Apostille in Košice: Document Apostille and Sworn Translation

What an apostille is and when you need one in Košice

The apostille replaces lengthy consular legalisation between the states of the 1961 Hague Convention: a single stamp confirms a public document is genuine, making it valid in every member state. You need one when a Slovak document is used abroad – or when a foreign document is submitted to a Košice office, court or university.

The most commonly apostilled documents are birth and marriage certificates, criminal-record extracts, diplomas and school certificates, notarial deeds and court decisions. For countries outside the Convention an apostille is not enough and superlegalisation is required; we check which regime applies to your destination country.

Where to get an apostille in Košice

Košice has no single shared “apostille counter” – depending on its type, a document goes to two different offices in the city. The Regional Court in Košice (Štúrova 29, 041 51) apostilles documents of district courts, notaries and bailiffs in its district, certified copies, authenticated signatures, and also official translations and expert opinions. The Košice District Office client centre (Komenského 52, 040 01) apostilles civil-registry documents – birth, marriage and death certificates.

Education documents are the exception: you cannot handle them in Košice, because their apostille is issued centrally by the education ministry in Bratislava, and a Košice applicant files exactly as anyone else in Slovakia. Send us a scan of the document – we tell you exactly which of these authorities it belongs to and what the filing needs.

Apostille and sworn translation in the right order – even without a trip to the city

The golden rule: apostille the original first, then order the sworn translation, so the translator translates the document including the apostille clause. In the reverse order the destination authority may reject the translation because the apostille is missing from it. We keep the whole order straight for you – we check the destination institution’s requirements, arrange the apostille, and the document is translated by a sworn translator from the Ministry of Justice register.

Since we do not have a Košice office yet, you run the whole process online: email the scans and we deliver the finished sworn translation by post across eastern Slovakia or as an electronic sworn translation with a qualified signature.

Ukrainian documents: apostille directly in Ukraine

A Ukrainian document needs an apostille from a Ukrainian authority – a Slovak authority cannot issue it, so you will not arrange it in Košice or anywhere else in Slovakia. With our own offices at both ends of the route, we file for it directly with the Ukrainian ministries through our Kharkiv and Kyiv offices and then provide the sworn Slovak translation.

You never mail originals across the border and you travel nowhere. For documents from other countries we advise whether an apostille, superlegalisation or a simplified treaty-based regime applies.

How we work

1. 1Send a scan and the country of useSend a scan or photo of the document and tell us in which country and institution it will be used.
2. 2We identify the Košice authority and quoteWe tell you whether the document goes to the Regional Court, the District Office or centrally, and prepare an exact quote with a deadline.
3. 3Apostille and sworn translationWe arrange the apostille (in Slovakia or directly in Ukraine) and a sworn translator translates the document including the clause.
4. 4Delivery across the eastWe deliver the finished set by post across eastern Slovakia or electronically – no travelling.

Prices

• Apostille assistance for a Slovak document the authority’s administrative fee is paid separatelyindividual quote
• Apostille on a Ukrainian document arranged directly in Ukraine; state fee separatefrom €22
• Sworn translation of the apostilled document Ministry of Justice-registered translator, apostille clause includedindividual quote

Prices are indicative. The administrative apostille fee is paid separately per the competent authority’s tariff and is not part of the service price. We prepare an exact quote after reviewing your scans.

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