Apostille in Kryvyi Rih: filed in your district, not across the city

Since 1 February 2026 a Justice-category apostille is issued wherever you are: applications are accepted at any DRACS office, at a notary, in a state archive or via the Diia app – the fee is 670 UAH, processing up to 3 business days. In Kryvyi Rih this matters more than anywhere: in Europe’s longest city, filing in your own district instead of "the centre" saves not an hour but half a day. Below: how the reform works across the city’s geography.

Filing since 01.02.2026 happens in your own district: any DRACS office in Kryvyi Rih, a notary, a state archive or Diia
The fee is 670 UAH for individuals and 1160 UAH for legal entities; processing up to 3 business days
No trip to Dnipro: the interregional Justice-Ministry office administers the oblast, while filing is local or digital
Scans travel by Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp; the finished stamped set returns by Nova Poshta to any branch from Ternivskyi to Inhulets

Kryvyi Rih is Europe’s longest city, yet a 2026 apostille is filed close to home: at your district DRACS office or in Diia, with no trip across town. The Kyiv lanes of the Education and Interior Ministries Etalon walks for you remotely.

Europe’s longest city meets a procedure with no single window

Kryvyi Rih stretches north to south further than any other city in Europe: the Ternivskyi district and Inhulets lie so far apart that elsewhere they would be separate towns. For decades any single-window procedure here meant a journey across the whole city – to the one office you still had to reach.

The 2026 apostille works the other way round: the single window no longer exists. Applications are accepted where you live – and for Kryvyi Rih residents that is the reform’s real headline.

Filing in 2026: the nearest DRACS office or the Diia app

Order No. 3177/5, in force since 1 February 2026, untied the Justice-category apostille – civil-registry certificates, notarial copies, court rulings – from any specific institution: an application is accepted at any DRACS office, at a notary or in a state archive, regardless of where the document was issued. DRACS offices operate in several districts of Kryvyi Rih, so filing is a matter of the nearest street; the Diia app is shorter still – the application goes in from a smartphone, where you also track readiness.

The numbers are the same nationwide: 670 UAH for individuals and 1160 UAH for legal entities since 1 January 2026, standard processing up to 3 business days, lawfully extendable to a month when a signature or registry record is verified. The oblast’s registration vertical is administered by the interregional Justice-Ministry office based in Dnipro – but administration is not intake: no trip there is needed.

The two Kyiv lanes: diplomas and police checks

The February reform covers only the Justice category. Educational documents are still apostilled by the Education Ministry in Kyiv, with longer timelines – for Kryvyi Rih that primarily means graduates of Kryvyi Rih National University (formed in 2011 on the base of the city’s Technical University), whose mining-and-metallurgy faculty sends engineers abroad every year.

The criminal-record extract has been apostilled by the Interior Ministry since 2023 (Cabinet resolution No. 631): the in-person window works only in Kyiv, but in Diia the extract is ordered together with its apostille and delivered by Ukrposhta. Etalon walks both Kyiv lanes for you, so you never leave Kryvyi Rih.

Stamp first, translation second – then three identical steps

Wherever the stamp is issued, the order never changes: the apostille goes on the original or a notarised copy first, and the translation then covers the document together with its stamp – foreign institutions want the whole set translated, the apostille included. We confirm the sequence for your destination country before starting.

Whichever district you live in – Ternivskyi in the north, Tsentralno-Miskyi or Inhulets in the south – the steps are the same: Justice-category documents go to the nearest DRACS office or Diia; diplomas to the Education Ministry; police checks through Diia with the Interior-Ministry stamp. 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 a branch in your own district – no trip across the city.

How we work

1Scans from any districtSend photos or scans via Telegram, Viber or WhatsApp – whether you are in Ternivskyi or Inhulets, we name the agency, the price and the timeline for free.
2Paper travels by Nova Poshta, not you across townWhen the stamp must sit on the original or a notarised copy, you never have to carry it yourself – Nova Poshta collects it from any branch in the city; some cases close entirely through Diia with no paper at all.
3Filing with the right agencyWe route the document to the Justice, Education or Interior Ministry, track the status and add a certified translation when required.
4Delivery to your districtThe stamped and translated package returns by Nova Poshta – to a convenient branch or parcel locker in any district of Kryvyi Rih or any other city.

Prices

Apostille on a document (Ministry of Justice) + 670 UAH state fee (individuals)from UAH 950
Apostille on a diploma / supplement (MES) + state feefrom UAH 950
Urgent apostille as the agency allowson request
Translation + notarisation per documentfrom UAH 250

Bureau rates are minimums ("from"); the state fee is separate: 670 UAH for individuals / 1160 UAH for legal entities from 01.01.2026, plus 51 UAH for the Interior-Ministry stamp.

FAQ

Where do I get an apostille in Kryvyi Rih?

Civil-registry, notarial and court documents are accepted at any DRACS office (they operate in several districts of the city), at a notary, in a state archive or via the Diia app. Diplomas go through the Education Ministry and police checks through the Interior Ministry – both Kyiv-side filings we handle for you.

Do I need to travel to Dnipro or Kyiv for an apostille?

No. The interregional Justice-Ministry office that administers the oblast is based in Dnipro, but since 1 February 2026 applications are accepted at any DRACS office in Kryvyi Rih, at a notary, in a state archive or via Diia. Kyiv remains only for diplomas and police checks – lanes we walk for you, and the police-check extract is ordered with its apostille online in Diia anyway.

Which ministry apostilles my document?

The Justice Ministry – civil-registry certificates, notarial copies and court rulings; the Education Ministry – diplomas, supplements and school certificates; the Interior Ministry – the criminal-record extract. The filing point, fee and timeline follow from the agency. Send a scan and we name all three at once, free of charge.

What does an apostille cost in 2026 and how long does it take?

State fees: 670 UAH for individuals or 1160 UAH for companies in the Justice category (from 01.01.2026), 51 UAH for the Interior-Ministry stamp. Standard Justice-category processing is up to 3 business days, extendable to a month on registry checks; Education-Ministry timelines are longer. Bureau support 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 package together with the stamp. The order can differ for technical documentation from mining and metallurgical plants versus personal cases – we check it against the specific institution's requirement before starting.

Updated: 2026-07-14