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Step 0/0 Apostille
EXPECTED RESULTS
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ID documents
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Document(-s) needed Apostille
Payment documents
COSTS
Variable costs : According to subparagraph 48 paragraph 1 item 333.33 of RF Tax Code the state due for apostille is 1 500 rubles per document. Local and federal authorities obtain apostille free of charge (subparagraph 10 paragraph 1 item 333.35 of RF Tax Code). Other individuals may also be freed from state duty for apostille under Russian tax legislature.
LEGAL JUSTIFICATION Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents   RF Ministry of Justice Statute  
Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents
REQUIREMENTS
Text of apostille is to include following essentials:
• Name of the state that issued an apostille;
• Last name of person who signed the document the apostille to be put in;
• Position of person who signed the document the apostille to be put in;
• Name of legal entity which stamped the document the apostille to be put in;
• Name of location where apostille were made;
• Date of apostille;
• Name of acting body which put an apostille;
• Number of apostille;
• Stamp of legal entity which put an apostille;
• Signature of official who put an apostille.
Apostille may be in one of official foreign languages assigned by the Convention (French or English) or in the language of a state which made an apostille. In fact apostille is in two languages: one of official foreign languages assigned by the Convention and in the language of a state which made an apostille.
The phrase «Apostille (Convention de la Haye du 5 octobre 1961)» is to be in French.
Under the Convention apostille is put in the paper itself or a separate sheet attached to the paper.
In Russia apostille normally has a form of a stamp.
TIME FRAME

Waiting time in queue: 10mn - 15mn
Time spent at counter: 10mn - 20mn
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For member-countries of the Hague Convention (1961), instead of consulate legalisation an apostille is required to be issued by the appropriate local state agency after the notarization
The main examples of public documents for which Apostilles are issued in practice include extracts from commercial registers and other registers; patents; court rulings; notarial acts and notarial attestations of signatures; academic diplomas issued by public institutions. Finally, the Convention neither applies to documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents nor to administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations (e.g., certificates of origin or import or export licenses). Each signatory country authorizes their bodies to use apostille. In Russia apostille is used by: - justice agencies of constituent entities of RF put apostille in documents issued by their subordinate justice bodies and in copies of documents notarized in constituent entities of RF where these bodies are located; - offices of civil registration of constituent entities of RF put apostille in civil registration certificates issued by offices of civil registration of constituent entities of RF and their subordinate offices; - office of documental and reference work of Committee for Matters Concerning Archives put apostille in papers issued by Record Offices of RF; - archive bodies of constituent entities of RF put apostille in papers issued by their subordinate bodies; - administration of Office of the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation put apostille – in papers issued by prosecutors offices 		Hague Convention _ Status Table
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