Texas Request For Official Certificate Or Apostle Adoption Proceedings is a process for authenticating adoption records and documents for international use. It is available for both foreign and domestic adoptions. The process is used to provide legal recognition of an adoption that has taken place in Texas, and is required by some countries for the adoption to be legally valid. Types of Texas Request For Official Certificate Or Apostle Adoption Proceedings: 1. Foreign Adoption Certificate: This is the official record of an adoption that has taken place in a foreign country and is required to be sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services. 2. Domestic Adoption Certificate: This is the official record of an adoption that has taken place in Texas and is required to be sent to the Texas Department of State Health Services. 3. Apostle: This is an international certificate of authentication issued by the Texas Secretary of State for documents that have been executed in Texas for use outside the United States. It is required by some countries for the adoption to be legally valid. 4. Authentication: This is a process of having a document authenticated by the Texas Secretary of State for use in a foreign country. It is required for some countries for the adoption to be legally valid.