Change-of-name certificate for Albania: apostille step by step
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Change-of-name certificate for Albania
One apostille stamp obtained in Russia is enough. No consulate is involved.
- What the apostille goes on
- Check with the receiving institution
- Second apostille on the translation
- Not required
- Translation
- Check with the receiving institution
- Under the treaty
- Legalisation is not required by treaty, but is asked for in practice
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Check the change-of-name certificate before you apply
The stamp is only affixed to an original of the established form and in good condition. A laminated document, a Soviet-era form or one with corrections will not be apostilled: you need a duplicate first.
Under the treaty no legalisation is required
The 1957/1958 treaty between the USSR and Albania on legal assistance in civil, family and criminal matters is in force between Russia and Albania: formally the document must be accepted without a stamp. In practice institutions in Albania ask for an apostille, and an apostille is always accepted. The route is therefore built with one; if the receiving institution confirms in writing that no stamp is needed, the apostille step can be skipped.