The National Centre for Marketing began accepting documents for apostille and consular legalization
Since April 10, 2023 The National Centre for Marketing and Price Study (hereinafter – The National Centre) began to provide services for applying for:
- an apostille procedure on documents, the right to put on which is granted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- consular legalization of documents.
The National Center is entitled to accept, in particular, the following documents for subsequent application for an apostille:
- certificates issued by civil registry offices and archives of civil registry offices (birth certificate, certificate of absence of marriage record, etc.);
- extracts from the unified state data bank on offenses issued by the bodies of internal affairs;
- health certificates and extracts from medical documents issued by health care institutions;
- extracts from the Unified State Register of Legal Entities and Individual Entrepreneurs issued by the Ministry of Justice;
- other types of documents, the possibility of affixing an apostille on which is determined when reviewing the document.
It should be noted that while accepting documents for legalization (apostille or consular legalization), the National Centre acts as an agent, so the National Centre does not perform independent actions on legalization of documents, but applies to the authorized body - the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for apostille or consular legalization.
Documents are accepted in the National Centre daily from 9.00 till 12.00 by prior appointment. Pre-registration procedure and fees for services can be found on the official website of the National Center.
For reference
Apostille is a simplified procedure for legalization of documents that is carried out by states that have acceded to the 1961 Hague Convention. There are more than 100 such countries, a complete list of the participating countries of the Hague Convention can be found here. By putting an apostille, a competent authority certifies that the issuing and signing official/body was duly authorized to do so. An apostilled document does not require any further legalization and can be used in any country of the Hague Convention.
Consular legalization consists in certifying the signatures and seals of the authorities that issued the document for countries that have not acceded to the Hague Convention.
The main difference between consular legalization and apostille is in the territory in which the document is valid. A document with an apostille is valid in all the countries who have joined the Hague Convention, and a document with consular legalization - only in the country for which it is legalized. For example, on November 7, 2023, the 1961 Hague Convention enters into force in China, which abolishes the legalization requirement for official documents that have been apostilled.
A more detailed description of the legalization procedure in Belarus can be found here.
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