{"id":5833,"date":"2022-06-17T14:34:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T14:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advocaciapinheiro.com\/en\/?p=5833"},"modified":"2022-06-29T14:44:32","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T14:44:32","slug":"apostille-portugal-what-is-it-how-to-get","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advocaciapinheiro.com\/en\/apostille-portugal-what-is-it-how-to-get\/","title":{"rendered":"Apostille | What is it? How to get apostille? | Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What is the apostille?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It is a certification of authenticity of public documents: a formality by which a competent authority of the Portuguese State recognises and certifies the signature and the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp.<\/p>\n

What is the purpose?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The apostille is intended to certify the authenticity of public documents in the contracting\/acceding countries of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961 under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law), thus ensuring full acceptance of the concerned documents in the contracting\/acceding countries.<\/p>\n

To which documents does it apply?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The apostille applies to public documents executed in the territory of a State Party to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, concluded at The Hague on 5 October 1961, and which are to be produced in the territory of another Contracting State to the said Convention.<\/p>\n

Are deemed to be public documents the documents listed in article 1(a), (b), (c), (d) of the Convention. This definition applies to documents executed by the following public services:<\/p>\n