Apostille in Khmelnytskyi: what the city’s own justice HQ really means
Since 1 February 2026 a Justice-category apostille is issued where you are: applications are accepted at any DRACS office, at a notary, in a state archive or via the Diia app – the state fee is already in our price, processing up to 3 business days. Khmelnytskyi holds a special place on this map: the interregional Justice-Ministry office at 91 Volodymyrska St administers three oblasts at once. Below: what that address actually means for your documents – and what it does not.
- Khmelnytskyi hosts the interregional Justice-Ministry office (91 Volodymyrska St) administering the Khmelnytskyi, Vinnytsia and Zhytomyr oblasts
- Filing since 01.02.2026 happens wherever suits you: any DRACS office, a notary, a state archive or Diia; state fee included, up to 3 business days
- Diplomas are apostilled by the Education Ministry, criminal-record certificates by the Interior Ministry – both Kyiv-side filings we handle for you
- Scans travel by Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp; the finished stamped set returns by Nova Poshta to any branch in Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi is one of the few regional capitals with its own interregional Justice-Ministry office – yet a 2026 apostille is filed even closer to home: at any DRACS office or in Diia. The Kyiv lanes of the Education and Interior Ministries Etalon walks for you remotely.
The address three oblasts know: 91 Volodymyrska St
When apostilles come up in Vinnytsia or Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi is always mentioned: "the head office is there". True – the interregional Justice-Ministry office at 91 Volodymyrska St administers the civil-registry vertical of three oblasts at once, a status few regional capitals outside Kyiv share.
The practical nuance: an administrative centre is not an intake window. The office manages registry departments and registration procedures, but there is no apostille fast lane for locals at Volodymyrska St – there was none before the reform and there is none now. The renown spans three oblasts; the privilege does not exist. Documents are filed elsewhere entirely – see the next section.
Filing in 2026: where you are, not where the office is
Order No. 3177/5, in force since 1 February 2026, untied the Justice-category apostille from any specific institution: an application for civil-registry certificates, notarial copies and court rulings is accepted at any DRACS office, at a notary or in a state archive – regardless of where the document was issued. For Khmelnytskyi residents the nearest DRACS office is enough; the Diia app is shorter still – the application goes in from a smartphone, where you also track readiness.
The rules are the same nationwide: the state fee is already inside our price, standard processing up to 3 business days, lawfully extendable to a month when a signature or registry record is verified. The city’s "capital" status in the justice system became what it should be – context, not a condition.
The two Kyiv lanes the reform left alone
The February reform untied the hands of one vertical out of three – the one the Justice Ministry runs. To the other two, 91 Volodymyrska St is simply irrelevant, and both of them are Kyiv-side. The first is educational: diplomas, supplements and school certificates are apostilled by the Education Ministry, where the clock runs noticeably longer. For Khmelnytskyi that means above all KhNU, which describes itself as the largest higher-education institution of Podillia and has held national status since 2004, and the Leonid Yuzkov University of Management and Law – their diplomas leave for recognition abroad every year.
The second vertical is the police check. Since 2023 the stamp on a criminal-record extract is issued by the Interior Ministry, the very body that issues the extract (Cabinet resolution No. 631). The in-person window exists only in Kyiv, but there is no reason to travel: in Diia the extract is ordered together with its apostille and arrives by Ukrposhta. Etalon walks both Kyiv lanes instead of you – and you never leave Khmelnytskyi to do it.
Stamp first, translation second – and a routing summary
No order of the ministry has ever changed the sequence of these two steps, and the people who get it wrong are almost always those who began with the translation. The stamp comes first, on the original or a notarised copy; the translation follows and covers the document together with the stamp. Documents from Khmelnytskyi oblast most often head for Poland, whose consular district here runs through Vinnytsia and has requirements of its own – so we confirm the sequence for your destination before work starts, not after.
The summary for Khmelnytskyi: certificates and notarial copies – any DRACS office or Diia; diplomas – the Education Ministry in Kyiv; police checks – the Interior Ministry via Diia. With one Justice-category document, file it yourself – it is genuinely simple now. When several lanes run at once and a certified translation waits at the finish, Etalon runs them in parallel: scans by messenger, originals by Nova Poshta when needed, and the finished set delivered to any branch in Khmelnytskyi or wherever you live now.
How we work
- 1Scans by messengerThe question we hear most often from Khmelnytskyi is whether to drive to 91 Volodymyrska St. The answer depends on the document, not on the address: send a photo via Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp and we name the lane, the price and the timeline for your country, free of charge.
- 2Originals only if requiredA certificate or notarised copy that must carry a physical stamp travels to us by Nova Poshta. A case that runs entirely through Diia needs no paper at all – the original stays in your drawer.
- 3Filing with the right agencyFrom there the lanes run in parallel: the certificate down the Justice lane, a KhNU diploma to the Education Ministry, the police check to the Interior Ministry. We hold the status of each and attach the certified translation.
- 4Delivery to your branchThe set comes back as a single Nova Poshta parcel – to a branch or locker in Khmelnytskyi, or, if you have already moved, to wherever you live now.
Prices
- Apostille on a document (Ministry of Justice) state fee includedfrom UAH 950
- Apostille on a diploma / supplement (MES) state fee includedfrom UAH 950
- Urgent apostille as the agency allowson request
- Translation + notarisation per documentfrom UAH 250
The figures in the table are the lower bound ("from") and the agency fee is already built into them: nothing is paid separately at filing. A legal entity is charged the agency's own, higher rate, so its total is higher too. We name the exact amount for your package free of charge, once we have seen the scans.
FAQ
Where do I get an apostille in Khmelnytskyi?
Civil-registry, notarial and court documents are accepted at any DRACS office in the city, at a notary, in a state archive or via the Diia app. The interregional justice office at 91 Volodymyrska St is an administrative body, not a filing point. Diplomas are apostilled by the Education Ministry and criminal-record certificates by the Interior Ministry – both Kyiv-side filings we handle for you.
Does the city’s own justice HQ give locals any advantage?
No – and since the 2026 reform none is needed: applications are accepted at any DRACS office, notary, state archive or via Diia, and the fee and timeline are the same nationwide – the state fee in our price and up to 3 business days. The office at 91 Volodymyrska St administers the registry departments of three oblasts; citizen intake runs through ordinary DRACS offices.
Which ministry apostilles my document?
The document decides the lane, not the city. Civil-registry certificates, notarial copies and court rulings travel the Justice lane; a diploma from KhNU or the Yuzkov university goes to the Education Ministry; the criminal-record extract to the Interior Ministry. A typical Khmelnytskyi package gathers all three lanes, each running on its own clock. Send a scan and we sort your set into lanes free of charge.
What does an apostille cost in 2026 and how long does it take?
You pay once, and to us: the agency fee sits inside our price, with no separate payment at filing. The Justice lane takes up to 3 business days, lawfully extended to a month when a signature or registry record is verified; the education lane runs longer. With several lanes open, the slowest one sets the finish date – and that is the date we give you upfront. Bureau work starts at UAH 950 per document.
Apostille or translation first?
The apostille comes first, on the original or a notarised copy; the translation then covers the whole set together with the stamp. The order varies for Poland, whose consular district runs through Vinnytsia, and for other countries – we confirm it for your specific destination before starting.
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Updated: 2026-10-13
