NewsWhore
09-01-2009, 04:30 PM
The Ministry of Foreign Relations announced the start of the implementation of the "Apostille" requirement for many public documents. The procedure simplifies and reduces the cost of certifying public (including notarized) documents to be used in countries that have joined the Apostille convention.
The good news is that documents issued by states that are signatory of the apostille convention will not have to be legalized before the Dominican consulates abroad nor the Legalization Section of the Dominican Republic for use in the DR. This includes civil registry documents (birth, death or marriage certificate) and education degrees, among others.
In the DR, the apostille is simply a 9 centimeter slip that will be adhered to the document by the Ministry of Foreign Relations. With the apostille, along with a translation, a document from the DR will be recognized in the United States, for instance. The same works for a US document to which a US apostille has been adhered, will now be recognized in the DR.
The apostille will contain the following information:
1. Country where the document came from
2. Name of the authority signing the public document
3. Acting as
4. Details of the stamp used by the institution issuing the document
5. Name of the city where the document was certified
6. Name of the authority that certified the document
7. Name of the order and date of the apostille
8. Signature of the officer who authorized the apostille
9. Duties
The apostille process was created by an international agreement called the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents. The agreement dates back to 1961, and is being implemented in the DR as of 30 August 2009.
Despite the complicated title, the agreement is relatively easy to understand: it says that if two countries have signed the agreement, as have the DR and the United States (for example), each country will recognize the other's public documents if an apostille - and a translation, where appropriate - have been attached.
The fee for the document in the DR is RD$620. The Ministry of Foreign Relations indicates that to obtain the apostille, the procedure is the following:
1. Documents issued by government institutions and education documents need to be legalized by their respective institutions.
2. Documents authenticated by notary public need the legalization by the Prosecutor General Office (Procuraduria General de la Republica).
For US documents, for instance, to be used in the DR, there is an apostille-issuing office for each US state and territory and the fee is around US$10 per document, much less than in the DR.
The Ministry of Foreign Relations explains that documents issued by diplomatic or consular agents, administrative documents relative to a business or customs transaction, and those that will be used in countries that are not signatories of the Apostille convention will be legalized as the previous procedures.
http://travel.state.gov/law/info/judicial/judicial_2545.html
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)
The good news is that documents issued by states that are signatory of the apostille convention will not have to be legalized before the Dominican consulates abroad nor the Legalization Section of the Dominican Republic for use in the DR. This includes civil registry documents (birth, death or marriage certificate) and education degrees, among others.
In the DR, the apostille is simply a 9 centimeter slip that will be adhered to the document by the Ministry of Foreign Relations. With the apostille, along with a translation, a document from the DR will be recognized in the United States, for instance. The same works for a US document to which a US apostille has been adhered, will now be recognized in the DR.
The apostille will contain the following information:
1. Country where the document came from
2. Name of the authority signing the public document
3. Acting as
4. Details of the stamp used by the institution issuing the document
5. Name of the city where the document was certified
6. Name of the authority that certified the document
7. Name of the order and date of the apostille
8. Signature of the officer who authorized the apostille
9. Duties
The apostille process was created by an international agreement called the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents. The agreement dates back to 1961, and is being implemented in the DR as of 30 August 2009.
Despite the complicated title, the agreement is relatively easy to understand: it says that if two countries have signed the agreement, as have the DR and the United States (for example), each country will recognize the other's public documents if an apostille - and a translation, where appropriate - have been attached.
The fee for the document in the DR is RD$620. The Ministry of Foreign Relations indicates that to obtain the apostille, the procedure is the following:
1. Documents issued by government institutions and education documents need to be legalized by their respective institutions.
2. Documents authenticated by notary public need the legalization by the Prosecutor General Office (Procuraduria General de la Republica).
For US documents, for instance, to be used in the DR, there is an apostille-issuing office for each US state and territory and the fee is around US$10 per document, much less than in the DR.
The Ministry of Foreign Relations explains that documents issued by diplomatic or consular agents, administrative documents relative to a business or customs transaction, and those that will be used in countries that are not signatories of the Apostille convention will be legalized as the previous procedures.
http://travel.state.gov/law/info/judicial/judicial_2545.html
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#2)