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Apostille
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An apostille is added by an office in the country the document comes from, either on the document itself or on a page attached to it. Under Article 5 of the Apostille Convention it certifies the signature, the capacity in which the person signed and, where there is one, the seal or stamp. The content of the document is not checked. Once a document has an apostille, other member countries cannot ask for any further certification of its origin.
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