $125 tier, while with us rush is a $45 checkbox on top of the base — $120 all-in, and you still choose your own delivery. Both companies can now start from zero: if you don't hold your FBI report yet, our acquisition add-on brings the package to $175, the same math as their check plus apostille.
Whichever way you go, the certificate is identical — a U.S. Department of State apostille is a government document, not a branded product. You're only ever buying the handling. Our view of what fair handling costs is on the pricing breakdown, and the full description of what we do for the $75 is on the service page.
The diligence questions, answered straight
Is Monument Visa legit?
By every public signal we can check, yes — an established, registered document service with real customer reviews on independent platforms. We say this as a direct competitor, which should make the answer more useful, not less: the choice between us is about pricing model and scope, not about whether they'll take your money and vanish.
Where can I read real Monument Visa reviews?
On platforms neither they nor we control: their Yelp profile, their Google Business reviews, and expat community threads on Reddit. A competitor's comparison page — including this one — is the wrong place to judge their service quality; use it only for the price and scope facts, which we date-stamp.
Is there a Monument Visa coupon?
They occasionally run partner discounts through relocation sites they work with. Our honest take on coupon-hunting a $75 product: the bigger lever is not paying for parts you don't need. An itemized menu where scan, shipping, and rush are each optional routinely beats a coupon on a bundle that includes them.