Apostille and Certified Translation Coordination

What this request covers

• Apostille coordination for Brazilian public documents (Hague Convention)
• Coordination with a sworn public translator (tradutor público juramentado) when a certified translation is required
• Apostille of documents your firm already holds, as a standalone request
• Delivery of the apostilled document package to your firm

What we need from your firm

• —The document to be apostilled, or a retrieval request if we are obtaining it first
• —Client initials
• —Whether a certified translation is also required
• —The receiving authority's requirements, if your firm has them in writing

Apostille applies to public documents

The Apostille certifies the origin of a public document — the signature and capacity of the official who issued it. It does not certify the content of the document, and it does not apply to private documents unless they have first been notarized into public form.

On certified translations

We coordinate a sworn public translator; we are not the responsible translator and do not certify the translation ourselves. The translator's certification is what the receiving authority relies on.