Reviewing the requirements
We review the document type, destination and recipient’s instructions, and explain any preparatory certification or translation needed.
Notarial certification for use abroad
Apostille for Austrian documents
Processing Austrian documents for use abroad: the issuing authority determines the apostille route. We review your document and the recipient’s instructions, identify the responsible certification authority and arrange any preparatory notarial certification. You receive the required steps, expected timing and total cost before the process begins.
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ATTENTION TO DETAIL. PERSONAL FOLLOW-UP.
Online notarisation for eligible documents
Eligible notarial acts and signature certifications can be arranged through a secure video procedure. We confirm the document form, identity checks and signing arrangements required for its intended use, then coordinate the apostille as a separate certification step.
Clear procedures and fees
We explain the scope, steps and total fees, including VAT, before agreeing to begin the process.
Receive your certified document
Receive your certified document in the electronic or paper format appropriate to the procedure and the recipient’s requirements.
When might you need an apostille or certification?
Study and qualifications
When presenting a degree certificate or transcript to a university or professional body abroad.
Work and relocation
When an employer or licensing body requests an authenticated official document.
Marriage and family matters
Birth, marriage and civil status documents, as well as parental or legal guardian consent letters for a child travelling abroad, according to the destination and recipient’s requirements.
Powers of attorney and property
When authorising someone to handle a purchase, sale or other transaction according to the recipient’s requirements.
Banking and identity checks
When a bank requests a certified passport or ID copy and may also request an apostille.
Companies and international business
When presenting registration extracts, company records or representation documents to an overseas recipient.
Requirements depend on the document, destination and recipient.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR DOCUMENT
The right authority for your document
For Austrian documents used abroad, the issuing authority determines the apostille route. We review your document and the recipient’s instructions, identify the responsible certification authority and arrange any preparatory notarial certification. You receive the required steps, expected timing and total cost before the process begins.
Apostilles are issued through different authorities according to the document’s origin. Administrative and civil-status documents follow a different route from court and notarial records. We establish the appropriate route from the outset and coordinate the certification needed for the receiving organisation.
Authority follows the issuer
Federal, court and provincial authorities have different apostille responsibilities.
Secure video for eligible acts
Notarial law provides video procedures for eligible notarial acts and signature certifications.
Separate certification stages
The underlying notarial act and the authority’s apostille are coordinated as distinct formalities.
Certification and apostille serve different purposes.
Apostille
A certificate concerning document origin, signature, capacity and seal.
Certified copy
Certification that a document copy matches its original.
Signature certification
Certification of a signature under the applicable procedure.
Apostille for a passport copy
An apostille added to a certified passport copy.
Passport copy certification
Certification that a passport copy matches its original.
Apostille for a power of attorney
An apostille for a suitably certified power of attorney.
Power of attorney signature certification
Certification of the person’s signature on a power of attorney.
Apostilled · Austria
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Tell us what you need to have certified or which document service you’re looking for. We’ll reply promptly with a clear plan and the total price, including all fees and VAT.
OUR SERVICES
Documents for apostille certification
We arrange apostilles for these documents according to their format and the recipient’s requirements. Tell us what you need so we can explain the appropriate process.
Apostille
Arranging apostilles for documents used outside their issuing country, according to document type and destination.
Civil-status documents
Birth, marriage and other civil-status records, routed according to the Austrian authority that issued them.
Education documents
Qualifications and academic records, with the appropriate issuing signature and preparatory authentication reviewed.
Company documents
Company-register extracts and court-issued records, with the competent court route established.
Powers of attorney
Powers and signature certifications, with secure video arrangements considered for eligible notarial acts.
Certified copies
Notarially certified copies, with the appropriate subsequent apostille authority identified.
Other documents from Austria
Other Austrian administrative and public documents, routed to the responsible federal, court or provincial authority.
DETAILS EXPLAINED FROM THE START
Your request and its requirements. Explained before we begin.
After reviewing your document and its intended use, we explain the required steps, service scope and expected timing. You receive a total quote including fees and VAT. Any additional service is discussed and agreed with you before it is carried out.
- Document requirements and necessary steps explained.
- Translation and delivery scope specified where needed.
- Total cost includes all fees and VAT.
Apostilled · Austria
Contact us. Let’s arrange your document process.
Tell us what you need to have certified or which document service you’re looking for. We’ll reply promptly with a clear plan and the total price, including all fees and VAT.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Your questions, answered.
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Can notarisation be completed by video?
Eligible notarial acts and signature certifications can be arranged through a secure video procedure. We confirm the document form, identity checks and signing arrangements required for its intended use, then coordinate the apostille as a separate certification step.
Who issues the apostille?
Apostilles are issued through different authorities according to the document’s origin. Administrative and civil-status documents follow a different route from court and notarial records. We establish the appropriate route from the outset and coordinate the certification needed for the receiving organisation.
Does the procedure depend on the document type and issuing authority?
Apostilles are issued through different authorities according to the document’s origin. Administrative and civil-status documents follow a different route from court and notarial records. We establish the appropriate route from the outset and coordinate the certification needed for the receiving organisation.
Can a power of attorney be prepared for use abroad?
Powers and signature certifications, with secure video arrangements considered for eligible notarial acts.
Which company documents can be certified?
Company-register extracts and court-issued records, with the competent court route established.
How will I know the total cost?
After reviewing your document and its intended use, we explain the required steps, service scope and expected timing. You receive a total quote including fees and VAT. Any additional service is discussed and agreed with you before it is carried out.
Which personal documents can be certified?
Birth, marriage and other civil-status records, routed according to the authority that issued them.
How are qualifications and education documents handled?
Qualifications and academic records, with the appropriate issuing signature and preparatory authentication reviewed.