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In the US, an apostille is an extra page attached to the document you are trying to identify. The main purpose of an apostille it to validate the authority and the capacity of the official who signed the document. It was established by the Hague Convention in 1961. Why might you need one? Whenever you […]
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The Notaries Society defines a notary public as a “qualified lawyer and a member of the third and oldest branch of the legal profession in the UK.” “A notary is appointed by the Court of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury and is subject to regulation by the Master of the Faculties. The rules which […]
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Among the litany of from, approvals, processing and general bureaucracy that enters into the realm of apostilles and embassy legalizations, there is a layer that is specific to some parts of the world – that is, attestation. So what is attestation, and how where do you need it? Like an apostille or embassy legalization, an […]
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On October 5, 1961, representatives of more than 100 countries got together in the Hague, Netherlands, and set out to standardize how the documents of one country would be validated in another. The purpose of the Apostille was to make the flow of official documents between signatory countries more efficient; to save time and money. […]
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The African nation of Burundi has begun accepting apostilles as of Feb. 13, 2015. This means that documents going to Burundi from other consenting countries can be authenticated in this way. The following United States documents are now accepted by Burundi: birth certificate, marriage license, divorce certificate, corporate record, death certificate, court affidavits, college/university diploma […]
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