Apostil

For work and study abroad the accurate translation of personal documents is very important. LinguaPlus Bureau translates and legalizes (including with apostille) variety of documents: passports, diplomas, certificates, birth and marriage certificates, employment records etc.

If you travel abroad, you may wonder about the validity of the documents issued in Ukraine. Your personal documents should be legalized in order to be recognized by the competent authorities in other countries. This is possible by using the procedure of “apostille”, which is also called simplified legalization. This type of document certification is intended for its transfer to one of the 1961 Hague Convention member state. The list of countries which ratified the Convention dated 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents is available via Internet.

Consular legalization is more complicated procedure requiring consecutive certification of the document in three organizations: Ministry of Justice of Ukraine, bodies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, and then at the consulate of the destination country in Ukraine.

Legalization procedure is closely connected with translation. LinguaPlus, Translation Agency due to good contacts in respective organizations, implements all types of legalization.