Lots of
apostilles for the dossier... The time does actually come and it is very exciting!
However, some private — and some not terribly reputable — institutions encourage their students to have a notary make a certified true copy of their diplomas, which can then bear
an apostille for the notarial signature.
Not exact matches
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for EU citizens Certification of documents -
Apostille Visiting Poland.
Such a clause helps Canada because it is hard to get provincial and territorial unanimity to legislate, even
for uncontroversial matters like the
Apostille Convention.
It matters because if Canada becomes a party to the Hague
Apostille Convention (known formally as the Convention on the abolition of all forms of legalization), then it will be contrary to the Convention
for anyone in Canada to ask
for legalization.
If no one in Canada asks
for legalization now, we can accede to the Convention based on administrative agreements among federal / provincial / territorial governments to issue
apostilles under certain circumstances.
Presumably serving as a commissioner
for an affidavit is an even stronger case in the same sense, as the document is a public document (within the meaning of the
Apostille Convention anyway — not sure the term has much sense in a common law jurisdiction otherwise), and the commissioner is supposed to identify the signer with some certainty and understand the oath, declaration or affirmation to be genuine and unforced.
The electronic
apostille (and register): Under the Hague Conference on Private International Law's Convention on the Abolition of All Forms of Legalization, member states may authenticate public documents
for use in other member states by use of a certificate called an
apostille.
Tying authentication to privacy again: the Conference recommends (in paragraph 5a) that the numbers that the Convention requires to be on the
apostilles be generated randomly, or at least not sequentially, to make it difficult
for someone to ask
for details about an
apostille without having the actual
apostille in hand.
One problem is that setting up the system requires an investment, though one that can be recouped by fees charged
for the
apostilles.
Some US states now allow
for electronic notarization, and electronic
apostilles, which are the equivalent of notarial seals
for some purposes, are becoming used more broadly.
The Hague Conference has been doing a lot of work on electronic
apostilles too, with some success, especially
for the registry of
apostilles that can be readily verified from the country of destination.
The Hague Conference has been collaborating
for several years with the National Notary Association (NNA) in the United States on the creation and use of an electronic
apostille.
This could be done
for a public document that was never printed, or
for a scanned version of the electronic document (though the competent authority might well insist on seeing the original paper version, if there was one, before putting his or her
apostille on an electronic version of it.)
This way, someone asking about one
apostille can not readily guess the numbers of others to ask
for.
Though the Convention refers to card indexes as well as registers, the latter — media - neutral — term is now preferred
for the official record of
apostilles issued.
In principle the prospective user of an apostillized document in the destination state can check with the issuing register to confirm that an
apostille was indeed issued
for a particular document.
Although the
Apostille Convention dates from 1961 and prescribes a form for the apostille, which must be signed, nothing expressly requires it to be in tangi
Apostille Convention dates from 1961 and prescribes a form
for the
apostille, which must be signed, nothing expressly requires it to be in tangi
apostille, which must be signed, nothing expressly requires it to be in tangible form.
(Second regional meeting of the e-APP
for Europe project, May 27, 2011, slide 18, followed by examples from the registers» websites) They range from a simple confirmation that the
apostille referred to was issued, to a description of the underlying document, to a copy of the underlying document, to the validation of the digital signature on the document.
For the first time, verification of
apostilles may become practicable.
Different techniques
for the e-
apostille are being used or developed in different member states of the Convention, and they may use different approaches to creating the seal on the
apostille.
For more information on countries party to or bound to this convention, please visit the Hague Conference website,
Apostille Section.
Authentications are often called «legalizations,» sometimes «incumbencies» or «certifications»; an
apostille is a form of authentication appropriate to countries which have consented to be bound by the 1961 Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization
for Foreign Public Documents.
Gather and authenticate /
apostille documents required
for your Dossier, Home Study & United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
A completed
Apostille must be attached to the documents needed
for Hague cases; it provides a certification of certain public and notarized documents.
Provides information regarding the process
for State authenication (aka Great Seal or
Apostille) of adoption documents.
Should the country not be a member of the Hague Convention, such as Saudi Arabia or Ghana, then an
Apostille is not acceptable and once the documents have been notarised they need to be sent to the Department of Foreign Affairs
for authentication.