Translation & Legalization

Your documents require an apostille. The country that issued your documents is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention. The apostille is issued by the appropriate national public authorities designated by the individual countries that are party to the Apostille Convention

Please note:

• The apostille must appear on the original document or on a sheet attached to it
• Please note that we can only accept documents in which the national public authority have confirmed the authenticity of the signature of the person who has issued the document. Documents in which the notary public or the national public authority have confirmed only that the copy is identical to the original cannot be accepted.
• Only official documents can be legalized by apostille. Each individual contracting state defines independently which documents are regarded as official and which as private.

Your documents require full legalization because no relevant bilateral agreements are currently in place with the issuing country.

Please note:

• The legalization must be certified on the original document
• After the legalization process in the issuing country, your documents must also be legalized by the appropriate Austrian representative authority

Required procedure:

1. Legalization by the appropriate government ministry (ministry of education) of the country in which the document was issued
2. Additional legalization by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country
3. Completion of the legalization process by the appropriate Austrian representative authority (Austrian embassy or consulate)