Schmidt & Schmidt offers the legalization of documents from Georgia by apostille.
Georgia has joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents in the year 2007. Therefore no diplomatic authentication or legalization of documents from Georgia is required for the legal communication with another member state of the convention. The documents only need to be stamped with an "apostille" by the issuing state's authorities in order to be valid in the state of destination. In Abkhazia and South Ossetia the Hague Convention only applies with restrictions.
Responsible for issuing the apostille are the following institutions:
- Ministry of Education for diplomas, graduation certificates etc.
- Courts for judicial documents
- Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of Georgia for documents related to health protection, employment and social services
- Civil Registry Agency of the Ministry of Justice of Georgia, whose offices operate in the House of Justice and its branches for documents related to civil status
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, forcibly displaced persons, refugees and resettlement for certain documents related to Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Documents issued by the official authorities of Georgia, published in Georgian can be apostilled. Documents published in the Georgian SSR before 1991 can not be apostilled in Georgia (instead of them, documents of a new sample should be obtained).
An apostille is a stamp of rectangular shape. The heading "Apostille (Convention de La Haye du 5 octobre 1961)" must be in French.
The following documents can be authenticated by apostille:
- Certificates of civil status (certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce)
- Education documents (school reports, certificates, diplomas)
- Excerpts from the commercial register
- Judicial decisions
- Notarially certified copies of documents
- Notarially certified translations
- Further notarial documents (authorizations, last will, declarations)
- Commercial documents legalized by a state organ of registration (articles of incorporation, registration certificates, tax registrations etc.)
Requirements for the documents:
An apostille can be issued exclusively on an original document. Therefor, the latter must be in an apparent good condition, all stamps and signatures have to be clear and readable. Furthermore, it must not contain alien marking and labels.
Additional services
In addition to the legalization of your documents, we can provide you with high quality translations.
If you want to bring company information before the court, it needs to be legalised as well. We are therefore offering extracts from the commercial register of Georgia including apostille and translation.
Your benefits:
- No registration or subscription
- Fast and reliable processing
- Payment by invoice
Schmidt & Schmidt guarantees the highest quality and reliability. We render all of our services in strict compliance with the applicable data protection laws. Our specialists are well-equipped and thoroughly acquainted with their tasks.
Working with us is easy and convenient!
Usually, processing the documents takes us 14 days.
Courier services are charged and invoiced separately according to the courier service’s rates.
You can pay for our services by PayPal, bank transfer or card.
| Service | Price incl. German VAT 19% | Price excl. VAT |
|---|---|---|
| Price for an apostille for a document from Georgia without international shipping | from 297,50 € | from 250,00 € |
Do you have any questions about the offer? Contact us and arrange a free of charge consultation!
