What Abroadocs's cautions mean

Sometimes Abroadocs raises a caution before searching — for example, that some offices only accept certain kinds of translation, that a document may need to be recent, that your deadline may be short for this kind of work, or that a commercial invoice or certificate of origin usually goes to a chamber of commerce rather than through the apostille system.

• A caution is general information, not a legal requirement, and always comes with a disclaimer.
• It is written under Abroadocs's message (headed "Worth knowing before you search"), from the moment Abroadocs raises it — not on the search card.
• Abroadocs says it once. The search button then reads Continue and find providers; pressing it records that you have read the note in Abroadocs's message, and starts the search.
• If you later change a detail the caution was about, Abroadocs may raise it again, because it's now a different situation.
• If a caution depends on a detail you haven't given yet, Abroadocs simply asks for the detail instead.
• Occasionally there are two cautions under one message. One press of Continue and find providers records that you have read both.