In India, the Consular, Passport and Visa (CPV) Division of the Ministry of External Affairs has been designated as the apostille authority. The relevant information is recorded on the official portal of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
The Director of Legalization and Apostille has been designated as the primary contact person at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic for matters related to the authentication of documents for use abroad. The corresponding update has been published on the official portal of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
On the British Virgin Islands, the office of the Deputy Governor has become the central authority authorized to apostille documents. This is reported by the portal of the Hague Conference on Private International Law.
Discussions about independence and the possibility of a referendum have resumed as a commission of inquiry created by the British government is conducting a large-scale investigation of serious abuses by the BVI authorities.
The government of the British Virgin Islands has introduced five new laws introducing significant changes to various aspects of trust and property law.
