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Unravelling a Babylonian Mystery: Authentication, Certification or
Legalisation?
Saturday, September 13, 2008, 15.45-17.15
Herman de Leeuw, Informatie Beheer Groep, Netherlands -organizer, chair, speakerDr. Earl Stephen Hunt, US Network of Education
Information, USA - speaker
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One Stamp Can Combine Several Functions
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Stamps often on Basis of Notarized Copy
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Also in Indonesia
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No Responsibility for Contents …
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Seal Stamps: The ABC of Authentication, Certification
and/or LegalisationApostille – simplified legalisationAuthentication – like certification, ambiguous term, meaningeither the act of producing a true photocopy, or the act of legalising a document Certification – ambiguous term, meaning eitherauthentication/attestation and similar, that is, the act of producing a true photocopy and stamping it, or the act of awarding of a certificateLegalisation – in many jurisdictions, basically not more thanmaking a document fit for legal purposes abroad; testifies to correctness of signaturesValidation – explicitly mentions implied value to document by competent authorityVerification – contacting competent authority to find out whether document has been legally awarded to recipient
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Legalisation/Authentication and Apostilles
Authentications and ApostillesOverseas governments sometimes need proof thatAustralian documents, or the signatures of Australian officials on documents, are genuine before they will accept them. We are able to certify that a signature, stamp or seal on a document is genuine by checking itagainst a specimen held on file, and then stamping the document with an Authentication or Apostille.This is a legal process. We will only issue stamps once we are satisfied the signature, stamp or seal on a document is not fraudulent. Instances of attempted fraud in the past mean that we need to be cautious aboutissuing an Authentication or Apostille.Which stamp do I need? An Authentication or anApostille? (http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/authen.html)
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Let’s Start with Legalisations
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Legalisation Chain
Can contain various stamps, from 1 to 5 or more different authoritiesBasically, only the correctness of a signatory is confirmedQuestion is: Which signatory?Look out for notarial certifications
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Legalisation Chain Peru
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Apostille Convention
Article 3The only formality that may be required in order to certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears, is the addition of the certificate described in Article 4, issued by the competent authority of the State from which the document emanates.Article 5The certificate shall be issued at the request of the person who has signed the document or of any bearer.When properly filled in, it will certify the authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which the document bears.The signature, seal and stamp on the certificate are exempt from all certification.http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=41
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Notarial Certifications
In many countries, notarial certification orlegalisation at the basis of Apostille Only correctness of notarial certification assuredCorrectness of underlying original document not assuredCheck whether original diploma has been legalised, or whether photocopy stood at basis
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Apostille Belarus
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Apostille Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Apostille Bulgaria
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Apostille Croatia
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Apostille Georgia
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Apostille Latvia
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Apostille Lithuania
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Apostille Poland
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Apostille: DesignatedAuthority Russian Federation
Служба подтверждения образовательных документов
Служба подтверждения образовательных документов
В соответствии с постановлением ПравительстваРоссийской Федерации от 21 июля 1998г. № 810, Министерство образования Российской Федерацииуполномочено проставлять апостиль на официальныхдокументах об образовании, выдаваемых в РоссийскойФедерации. В настоящее время в Министерствеобразования Российской Федерации функционируетспециальная Служба подтверждения образовательныхдокументов(http://www.ed.gov.ru/int-coop/tema/adapt/374/)
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Sample Apostille Certificate, Russian Federation
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Feedback on RF Apostille Service
According to the Deputy Director of InterEducation, an office of the RussianMinistry of Education, every second applicantapplying for a verification request of theirqualification (60,000 requests per year) presents a false diploma
Source: George M. Brown, Academic QualificationAcceptability and Authenticity, PhD thesis, University of Adelaide, 2007, p. 19
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Apostille Serbia
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Apostille Slovakia
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Apostille Ukraine
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Apostille USA - Wisconsin
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Certification
Here: producing a true photocopy of a document and stamping it
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Notarial Certification
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Validation: Brazil
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Validation: Mexico
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Validation IB-Groep, The Netherlands
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Forgeries: Iraq. Sample Authentic Seal Stamp
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Forged Iraqi Legalisation
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Current Iraqi Legalisation 1
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Current Iraqi Legalisation 2
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Current Afghan Legalisation Stamp incl. Blind Embossing
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Need for Verifications
“Recently, the Minister for Education [of the RF, addition Herman de Leeuw] relaxed strictrules regarding the issue of blank pre-printeddiplomas to Russian universities, due to complaints from a group of rectors. Since then, the universities have ordered 200,000 more blank diplomas than they have graduatingstudents (pers comm. Allison Hawley, EducationUSA). One can only assume that a significant number of those will be sold on the black market.”
Source: George M. Brown, Academic Qualification Acceptability and Authenticity, PhD thesis, University of Adelaide, 2007, p. 19
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Verification Request
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Verification Result: RF
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Apostille Certificate Colombia: Check at website
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Verification of ApostilleCertificate from Colombia
VERIFICACION DE APOSTILLASAPOSTILLE VERIFICATION Por favor ingrese el numero de la APOSTILLA, la fecha de expedición y pulse "Buscar" Please type the Apostille number, the date of issuance and press "Buscar" Número de Apostilla / Apostille Number Fecha de la Apostilla / Date of issuance (mm/dd/aaaa) / / at www.minrelext.gov.co/apostilla
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Verification Result
VERIFICACION DE APOSTILLASAPOSTILLE VERIFICATION Resultados de la búsqueda / Results of the searchNúmero de Apostilla / Number of Apostille2939779Número de Etiqueta / Number of EtiquetteAR777761Tipo de Documento / Type of DocumentACTO NOTARIAL 1Documento / Documentcertificado de calificaciones A nombre De / Name of the Holder of DocumentVERMAAS ERIC Fecha del Documento / Date of DocumentTuesday, 9 de 10 de 2007Lleva Sello o Estampilla De / Bears the Seal Stamp ofMINISTERIO DE EDUCACION NAL.Número de Hojas / Number of pages3Firmado Por / Has been signed byYOLANDA CRUZ ALEAEn Calidad de / Acting in the Capacity ofPROFESIONALUNIVERSITARIOFecha de la Apostilla / Date of ApostilleTuesday, 9 de 10 de 2007
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Things can (and will) go wrong, though
“Let’s say you sit down in your kitchen and start a fake school, Godzilla University.You sell me a medical degree for a 1000 dollars. You take the diploma (and the phoney transcript you justtyped up) to your local Notary Public, who, for $10, will notarize your signature (that is, com-pare it with the one on your driver’s license and say, yes, it’s the same). Then you take (orsend) the phoney diploma and notarized cer-tificate to your state capital, where they willconfirm that it is indeed a certificate signed by a licensed notary, relating to the diploma. And finally, you submit your packet – the fake diploma and transcript, the notarization, and the state confirmation to the federal govern-ment and they will issue the Apostille orauthentication.” (John Bear, cited in Brown, p. 259)
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Don’t Overlook Stamps Anymore ..
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Authentic Stamp?
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Authentic Stamp?
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Thank you for your Attention!
Herman de LeeuwAdvisor on authenticity issues and falsificationsDirectie Onderwijsservice/Diploma-erkenning & LegalisatieInformatie Beheer GroepPostbus 301579702 LJ GRONINGENThe Netherlands