Marriage registration with an apostille in Georgia

If you have lost or accidentally damaged documents issued in Georgia, please contact Violet Weddings agency. We will help you obtain notarized and legally valid duplicates with official translation. Document retrieval is carried out remotely, with express courier delivery to any country worldwide. We work efficiently and responsibly.

As a rule, requirements regarding the validity period of documents are set by the receiving party, so it is advisable to clarify them locally. Georgian civil status documents are issued for unlimited use. The only exception is the certificate of no criminal record, which must be renewed every three months to reflect up-to-date information.

When duplicates of documents from Georgia are required

If you are applying for a pension or citizenship abroad, getting married, registering a newborn child, receiving an inheritance, opening a bank account, or applying for a job, you may need up-to-date copies of various documents. They are required to complete a number of administrative and bureaucratic procedures.

Types of documents that may be requested from Georgia include:

• birth certificates;
• marriage certificates (registration or dissolution);
• certificates of name or surname change;
• death certificates;
• certificates confirming marriage registration;
• certificates of no criminal record, and others.

Since these documents contain personal data, their legal retrieval is possible only upon request of the document holder or an authorized representative. Therefore, to issue duplicates, we will need a power of attorney signed by the document holder. In addition, a copy of the passport, a document confirming a change of name or surname, or birth information must be provided. To obtain civil status records, it is also necessary to know which authority originally registered the event.

Government authorities issuing duplicate documents in Georgia

Duplicates of civil registry documents are issued by Public Service Halls (branches of the Civil Registry Agency of the Ministry of Justice). Certificates of no criminal record are issued there as well or by the Service Agency of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Apostille certification of copies is performed by the Ministry of Justice.

Apostille and consular legalization of documents from Georgia

The Hague Convention of 1961 established a list of countries in which documents are legalized under a simplified procedure. For recognition, it is sufficient to notarize a copy of the official document. An apostille confirms the authenticity of the document’s form, content, and signature. The destination country may require translation of the documents into its official language. Such translations are performed by authorized translators and notarized accordingly. Georgia ratified the convention in 2006.

If a document is required for use in a country that has not ratified the Hague Convention (such as China, Libya, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and others), consular legalization is required. The purpose of this multi-stage procedure is to confirm the authenticity of each signature, seal, and stamp, as well as compliance with the laws of the country of origin. First, the document is notarized, then certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and the consulate of the receiving country.