To use some documents internationally, the documents must be approved by the consulate/specified authority of the country of origin in the relevant country or must be certified as Apostilled in the country where they are issued.
Each country determines an authorized place for the preparation of the Apostille approval documents (such as the ministry governorship, or notary public in the relevant countries)
Our office conducts all of the legalisation of the document and Apostille process in Turkey and many countries with our partners
Apostille is a kind of international approval between the parties that signed the agreement
As of July 2022, 124 states are contracting states of the Apostille Convention:
Albania | Denmark | Liechtenstein | Russia |
Andorra | Dominica | Lithuania | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Antigua and Barbuda | Dominican Republic | Luxembourg | Saint Lucia |
Argentina | Ecuador | Malawi | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Armenia | El Salvador | Malta | Samoa |
Australia | Estonia | Marshall Islands | San Marino |
Austria | Eswatini | Mauritius | Sao Tome and Principe |
Azerbaijan | Fiji | Mexico | Saudi Arabia |
Bahamas | Finland | Moldova | Senegal |
Bahrain | France | Monaco | Serbia |
Barbados | Georgia | Mongolia | Seychelles |
Belarus | Germany | Montenegro | Singapore |
Belgium | Greece | Morocco | Slovakia |
Belize | Grenada | Namibia | Slovenia |
Bolivia | Guatemala | Netherlands | South Africa |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Guyana | New Zealand | South Korea |
Botswana | Honduras | Nicaragua | Spain |
Brazil | Hungary | Niue | Suriname |
Brunei | Iceland | North Macedonia | Sweden |
Bulgaria | India | Norway | Switzerland |
Burundi | Indonesia | Oman | Tajikistan |
Cape Verde | Ireland | Pakistan | Tonga |
Chile | Israel | Palau | Trinidad and Tobago |
China | Italy | Panama | Tunisia |
Colombia | Jamaica | Paraguay | Turkey |
Cook Islands | Japan | Peru | Ukraine |
Costa Rica | Kazakhstan | Philippines | United Kingdom |
Croatia | Kosova | Poland | United States |
Cyprus | Kyrgzstan | Portugal | Uruguay |
Czech Republic | Latvia | Romania | Uzbekistan |
Liberia | Lesotho | Venezuela | Vanuatu |
If the owner’s presence is not required, RL Immigration & Relocation Office contacts the agents in the relevant countries to obtain Apostille Approval.
If some Turkish documents are to be used outside of Turkey, they must be approved as Apostilled by the governorship ,our office gives this service as well.
Below documents must translated into Turkish to be used in Turkey
- Labor contract,
- Preparation of any Power Of Attorney document,
- Preparation of the rental contract,
- Mobilization agreement,
- Preparation of the apartment sales agreement,
- School enrollment forms,
- Any installment purchase contract,
- Public services ( connection the electricity, gas, water, internet or telephone) agreements,
- Translation of the personal documents ( marriage, birth certificate, or any family documents)
- Any Bank transaction,
- Graduation document / transcript
- Preparation of any commitment letter or consent letter at the notary public,
RL Immigration & Relocation Office translates all English documents into Turkish and notarizes them.
Some transactions process must be in the presence of a notary public. (Such as giving a Power of Attorney) thus, notary must call a sworn interpreter. Sworn interpreter must translate into English what is written on the paper. RL Immigration & Relocation Office gives sworn interpreter service in the determined notaries.
In addition to the above transactions such as purchasing process or putting an annotation process at the land registry office, requires an expert interpreter certified by the relevant courthouse. The authorized expert interpreter must translate what the officer says into English.
RL Immigration & Relocation Office gives certified English sworn interpreter service in any land registry office in Istanbul.