Apostille

While traveling abroad or while developing your business abroad, you/your company might think about legal force of the documents issued in Ukraine. Your documents have to be legalized to be recognized by other country’s competent authorities. This becomes possible due to apostille, which is also known as simplified legalization. Apostille verifies person’s signature, sometimes validity of a stamp or seal verifying the document. Apostille does not presuppose further validation or legalization of the document and is recognized by the official authorities of all countries-participants of the Hague Convention. “Apostille” is stamped only on the government-issued original documents.
 
The following authorities have the right for apostille:
  • Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine: stamps with apostille all kinds of the official educational and scientific documents;
  • Ministry of Justice of Ukraine: stamps with apostille all kinds of documents issued by justice institutions and courts, an also the documents issued by notaries of Ukraine;
  • Governmental Registration Service: stamps with apostille all kinds of documents issued by this service and structural divisions of territorial form of Ministry of Justice;
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: stamps with apostille all other kinds of documents.
Apostille is not stamped on: а) documents issued by diplomatic or consular agents; b) administrative documents with direct reference to commercial or customs operations.  
 
Legalization procedure is closely connected with the document translations. TAT Center conducts all the kinds of legalization procedures.
 
The translation agency is not responsible for the workload of ministries and the delay of documents to be certified therein.
 
List of countries accepting the international form of document’s legal validity, which is called apostille:
 
1
Albania
60
Latvia
2
Andorra
61
Lesotho
3
Antigua and Barbuda
62
Liberia
4
Argentina
63
Liechtenstein
5
Armenia
64
Lithuania
6
Australia
65
Luxembourg
7
Austria
66
Malawi
8
Azerbaijan
67
Malta
9
Bahamas
68
Marshall Islands
10
Bahrain
69
Mauritius
11
Barbados
70
Mexico
12
Belarus
71
Monaco
13
Belgium
72
Mongolia
14
Belize
73
Montenegro
15
Bolivia
74
Morocco
16
Bosnia and Herzegovina
75
Namibia
17
Botswana
76
Netherlands
18
Brazil
77
New Zealand
19
Brunei Darussalam
78
Nicaragua
20
Bulgaria
79
Niue
21
Burundi
80
Norway
22
Cabo Verde
81
Oman
23
Chile
82
Panama
24
China, People's Republic of
83
Paraguay
25
Colombia
84
Peru
26
Cook Islands
85
Philippines
27
Costa Rica
86
Poland
28
Croatia
87
Portugal
29
Cyprus
88
Republic of Moldova
30
Czech Republic
89
Romania
31
Denmark
90
Russian Federation
32
Dominica
91
Saint Kitts and Nevis
33
Dominican Republic
92
Saint Lucia
34
Ecuador
93
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
35
El Salvador
94
Samoa
36
Estonia
95
San Marino
37
Eswatini (formerly Swaziland)
96
Sao Tome and Principe
38
Fiji
97
Serbia
39
Finland
98
Seychelles
40
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
99
Slovakia
41
France
100
Slovenia
42
Georgia
101
South Africa
43
Germany
102
Spain
44
Greece
103
Suriname
45
Grenada
104
Sweden
46
Guatemala
105
Switzerland
47
Guyana
106
Tajikistan
48
Honduras
107
Tonga
49
Hungary
108
Trinidad and Tobago
50
Iceland
109
Tunisia
51
India
110
Turkey
52
Ireland
111
Ukraine
53
Israel
112
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
54
Italy
113
United States of America
55
Japan
114
Uruguay
56
Kazakhstan
115
Uzbekistan
57
Korea, Republic of
116
Vanuatu
58
Kosovo
117
Venezuela
59
Kyrgyzstan