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What is Embassy Legalization and Who Needs it?

21 July, 2015 | Apostille World

The aim of embassy legalization and apostilles is for governments to be able to verify that documents of a foreign country are legal and authentic. The concept is aptly put on Wikipedia.org: “How can civil and judicial officials reliably verify the authenticity of a document that was issued abroad? Legalization attempts to solve this dilemma […]

What is an Apostille?

21 July, 2015 | Apostille World

An apostille is a from of authentication given to documents for use in members countries of the ‘Hague Convention of 1961. If a country is not signee for this international convention, then foreign documents being processed in that country need to be authenticated or certified. In the United States, government bodies like the Secretary of […]