Why you need apostille or legalization
of Divorce certificate?
The Apostille/legalization stamp is an official government issued certificate added to documents (divorce certificate, also POWER OF ATTORNEY) so they will be recognised in when presented in another country. Typically the Apostille Certificate is issued by the state from which the document originates although in some cases another state can issue the Apostille/legalization.
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By legal nature apostille and legalization stamp/sticker are same , just difference is that in some countries local authorities asking and requesting apostille to recognize document's legal power, and in some countries used Legalization.
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To summarize both - apostille and legalization are used to give locally prepared document international legal power. for example: Divorce/marriage certificate done in Georgia will have in every country legal power if it will be apostilled or legalized. In some countries there is no obligation to represent apostilled document and notarized stamp is enough with translation.
sample of apostille sticker done by Georgian authorities.
Notice: every country has its individual style and design apostille/legalization sticker.
Country list of Apostille:
Listed below are the countries that are participants of the Apostille Convention (Hague Treaty Convention 12) and the convention is in force with the United States of America.
Official documents issued in Georgia to be presented in a foreign country require apostille certification or legalization, however, in the case of countries that are parties to the Minsk Convention, it is possible for the document to be presented to the relevant state without certification.
In which countries the documents you submit do not need an apostille and legalization?
In accordance with the 1993 Minsk Convention on Legal Aid and Legal Relations in Civil, Family and Criminal Matters, a document does not need to be apostilled or legalized if it is to be presented in the following countries:
Azerbaijan;
Belarus;
Turkmenistan;
Moldova;
Russia;
Armenia;
Tajikistan;
Uzbekistan;
Ukraine;
​Kazakhstan;
Kyrgyzstan;
Georgia.
with apostille or legalization stamp possible to certify official documents , provided from other branch of government (for example: Justice house; state service development agency; service agency of MIA, ministry of fouregn affairs and e.t.c.)
also it is obligatory to make on Power of attorney.