He had five days left for the whole procedure. Foreign students often leave it to the last moment. We finished in four.
Slava.
Ukrainian documents for use abroad.
I did not come to this work from law school. I started by helping foreign students in Kyiv with everyday questions, and their questions about recognition and apostilles took me to the Information and Image Centre of the Ministry of Education. There I saw the system from the inside. I have worked with education and official documents since 2013.
Over those years I have completed more than 500 cases for clients from China, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Nigeria, Ghana, Poland, Germany, Moldova and other countries. Some need a diploma accepted for a job or a licence abroad, some for further study, some need an apostille on a birth certificate.
My strongest areas are urgent apostilles and confirming education documents within a day or two. Most of the time goes into preparing the documents correctly, so I first look at yours and tell you what could stop them, before anything is submitted.
Why I work on my own.
You talk to me, not to a manager who passes messages on.
No mark-up to pay for a large office.
You always know which office has your documents.
If I cannot do something, I say so before you pay.
You deal with your own country's requirements; I deal with the offices in Kyiv and keep you posted at each step.
What I do, and what I don't
- · Apostille on diplomas, transcripts and school certificatesMinistry of Education
- · Consular legalisation and embassy attestationfor countries outside the Apostille Convention
- · Police clearance certificate (PCC) with apostille or legalisationMinistry of Internal Affairs
- · Apostille on birth and marriage certificatesMinistry of Justice
- · Duplicates of diplomas and civil status certificates
- · Documents from your Ukrainian universitydiploma supplement, certificates, statements
- · Degree verification supportwhen Dataflow, EPIC or Digiflow checks stall
- · Recognition of foreign diplomas in Ukrainenostrification
- · Apostilles on tax and other official documentsState Tax Service, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- · Notarial services and certified translation
Not my field
- × Recognition of Ukrainian education abroad: that is done by the authority in your country
- × Court cases to establish birth, marriage or death
- × Company registration and business filings
If your request is outside this list, I will suggest a colleague who specialises in it.
From practice
The usual minimum is 2 working days. With everything prepared in advance, it was ready the next day, and he submitted his work visa application on time.
A wrong bachelor's diploma number in Ukraine's education database, problems with the apostille on the master's diploma, and a university that was unhelpful at first. We untangled all of it.
She sent the certificate with a friend travelling to Ukraine. The apostille took two hours, and the next day the same friend brought it back to Germany.
He needed a police clearance certificate, an English translation and notarisation quickly. Everything was ready in time and his visa package went in on schedule.