Court judgment for Cyprus: apostille step by step
The chain of steps with authorities, fees and timescales. Change the fields and the route is recalculated.
Court judgment for Cyprus
One apostille stamp obtained in Russia is enough. No consulate is involved.
- What the apostille goes on
- On the original
- Second apostille on the translation
- Not required
- Translation
- Only a sworn translator in the destination country
- Under the treaty
- Legalisation is not required by treaty, but is asked for in practice
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Check the court judgment 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 treaty of 19 January 1984 between the USSR and Cyprus on legal assistance in civil and criminal matters is in force between Russia and Cyprus: formally the document must be accepted without a stamp. In practice institutions in Cyprus 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.
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Have the apostille affixed to the original
The apostille on the court judgment is affixed by the territorial body of the Ministry of Justice of the region of the court that gave the judgment, where the apostille goes on the original bearing the note that it has taken legal effect, or of the notary's region where a notarised copy is apostilled. The state fee is paid in advance and the receipt is attached to the application.
The territorial body of the Ministry of Justice of the region of the court that gave the judgment, where the apostille goes on the original bearing the note that it has taken legal effect, or of the notary's region where a notarised copy is apostilledFor an original judgment the apostille is affixed by the Ministry of Justice of the court's region; where a notarised copy is used instead, the apostille is tied to the notary's region, so a choice of region is only possible through the notarised-copy route.
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Have the translation done by a sworn translator in Cyprus
A Russian notarised translation will not be accepted in Cyprus: you need a translator sworn in the destination country. The document is translated together with the apostille, so this step comes last.
This step is carried out in the destination country. We neither sell it nor charge for it.