{"id":25,"date":"2016-05-23T15:05:15","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T15:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.65.127.138\/?p=25"},"modified":"2024-07-08T09:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T07:18:59","slug":"what-is-an-apostille","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxing.it\/it\/what-is-an-apostille\/","title":{"rendered":"What is an apostille?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43cdc8e4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"43cdc8e4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1502a799\" data-id=\"1502a799\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a7ed000 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a7ed000\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">An &#8220;apostille&#8221; is a form to be applied to documents for use in countries that are party to the 1961 Hague Convention.\u00a0 The convention is designed to rationalise procedures for the recognition and validation of legal documents executed in one signatory country and to be used in another signatory country.\u00a0 The apostille certifies that the person who authenticates signatures or the copies of documents (usually a notary public) is duly empowered, and that therefore the documents subject to authentication are valid.\u00a0 In the absence of this procedure the documents may need to be legalised by the governmental authorities (e.g. the local embassy or consulate) of the State where the documents are to be used and sometimes a chain of legalisations is necessary, often (but not always) a slower or less convenient process than authentication by a local notary.\u00a0 The apostille attests that the person authenticating documents has the right to so pursuant to the authority of the government for the jurisdiction in which he or she resides, and, therefore, pursuant to the Convention, the authentication will be recognised by the authorities of the State where the documents are to be used.<\/p><p class=\"ti-chapter\">In February 2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/EN\/AUTO\/?uri=celex:32016R1191\">Regulation (EU) 2016\/1191 on promoting the free movement of citizens by simplifying the requirements for presenting certain public documents in the EU\u00a0<\/a>came into effect<\/p><p class=\"ti-chapter\">Just like the snappy title the reguslation is a classic specimn of EU goobledydook, the reuslt of over ten eyars of negiton and compromise between member states.\u00a0 The Regulation<\/p><ul class=\"disc\"><li>aims to reduce red tape and costs for citizens when they present to the authorities of one European Union country a public document issued by the authorities of another EU country.<\/li><li>abolishes the <span class=\"bold\">requirement<\/span> to get an apostille and attempts to simplify <span class=\"bold\">formalities<\/span>\u00a0with regard to\u00a0<span class=\"bold\">certified copies and translations<\/span>.<\/li><\/ul><p>The abolition only applies to certain documents (but the most common).<\/p><p>For the time being (ie. pending &#8220;Brexit&#8221;) the Regulation applies to the UK and we have seen evidence of some (but by no means all) UK government offices getting organised following the entry into force of the Regulation.<\/p><p>For countries not covered by the EU regulation and for documents outside the scope of the Regulation the old rules will continue to apply.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">List of countries and territories participating in the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Antigua &amp; Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belgium, Belarus Belize, Bosnia &amp; Herzegovina, Botswana, Croatia, Cyprus, El Salvador, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Portugal, San Marino, Seychelles, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Switzerland, Tonga, Turkey, United Kingdom &amp; Northern Ireland, the U.S.A.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Anguilla, Bailiwick of Guernsey, Barbados, Bermuda, British Antarctic, British Solomon Islands, British Guyana, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Gilbert &amp; Ellis Islands (Kiribati), Grenada Hong Kong the Isle of Man, Jersey, Montserat, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), Saint Christopher &amp; Nevis, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Zimbabwe, Turks &amp; Caicos, Virgin Islands.<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>French Guyana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Reunion.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Member States: Argentina | Australia | Austria | Belarus | Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bulgaria | China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region only | China, Macau Special Administrative Region only | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic | Estonia | Finland | The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia | France | Germany | Greece | Hungary | Ireland | Israel | Italy | Japan | Latvia | Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malta | Mexico | Monaco | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway | Panama | Portugal | Romania | Russian Federation | Slovakia | Slovenia | South Africa | Spain | Suriname | Sweden | Switzerland | Turkey | United Kingdom | United States | Venezuela | Yugoslavia<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Non-Member States: Andorra | Antigua and Barbuda | Armenia | Bahamas | Barbados | Belize | Botswana | Brunei Darussalam | Colombia | El Salvador | Fiji | Grenada | Kazakhstan | Lesotho | Liberia | Liechtenstein | Malawi | Marshall Islands | Mauritius | Namibia | Niue | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Saint Lucia | Saint Vincent &amp; the Grenadines | Samoa | San Marino | Seychelles | Swaziland | Tonga | Trinidad and Tobago<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A protocol to the convention provides that documents authenticated in Austria, Denmark, Germany, France and Italy for use in another of those countries do not require an apostille where those documents are required to be used in another of those states.<\/p><h2><strong>Who issues the apostille?<\/strong><\/h2><p>Normally a government department.\u00a0 In the UK, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and in the U.S., the relevant Secretary of State&#8217;s Office (or county clerk\u2019s office) is generally responsible for providing the apostille for documents that will be used overseas.<\/p><p>The web site for the UK FCO is here:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-document-legalised\">https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/get-document-legalised<\/a><\/p><p>We can provide a full service for getting an apostille on a document if necessary.\u00a0 For more details click here<\/p><h2><strong>What kinds of documents do you authenticate?<\/strong><\/h2><p>A wide variety of documents, including: corporate bylaws, powers of attorney, trademarks, diplomas, school transcripts, statements of marital status, articles of incorporation, corporate good standing certificates, certificates of merger, deeds, assignments of interest, sales of shares, and patent applications.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-811d957 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"811d957\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0850f0f\" data-id=\"0850f0f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a37ef75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a37ef75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Further Reading<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mur.gov.it\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-01\/I%20documenti%20in%20lingua%20straniera%20da%20far%20valere%20in%20Italia%20per%20la%20PA.pdf\">MUR<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cff136d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cff136d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7b61df9\" data-id=\"7b61df9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81a1026 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81a1026\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Sample apostille<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><h2>APOSTILLE<\/h2><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>(Convention de La Haye du 5 octobre 1961)<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol><li><strong>Country: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>This public document<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"2\"><li><strong>has been signed by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"3\"><li><strong>acting in the capacity of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"4\"><li><strong>bears the seal\/stamp of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0Certified<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"5\"><li><strong>at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"7\"><li><strong>by . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"8\"><li><strong>Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"9\"><li><strong>Seal\/Stamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ol start=\"10\"><li><strong>Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-662e5ae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"662e5ae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd6d74d\" data-id=\"bd6d74d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28fbe5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"28fbe5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>HAGUE CONFERENCE ON PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW<br \/>CONF\u00c9RENCE DE LA HAYE DE DROIT INTERNATIONAL PRIV\u00c9<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>CONVENTION ABOLISHING THE REQUIREMENT OF LEGALISATION<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS<\/strong><\/p><p><em>(Concluded October 5, 1961)<\/em><\/p><p>The States signatory to the present Convention,<\/p><p>Desiring to abolish the requirement of diplomatic or consular legalisation for foreign public documents,<\/p><p>Have resolved to conclude a Convention to this effect and have agreed upon the following provisions:<\/p><p><em>Article 1<\/em><\/p><p>The present Convention shall apply to public documents which have been executed in the territory of one Contracting State and which have to be produced in the territory of another Contracting State.<\/p><p>For the purposes of the present Convention, the following are deemed to be public documents:<\/p><ol><li><em>a)<\/em>\u00a0documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the State, including those emanating from a public prosecutor, a clerk of a court or a process-server (&#8220;huissier de justice&#8221;);<\/li><li><em>b)<\/em>\u00a0administrative documents;<\/li><li><em>c)<\/em>\u00a0notarial acts;<\/li><li><em>d)<\/em>\u00a0official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.<\/li><\/ol><p>However, the present Convention shall not apply:<\/p><ol><li><em>a)<\/em>\u00a0to documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents;<\/li><li><em>b)<\/em>\u00a0to administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations.<\/li><\/ol><p><em>Article 2<\/em><\/p><p>Each Contracting State shall exempt from legalisation documents to which the present Convention applies and which have to be produced in its territory. For the purposes of the present Convention, legalisation means only the formality by which the diplomatic or consular agents of the country in which the document has to be produced certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears.<\/p><p><em>Article 3<\/em><\/p><p>The only formality that may be required in order to certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears, is the addition of the certificate described in Article 4, issued by the competent authority of the State from which the document emanates.<\/p><p>However, the formality mentioned in the preceding paragraph cannot be required when either the laws, regulations, or practice in force in the State where the document is produced or an agreement between two or more Contracting States have abolished or simplified it, or exempt the document itself from legalisation.<\/p><p><em>Article 4<\/em><\/p><p>The certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3 shall be placed on the document itself or on an &#8220;allonge&#8221;, it shall be in the form of the model annexed to the present Convention.<\/p><p>It may, however, be drawn up in the official language of the authority which issues it. The standard terms appearing therein may be in a second language also. The title &#8220;Apostille (Convention de La Haye du 5 octobre 1961)&#8221; shall be in the French language.<\/p><p><em>Article 5<\/em><\/p><p>The certificate shall be issued at the request of the person who has signed the document or of any bearer.<\/p><p>When properly filled in, it will certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which the document bears.<\/p><p>The signature, seal and stamp on the certificate are exempt from all certification.<\/p><p><em>Article 6<\/em><\/p><p>Each Contracting State shall designate by reference to their official function, the authorities who are competent to issue the certificate referred to in the first paragraph of Article 3.<\/p><p>It shall give notice of such designation to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands at the time it deposits its instrument of ratification or of accession or its declaration of extension. It shall also give notice of any change in the designated authorities.<\/p><p><em>Article 7<\/em><\/p><p>Each of the authorities designated in accordance with Article 6 shall keep a register or card index in which it shall record the certificates issued, specifying:<\/p><ol><li><em>a)<\/em>\u00a0the number and date of the certificate,<\/li><li><em>b)<\/em>\u00a0the name of the person signing the public document and the capacity in which he has acted, or in the case of unsigned documents, the name of the authority which has affixed the seal or stamp.<\/li><\/ol><p>At the request of any interested person, the authority which has issued the certificate shall verify whether the particulars in the certificate correspond with those in the register or card index.<\/p><p><em>Article 8<\/em><\/p><p>When a treaty, convention or agreement between two or more Contracting States contains provisions which subject the certification of a signature, seal or stamp to certain formalities, the present Convention will only override such provisions if those formalities are more rigorous than the formality referred to in Articles 3 and 4.<\/p><p><em>Article 9<\/em><\/p><p>Each Contracting State shall take the necessary steps to prevent the performance of legalisations by its diplomatic or consular agents in cases where the present Convention provides for exemption.<\/p><p><em>Article 10<\/em><\/p><p>The present Convention shall be open for signature by the States represented at the Ninth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein and Turkey.<\/p><p>It shall be ratified, and the instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.<\/p><p><em>Article 11<\/em><\/p><p>The present Convention shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the deposit of the third instrument of ratification referred to in the second paragraph of Article 10.<\/p><p>The Convention shall enter into force for each signatory State which ratifies subsequently on the sixtieth day after the deposit of its instrument of ratification.<\/p><p><em>Article 12<\/em><\/p><p>Any State not referred to in Article 10 may accede to the present Convention after it has entered into force in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 11. The instrument of accession shall be deposited with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.<\/p><p>Such accession shall have effect only as regards the relations between the acceding State and those Contracting States which have not raised an objection to its accession in the six months after the receipt of the notification referred to in sub-paragraph\u00a0<em>d)\u00a0<\/em>of Article 15. Any such objection shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.<\/p><p>The Convention shall enter into force as between the acceding State and the States which have raised no objection to its accession on the sixtieth day after the expiry of the period of six months mentioned in the preceding paragraph.<\/p><p><em>Article 13<\/em><\/p><p>Any State may, at the time of signature, ratification or accession, declare that the present Convention shall extend to all the territories for the international relations of which it is responsible, or to one or more of them. Such a declaration shall take effect on the date of entry into force of the Convention for the State concerned.<\/p><p>At any time thereafter, such extensions shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands.<\/p><p>When the declaration of extension is made by a State which has signed and ratified, the Convention shall enter into force for the territories concerned in accordance with Article 11. When the declaration of extension is made by a State which has acceded, the Convention shall enter into force for the territories concerned in accordance with Article 12.<\/p><p><em>Article 14<\/em><\/p><p>The present Convention shall remain in force for five years from the date of its entry into force in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 11, even for States which have ratified it or acceded to it subsequently.<\/p><p>If there has been no denunciation, the Convention shall be renewed tacitly every five years.<\/p><p>Any denunciation shall be notified to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands at least six months before the end of the five year period.<\/p><p>It may be limited to certain of the territories to which the Convention applies.<\/p><p>The denunciation will only have effect as regards the State which has notified it. The Convention shall remain in force for the other Contracting States.<\/p><p><em>Article 15<\/em><\/p><p>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands shall give notice to the States referred to in Article 10, and to the States which have acceded in accordance with Article 12, of the following:<\/p><ol><li><em>a)<\/em>\u00a0the notifications referred to in the second paragraph of Article 6;<\/li><li><em>b)<\/em>\u00a0the signatures and ratifications referred to in Article 10;<\/li><li><em>c)<\/em>\u00a0the date on which the present Convention enters into force in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 11;<\/li><li><em>d)<\/em>\u00a0the accessions and objections referred to in Article 12 and the date on which such accessions take effect;<\/li><li><em>e)\u00a0<\/em>the extensions referred to in Article 13 and the date on which they take effect;<\/li><li><em>f)\u00a0<\/em>the denunciations referred to in the third paragraph of Article 14.<\/li><\/ol><p>In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto, have signed the present Convention.<\/p><p>Done at The Hague the 5th October 1961, in French and in English, the French text prevailing in case of divergence between the two texts, in a single copy which shall be deposited in the archives of the Government of the Netherlands, and of which a certified copy shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to each of the States represented at the Ninth Session of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and also to Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein and Turkey.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a8affe9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a8affe9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11720d9\" data-id=\"11720d9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An &#8220;apostille&#8221; is a form to be applied to documents for use in countries that are party to the 1961 Hague Convention.\u00a0 The convention is designed to rationalise procedures for the recognition and validation of legal documents executed in one signatory country and to be used in another signatory country.\u00a0 The apostille certifies that the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technical-update","category-technical-resource","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is an apostille? 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