
All accompanying documents submitted as part of applications must be properly certified or officially verified. If it’s copies of documents, those copies must also be certified in the same way.
Document languages and translations:

Apostille certifications of public documents:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and
Herzegovina - Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China, People’s
Republic of (Including
Hong Kong & Macao Special
Administrative Regions) - Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuadorí
- El Salvadorí
- Estonia
- Fijií
- Finlandí
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greeceí
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- Indiaí
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- North Macedonia, Republic of
Norway - Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadinem
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and
Principe - Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom of
Great Britain and
Northern Ireland - Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela

Diplomatic certification of public documents:
If Cyprus has an embassy or consulate in that country:
- The document is first certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country that issued it.
- Then, the Cypriot embassy or consulate in that country certifies the signature from that ministry.
- Finally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus certifies the signature from the Cypriot embassy or
consulate.
If Cyprus does not have an embassy or consulate in that country:
- The document is certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country.
- Then, a diplomatic office of that country located in another (third) country certifies the signature.
- Next, the Cypriot embassy or consulate in that third country certifies the signature from the foreign
diplomatic office. - Finally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cyprus certifies the signature from the Cypriot embassy or
consulate.

Certification of non-public documents:
If the accompanying documents are non public documents (like private or personal documents) from another country, they must be certified by an official authority in that country (such as a certifying officer).

Documents exempted from the obligation of any certification/ authentication:
Documents from Russia or Serbia do not need any extra certification or authentication, as long as they are properly signed and have the official seal of the government authority that issued them. This is because of bilateral state agreements made between these countries and Cyprus.
Regulation (EU) 2016/1191 exempting certain public documents from authentication and notarization (Apostille):
These include:

Court documents

Government issued administrative documents

Notarial acts (official legal certifications)

Official certificates added to private documents

Diplomatic and/or consular documents.

Birth
Death
A person being alive
Name
Marriage, including capacity to marry and marital status
Divorce, legal separation or marriage annulment
Registered partnership, including capacity to enter into a registered partnership and registered partnership status
Dissolution of a registered partnership, legal separation or annulment of a registered partnership
Parenthood
Adoption
Domicile and/or residence
Nationality
Absence of a criminal record
The right to vote and stand as a candidate in municipal elections and elections to the European Parliament.
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Certified Copies:
If the receiving country questions whether a public document or certified copy is real, it will:
- Check the sample documents in the Internal Market Information (IMI) system
- If still unsure, they will submit an information request to the issuing authority through IMI.
- A separate section will be created in the IMI system where anonymized fake public documents, once
identified, will be shared with other EU countries for awareness.