Apostille for Austria

Apostille for Austria

If you are planning a trip to Austria not for tourism, but for other, more important, and long-term purposes, you have to have an apostille on your documents. Apostille is a simplified form of legalizing documents so these documents would have legal force in Austria.

Austria joined the Hague Convention in 1967. Therefore, for many years, the form of legalization of foreign documents for this country is apostille. Affixing an apostille takes much less time than of full consular legalization. It is important to note that you can also make a translation into German or English on the territory of Austria, but you can put an apostille only in the country of issue of the document.

Main features of the apostille

The apostille for Austria on Russian documents is a square-shaped stamp, with the information that indicated in Russian. But later it is translated into the language of the destination country. The title "Apostille" must be specified. Therefore, the apostille can not be confused with any other stamp of any other certificate.

In addition, the document must contain the following information:

1. Name of the State of issue of the document and the apostille
2. FULL name of the person who certified the document by the apostille
3. Position of the signatory of the document certified by the apostille
4. The name of the institution, the seal/stamp of which is attached to the document, certified by the apostille
5. The name of the city where the apostille is affixed
6. The date of apostille affixing
7. Name of the authority that affixed the apostille
8. Apostille number
9. Seal/stamp of the institution that affixed the apostille
10. Signature of the official person who affixed the apostille

Apostille for personal and commercial documents may be needed for completely different purposes. Often this is a permanent or temporary stay in the country, work or study in Austria, running your own business. Apostilled documents are also necessary for those who cross the state border to receive qualified medical care.

Documents for apostilling

Legalization is carried out to give legal force to Russian documents on the territory of Austria. Which documents most often require an apostille for Austria:

• documents issued by the Civil Registry Office: сertificates of birth or death, registration or dissolution of marriage, change of name, establishment of paternity, certificates of non-marital status, etc.;
• diplomas and certificates;
• power of attorney;

* certificates of no criminal record.

Austria often requires apostille affixing on the original documents, but for certain purposes and institutions may require apostille affixing on a notarized copy or translation of the document. It should be noted that completed notarial acts, such as power of attorney or consent to the departure of the child, are always apostilled in the original.

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