Apostille on the translation
An apostille affixed to the notarised translation rather than to the original, where the destination country requires the translation itself to be legalised.
Here the translation is made first, and the territorial body of the Ministry of Justice then apostilles the signature of the notary who certified it. Not every country and not every document needs this order.
The mistake to avoid is guessing: an apostille on the wrong version does not solve the problem and the right one has to be obtained again.
Related terms
Notarised translation
A translation where the notary certifies not its accuracy but the authenticity of the translator's signature.
OpenDouble apostille
A requirement to apostille the original and the translation separately; as at the date checked no country in our database requires it.
OpenCompetent authority
The body authorised to affix an apostille to a given category of Russian documents — a different one for each type of document.
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