Want To Continue Study Overseas? Know First What Apostille Legalization Is

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YOGYAKARTA Indonesia is one of the countries that has established apotille legalization services in public documents. This service provides convenience for citizens who need document legalization for the needs of activities abroad. So, what is apotille legalization?

What's Apostille Legalization?

Legalization of apotille (readed analytically) is an online legalization service for documents from Indonesia that can be recognized for use abroad, both by Indonesians and foreign nationals (WNA) who are members of the Apostille Convention.

What is meant by the apotille convention is the convention to abolish legalization of foreign public documents. The Apostille Convention was agreed upon by countries at the meeting of The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCC) on October 5, 1961.

Indonesia only officially joined the Apostille Convention on October 5, 2021 after Indonesian President Joko Widodo issued Government Regulation No. 2 of 2021. This regulation makes Indonesia part of 121 countries subject to the Apostille Convention and recognizes the legalization of documents using the Apostille Certificate.

Other countries that also recognize Apostille Certificates include Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Philippines, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Turkey, Britain, and the United States.

What is Apostille?

Quoted by VOI from the official website of the Regional Office of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kanwil Kemenkumham) West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) Apostille Province is the ratification of official signatures, ratification of stamps, and/or official seal in a public document through matching with specimens through one agency, one of which is the Ministry of Law and Human Rights as the Competent Authority or authorized authority.

What is the Apostille Certificate Function?

The Apostille certificate shows the validity of the origin of the document along with the signature of the official who ratified certain documents, including diplomas, birth certificates, divorce certificates, power of attorney, and death certificates.

Before the aantillel service is implemented, Indonesian citizens who want to study abroad must legalize their diplomas to educational institutions where they study. Next, go to the consulate to Jakarta and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Next, residents need to legalize again to representatives of Indonesian foreign ministries in their destination countries. Only then can the diploma be used to register at the desired university.

How much is the Apostille Legalization Cost?

A person who accesses the autile legalization service will be charged Rp. 150,000 which applies as Non-Tax State Revenue (PNBP).

The Apostille Legalization Service has been accessible to the public since June 4, 2022 in line with the provisions of Article 12 of the Apostille Convention, and was officially launched on June 14, 2022 by the Minister of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia, Yasonna Laoly.

Bahkan, saat ini sudah tersedia layanan legalisasi apostille online yang dapat diakses melalui laman Direktorat Jenderal Administrasi Hukum Umum (AHU) online dengan alamat link https://apostille.ahu.go.id/.

Residents simply click and log in by registering documents and lists of destination countries.

The documents that can be submitted include legalization of 66 types of public documents that are standard in applying for visas and registration of marriages (mixed marriages), as well as requirements for education and training abroad such as diplomas and value transics, as well as other public documents.

On its way, the Ministry of Law and Human Rights said that the list of 66 documents would increase.

For people who do not understand what analytical legalization is, they can immediately ask the Regional Office officers of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in their respective provinces.