Legalisation of Documents Cyprus

The apostille will be affixed within 1 working day after receipt of the original documents. “Specific power of attorney documents” must be prepared in advance. Please note that this cannot be based on UK law as it is not valid in the Republic of Cyprus. In the case of Cypriot public documents, the Ministry of Justice and Public Order is responsible for issuing apostilles. Documents bearing the apostille seal may be accepted in the United States without further legalization by the embassy. Persons wishing to apostille a Cypriot document may submit it to the Embassy for transmission to the competent authority in Cyprus. If sent by mail, it must be accompanied by a stamped envelope addressed and certified. Notarial deeds and court documents do not need to be legalised to be used in the Netherlands. If your document is written in Greek or Turkish, you must have it translated into Dutch, English, French or German by a sworn translator. The link to the apostille section of the Hacch website is given below: www.hcch.net/en/instruments/conventions/specialised-sections/apostille The most important provision of the Convention is the exemption from legalization of any diplomatic or consular legalization of foreign legal documents and the restriction of the legalization of the signature of a legal document bearing the “Apostille” seal.

This provision applies to authentic instruments issued in the territory of a Contracting State and to be filed in the territory of another Contracting State. Upon accession to the European Union, Cyprus is bound by the provisions of the EC Regulation abolishing the legalisation of documents between EU Member States, which was opened for signature in Brussels in May 1987. The ratification law is 32(III)2002 (available in Greek only). The legalization of documents takes place at the Ministry of Justice and Public Order, 122 Athalassas Avenue, Nicosia and at the Limassol District Office, Apostille Department, 21 Spyros Araouzos, 1st floor, 3036 Limassol, Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. More information on the Regulation and multilingual standard forms can be found on the European e-Justice Portal: beta.e-justice.europa.eu/551/EN/public_documents?init=true You should be aware that the apostille cannot be affixed to documents from countries that do not participate in the Hague Convention. In this case, the paper is subject to a heavier and longer procedure: consular legalization (certification by the competent ministries and consulates of the destination country is required). The documents to be certified may be issued by the official authorities of Cyprus and drawn up in Greek, Turkish or English. If the document is issued in another language, a translation into one of the official languages of Cyprus is required, prepared by a certified court translator.

Copies of public documents certified by a Cypriot notary and certified identical to the original by the issuing authority may also be apostilled. All official government documents issued by Cyprus: Apostilles, as stipulated in the 1961 Hague Convention, may be issued by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). A document apostilled to be accepted in Cyprus does not require additional legalization by the Consulate General. Currently, we only accept UK government documents with an apostille stamp. These documents can also be used in Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Saba or Sint Eustatius. Careful! Customs, diplomatic, consular documents and passports are not subject to apostille. The most important provision of the Convention is the exemption from legalization of any diplomatic or consular legalization of foreign legal documents and the restriction of the legalization of the signature of a legal document bearing the seal “Apostle”. This provision applies to authentic instruments issued in the territory of a Contracting State and to be filed in the territory of another Contracting State. We certify clients` signatures on various documents, such as permits, applications to government agencies in Cyprus, medical documents, banking matters, etc.