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APOSTILLE. VERIFICATION OF EDUCATIONAL
DOCUMENTS

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DISTANCE APOSTILLE

In order to get an apostille affixed to educational documents, it is not necessary for you to come to Kyiv. To do this, you need to register a Personal Cabinet on the website and create an electronic application for remote submission. Please read the procedure for the Remote Submission.

We can send prepared documents to you, regardless of where you live - in Ukraine or abroad, to the address of the recognition organization or to the branch of courier service. The cost of delivery of prepared documents is not included in the cost of our services for organizing their shipment. When the documents are ready for issuance, you can also receive them personally at our office in accordance with the issuance schedule.

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

SE "Information and Image Centre" tries to facilitate the process of preparing the documents you need to continue your education or work abroad. For this purpose, we have introduced a list of additional services. You or your authorized representative can order services remotely (without visiting of our office) or during a personal visit.

We offer the following additional services:

Information on the cost of additional services can be found in the section Cost and terms.

INFORMATION FOR HEI

A higher education institution (HEI) shall submit educational documents of foreign students for the apostille of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine and for the legalization procedure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine in accordance with the legal terms of foreigners’ residency.

Legalization and apostille procedures are to be carried out by the representatives of higher education institutions for educational documents in the year of their issuance in the following order: apostille, followed by legalization. Before the legalization procedure, educational documents of foreign students should be verified by the National Information Centre of Academic Mobility (a sample letter for HEIs).

For the convenience and time saving of educational institutions, the State owned company “Information and Image Centre” accepts documents for:

  • пaffixing the apostille of the Ministry of Education and Science;
  • verification of documents for further legalization at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
  • organization of consular legalization of educational documents at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which includes preparation of an accompanying letter.

In order to submit educational documents, you will be required to fill in an electronic application form on personal cabinet webpage. The maximum number of documents in one application is 40. Please arrange the date of visit of the HEI’s representative beforehand by phone: +38 044 484 64 45, +38 044 484 64 95, it will help to make the visit timely and comfortable.

For further information, please contact.

System of Higher Education according to the current legislation in Ukraine.

PERSONAL CABINET

DENIAL CASES

The Apostille certification is denied if:

  • the powers of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine do not include apostilization of the submitted documents;
  • the document is intended for use in a country which has not jointed the Convention or is a Hague Convention participant but spoke against Ukraine’s accession to the Convention in accordance with Article 12 of the Convention;
  • the text of the document is illegible due to document mutilation;
  • the document is written or signed in pencil or is a fax copy;
  • the document contains unspecified corrections or text additions;
  • document, specifically the archive statement, curriculum, academic statement, does not have the signature of the principal or vice principal of the educational establishment and not certified with the official seal;
  • the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine has not received the specimens of the corresponding signatures, seals and/or stamps to be able to confirm the fact of issue of the education confirming document;
  • the signature in the document differs from the specified position, surname, given name and patronymic of the head of the educational establishment or institution.