The Interior Ministry reminds the Municipalities. No additional legalized in the embassy.

Rome - May 10, 2010 - The Moldovan documents with the 'apostille are fine as they are, do not need legalization by the Italian Embassy.

I remember the interior ministry, came after reports from our embassy in Chisinau. It appears that some local authorities do not accept the official documents legalized by the Moldovans' apostille, forcing the citizens of Moldova to deal with queues and unnecessary costs.

L 'apostille is a special stamp that the authorities of the member countries to bring the Hague Convention on the documents because they are recognized by other member countries, without the need to legalize through the embassies. Moldova and Italy both have signed the Convention.

"Therefore, the Moldovan official documents authenticated by the procedure dell'apostille, which is affixed by the offices of the Ministry of Justice, the competent authorities in Moldova, are to be received by the officers of civil status without requiring any further formalization of the same," explains Interior Ministry in a circular issued on Tuesday. If the municipalities have doubts, they can verify the correctness of the stamps on this site: http://apostila.gov.md/en/start.

The same goes for the permit to be submitted to the City of Moldovans who marry in Italy. This is issued with the 'apostille from their Ministry of Justice: Italian municipalities have to accept it and proceed with the marriage banns.

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