Legalization, Apostille - certification as a means of official documents

Legalization, Apostille

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Legalization, Apostille - certification as a means of official documents

Documents issued by and binding on the territory of one State can be used on the territory of another state only after the appropriate license, unless otherwise stipulated by international treaties to which the state. Legalization, Apostille - certification as a means of official documents. Currently, the most widespread method 2 of the certificate: consular legalization and Apostille attitude.

The first is the consular legalization of official documents of countries not adhering to this Convention.

Consular legalization of official documents - this is the procedure for confirming the validity of originals of official documents or authentication of signatures of officials authorized to certify signatures on documents, as well as the validity of prints of stamps, seals that fastened the paper, in order to use it abroad.

Another way of documentation for their possible use abroad is affixing Apostille implemented the Hague Convention.

Apostille - a special stamp which appears on official documents that are received from States Parties to the Convention. He certifies the authenticity of the person signing the document and the authenticity of seal impression, or stamp, which fastened the related document.

Signature, seal or stamp, be competent authority for apostili not require any further certification or legalization, a document, which bear the apostille can be used in each of the countries party to the Hague Convention.