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What to collect: checklists by purpose

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For a child to travel abroad without one of the parents, the border service or the consulate almost always requires the notarised consent of

Repatriation and citizenship-by-descent programmes — the Israeli Law of Return, the German programme for late resettlers, the Polish Card, I

To open a company abroad, the local registrar or bank usually asks you to prove the founder's identity and address (international passport,

A foreign notary or court handling an estate almost always asks for the deceased's death certificate and documents proving kinship — birth a

A foreign registry office or consulate almost always asks a Russian citizen for a single status certificate — the Russian certificate that n

A foreign clinic almost always asks for a medical summary or report with the case history, translated into the clinic's language, and for an

For a residence permit the immigration service almost always asks for a criminal record certificate, a birth certificate and, where the appl

An admissions office abroad usually asks for a diploma or school certificate with an apostille and a translation, an academic transcript wit

For a work visa or employment abroad you are usually asked for an educational diploma with an apostille and a translation, a criminal record

The document, the region where it was issued, the destination country. The step-by-step chain with authorities, fees and timescales appears at once.