Government approves the Administrative Regulation of Apostille

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- The Government with its resolution approved the administrative regulation on apostille on official documents by the bodies and institutions of justice, as well as by the civil registration authorities.

In accordance with it, in order to receive the state service, the person submitting the application personally contacts the State Services Center, an electronic questionnaire is filled in by the center employee.

The following is attached to the questionnaire:

• a document confirming the identity of the person submitting the application;
• an official document used on the territory of a foreign state - a member of the Convention, abolishing the requirement to legalize foreign official documents (The Hague, October 5, 1961).

For the provision of public services, a fee of 20 percent (now – 40,546 soums) of the minimum wage is charged.

After their filling in, the questionnaires are sent electronically within 10 minutes to the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Karakalpakstan, the Department of Justice of the regions and the city of Tashkent.

After receipt of the questionnaire, the authority in 5 days makes a decision on putting down the apostille.

The authority sends the documents within 1 hour to the Public Services Center and the center informs the person who submitted the application.