Chernivtsi is a city where documents often live in two languages: certificates travel to Romanian institutions, ChNU diplomas go abroad for recognition, and family archives become the backbone of citizenship files. Etalon works with the city fully remotely: notarized translation, apostille and archival document retrieval – from scans, with Nova Poshta delivery to any branch or parcel locker in Chernivtsi.
The Romanian corridor: files assembled across generations
Chernivtsi oblast is Ukraine’s most Romanian region: per the 2001 census it held 114,600 Romanians – 12.5% of the population. The city’s most distinctive case is therefore documents for Romanian citizenship by descent: retrieval of ancestors’ archival certificates, notarised Romanian translation, apostille where the institution requires it. How such a file is assembled – on the page documents for Romania.
Main services for Chernivtsi
What Chernivtsi clients ask for most often:
- Personal documents – passports, birth and marriage certificates, archival records; including a full package for a Romanian-citizenship-by-descent dossier.
- Educational documents – diplomas and supplements of ChNU and the city’s other universities: translation, MES apostille, preparation for recognition abroad.
- Legal translation – contracts, powers of attorney, corporate and court documents, including for a Romanian-citizenship-by-descent dossier; notarised when needed.
- Medical translation – discharge summaries and case reports into English or Romanian for treatment or insurance abroad, including in Romania.
- Document retrieval – repeat certificates and archival extracts from DRACS offices and state archives, including for Romanian files.
Apostille: fresh papers in the city, old ones via the archive
Since 1 February 2026 a Justice-category apostille is filed anywhere: at a DRACS office, a notary, a state archive or via Diia – 670 UAH, up to 3 business days; the city also has a justice-administration subdivision at 1 Hrushevskoho St. Old certificates are retrieved first; diplomas (MES) and police checks (MIA) are filed through Kyiv. All the lanes, fees and timelines – on the page apostille in Chernivtsi.
Yuriy Fedkovych ChNU: documents for studying abroad
Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University holds 221 international agreements across 38 countries, and its Romanian direction is especially alive: Erasmus+ exchanges with the universities of Suceava and Iași, plus free Romanian courses for students and staff taught by a lecturer from Ștefan cel Mare University of Suceava.
For students and graduates this means documents first of all: diploma translation with the supplement, school certificates for admission, transcripts for exchanges – into Romanian, English or the destination-country language, notarised and, when needed, with the MES apostille we file in Kyiv.
What translation costs in Chernivtsi
In Chernivtsi, where documents often travel in Romanian, three things shape the total:
- The document type and volume. A standard certificate is priced per document; archival civil-status records and files for a Romanian-citizenship dossier are priced per page.
- Certification. The justice-administration subdivision at 1 Hrushevskoho St handles the apostille locally; notarisation or legalisation for Romania are separate line items.
- Language: Romanian, English and German are the most requested in Chernivtsi; rare languages are handled by a specialist translator.
Personal documents are usually ready in 1-2 business days, large legal or medical texts in 3-5; retrieval depends on the specific archive. Urgency is agreed separately; a quote from scans is free.
Photograph your documents and send them via Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp – Etalon will quote the exact amount, translate and certify the documents and ship the finished set by Nova Poshta to a convenient branch or parcel locker in Chernivtsi.
