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Translation of Public Documents

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In general, Public Documents, also known as public records, are the documents produced or issued by a public authority and intended for public distribution and/or access regardless of its format or medium. As a rule, these documents contain statements made by the authorized public officers in their respective official capacity and, thus, they act as admissible evidence of a certain fact in civil matters.

In a global world, where people regularly travel abroad, there is a need for translation of legally authenticated (by means of Apostille or Consular Legalization) public documents to be used in various business and private matters. 

These Public Documents include:

• Documents issued by a court or its official
  
• Administrative documents
  
• Notarial acts
  
• Official certificates placed on private documents
  
• Diplomatic and consular documents
  
• etc.

The most popular areas covered by public documents requested for translation by our customers: 

Those relating to personal matters:

• Birth
  
• Marriage, including marital status as well as capacity to marry
  
• Divorce, including marriage annulment or legal separation issued by a court
  
• Parenthood
  
• Domicile and/or residence
  
• Nationality
  
• Absence of a criminal record
  

Those relating to business matters:

• State registers’ records
  
• Good standing
  
• Bank statements
  
• Audit reports
  
• etc.

We’ll be glad to help you with translation and authentication of public documents issued in Ukraine and abroad.

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