THE HAGUE APOSTILLE

The Apostille proves that the document on which it was applied meets the requirements of validity regulated by a state.

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General conditions on the affixation of the Hague Apostille at Bucharest Prefecture, on original documents.

According to Art. 2 of the Convention: each Contracting State shall exempt from superlegalization those documents to which this Convention applies and that are to be submitted on its territory. Superlegalization, in the meaning of this Convention, takes into account only the formality by which the diplomatic or consular agents of the country in which the document will be submitted certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the signatory person acted or, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp affixed on this document.

THE MAIN CATEGORIES OF DOCUMENTS ON WHICH THE HAGUE APOSTILLE CAN BE AFFIXED WITHIN BUCHAREST PREFECTURE ARE:

• birth certificates, in the original, issued after 01.01.1998;
• marriage certificates, in the original, issued after 01.01.1998;
• death certificates, in the original, issued after 01.01.1998 (Note: civil registry documents issued before 1998 must be replaced with new ones. The replacement is made to the competent registry office issuing the old ones).
• criminal record certificate, driving records, in the original, issued not more than six months ago, at the police station where the applicant resides or at the General Inspectorate of the Romanian Police;

• tax residence certificates, drawn up both in Romanian and in English, in the original, issued by the Public Finance Administration of the 1st -6th District;
• certificates attesting the residence and citizenship of the person or its legal status before the Romanian government, in the original, issued by the National Inspectorate for Personal Records;
• certificates on family structure, in the original issued by the Public General Directorate of Personal Records in the 1st -6th District;
• secondary education documents must be endorsed by the Bucharest School Inspectorate;
• higher education documents shall be endorsed by the Ministry of Education and Research;
• documents certifying the capacity of a pupil/student in Romania, for foreigners, in the original, endorsed by the Ministry of Education and Research – International Relations Service;
• medical certificates, in the original, previously endorsed at DSPMB or at the Ministry of Health;
• certificate of baptism / wedding, in the original, previously endorsed by the County/Bucharest offices for culture and national cultural heritage;
• certificates of competence of sailing seafarers, in the original, endorsed by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure;
• travel licenses in the original, issued by the National Authority for Tourism;
• certificates attesting seniority in work, previously endorsed by the National House of Pensions and Other Social Insurance Rights, technical division;
• certificates of qualification in different crafts, in the original, previously endorsed by the county agencies for employment, for certificates issued before 1989, as well as between 1990-2003 and Municipal Agency for Employment Bucharest or Bucharest Directorate for Labour, Social Solidarity and Family;
• translator certificates issued by the Ministry of Culture and Faith Groups;
• certificates issued by O.A.M.G.M.A.M.R. (The Order of Nurses Midwives and Medical Assistants in Romania);
• certificate of driving record.

THE APOSTILLE SHALL NOT BE ISSUED FOR: – CIVIL REGISTRY CERTIFICATES OR ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY THE ROMANIAN DIPLOMATIC AGENTS BECAUSE, UNDER LAW 114/2011, ROMANIA RATIFIED THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ABOLISHING THE REQUIREMENT OF NOTARIZATION FOR DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY THE DIPLOMATIC AGENTS AND CONSULAR OFFICERS, ADOPTED IN LONDON ON JUNE 7, 1968, WHICH, IN ARTICLE 3 IT STATES THAT: “THE CONTRACTING PARTIES ARE EXEMPTED FROM THE REQUIREMENT OF CERTIFYING THE DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO THIS CONVENTION”.

The Notary Chamber affixes the Hague Apostille on any and all notarial documents (e.g. notary statements, certified copies of documents, certified translations of certain documents) if such document is to be used in a State which is a party to the Convention on abolishing the requirement of superlegalization for foreign public documents, Hague, 1961.

It shall be affixed to all documents to be used in a state that is not part of the Hague Convention. Such documents will have an Apostille affixed by both the Ministry of Justice and the Embassy of the country where the document is to be used.