Apostil
According to general regulations of laws of most countries and international rules to declare the documents authentic it is necessary to authenticate and legalize them.
The easiest way to do it is to authenticate a document with a signature of an official or with a seal of the organization which had given the document. To make it more official or to avoid different disputes between the participants of an agreement it is desirable to authenticate the given documents officially.
The first level is notary authentication. That is usually enough to use the documents within the county. Procedure of confirmation of the fact that documents are originals is determined by international legislation.
Apostil is enclosed to official documents, given on the territory of Ukraine and must be produced on the territory of one of the countries-participants of Hague Convention of 1961. Apostil certifies that signatures, positions of people who signed the document, the seal and the die the document is sealed with are original.
Signature, the seal and the die put on apostil do not need further authentication or legalization and the document the apostil is enclosed to can be used in any countries-participants of Hague Convention. In respect of such documents only their translation authenticated by a notary can be demanded.
List of Countries – Participants of Hague Convention:
| Australia |
Dominica |
Ìalta |
The Slovakian Republic |
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Austria |
Israel |
The Marshall Islands |
Slovenia |
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Azerbaijan |
India |
Mexico |
The USA |
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Albania |
Ireland |
Monaco |
Surinam |
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Antigua and Barbuda |
Iceland |
Namibia |
Tonga |
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Argentina |
Spain |
The Netherlands |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Armenia |
Italy |
Niue |
Turkey |
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The Bahamas islands |
Kazakhstan |
New Zealand |
Ukraine |
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Barbados |
China, Hong Kong |
Norway |
Fiji |
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Belarus |
China, Macao |
Panama |
Finland |
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Belize |
Cyprus |
Poland |
France |
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Belgium |
Columbia |
Portugal |
FRG |
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Bulgaria |
The Kook’s Islands |
The Russian Federation |
Croatia |
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Bosnia Herzegovina |
Latvia |
Romania |
The Czech Republic |
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Botswana |
Lesotho |
Samoa |
Switzerland |
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Brunei Darussalam |
Lithuania |
San Marino |
Swiss |
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The Great Britain |
Liberia |
Swaziland |
Ecuador |
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Hungary |
Lichtenstein |
The Seychelles |
El Salvador |
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Venezuela |
Luxemburg |
Saint Vincent and Grenadines |
Estonia |
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Honduras |
Mavriky |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
The SAR |
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Grenade |
Macedonia |
Saint Lucia |
Japan |
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Greece
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Malawi
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Serbia
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List of Countries for which no apostil and legalization of the educational documents are needed:
| The Republic of Albania |
The Republic of Cyprus |
The Republic of Tajikistan |
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The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria |
The People’s republic of China |
The Republic of Tunis |
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The Azerbaijani Republic |
The Korean People’s Democratic Republic |
Turkmenistan |
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The Republic of Armenia |
The Republic of Cuba |
The Republic of Uzbekistan |
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The Republic of Belarus |
The Republic of Latvia |
Russia |
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The Republic of Bulgaria |
The Republic of Lithuania |
The Czech Republic |
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The Republic of Hungary |
The Republic of Moldova |
The Republic of Estonia |
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The Social Republic of Vietnam |
Mongolia |
Countries which formed on the territory of Socialistic Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
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Georgia |
The Republic of Poland |
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The Republic of Kazakhstan |
Romania |
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The Republic of Kirgizia
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The Republic of Slovakia
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