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Apostillization
We also offer you a possibility of obtaining an official Russian apostille for your documents. This is necessary in certain cases for validation of a document issued by one state which shall be implemented in the other. Otherwise, you may face serious problems while performing certain legal acts outside the country which issued the appropriate document. In particular, the documents lacking apostille may be pronounced invalid in the other country. However, the documents shall first undergo notarization (except for civil registry documents). Look through the appropriate section to discover prices for the said services.
All you need to know about the apostille is that certain countries (including Russia) have entered into a multilateral agreement: the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of October 5, 1961. A standard apostille is a special stamp used to certify the authenticity of a signature, the capacity of the signing officer and the veracity of a seal or stamp affixed to the document. This stamp affords ground for the document to be accepted in the other member states of the Convention.
Given below is the list of countries currently participating in the Convention besides Russia:
| List of member states of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of October 5, 1961 | ||
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Albania* Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina* Armenia* Australia Austria Azerbaijan* Bahamas Barbados Belarus* Belgium Belize Bermudas** Bosnia and Herzegovina* Botswana British Virgin Islands** Brunei Bulgaria* Cayman Islands** China* (Hong Kong and Macao) Columbia Croatia* Cyprus* Czechia* Dominica Ecuador El Salvador Estonia* Falkland Islands** Fiji Finland* France Germany |
Gibraltar** Gilbert and Ellis Islands Greece Grenada Guernsey, Isle of** Honduras Hungary* Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy* Japan Jersey, Isle of** Kazakhstan* Latvia* Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania* Luxembourg Macedonia* Malawi Malta Man, Isle of** Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Moldova* Monaco Montenegro Montserrat** Namibia Netherlands, the |
New Hebrides New Zealand Niue Norway Panama Poland Portugal Romania* Samoa San Marino Serbia Seychelles Slovakia* Slovenia* South Africa Spain St Helena, Isle of** St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Surinam Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Turks and Caicos Islands** UK, the Ukraine* USA, the Venezuela
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The documents issued by state authorities of the aforecited countries shall bear an apostille. Otherwise the notary public shall have the right of refusal to notarize the translation.
Note: Please make sure you have obtained the apostille for documents issued outside Russia. We arrange solely for obtaining a Russian apostille for documents going abroad.
* Please note that according to interstate agreements no apostille is required in Russia for documents coming from Albania, Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechia, DPRK, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, PRC, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam and Yemen.
** Marked territories are part of the UK
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