Verifications of authenticity - Faculty of Economics and Management CZU Prague

Verification of authenticity

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The verification procedure can be divided into three groups below under international treaties.
Documents submitted must be authenticated according to the relevant international agreements. Keep in mind the nationality of the applicant is not relevant, the authentication is connected to the country issuing the document.
For more information, see here.

1. States with which the Czech Republic has signed a treaty of legal assistance

Original documents are valid in the territory of contracting states without further authentication. The applicant presents copies of such documents that are officially authenticated/verified (prepared by a Czech or foreign notary, at a Czech Diplomatic Mission abroad, or prepared via the Czech Point service). Translation requirements still applies for the applicant.

List of states with which the Czech Republic has signed a treaty of legal assistance:
Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.

2. States that are signatory to a multilateral convention on the simplification of authentication of foreign public documents (CONVENTION ABOLISHING THE REQUIREMENT OF LEGALISATION FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS (Haag, 5. 10. 1961, published under No. 45/1999 Collection of International Agreements), hereinafter referred to as the “Convention de La Haye”).

Authentication via Apostille issued by the authorised body of the state in which the diploma was issued (“Apostille Authority”). See more information here. The competent authorities to be found here:

Note: The Apostille must be firmly attached to the apostilled document.

It is highly recommended to see this webpage for the updated list of states.

Last year, the Islamic Republic of Pakistan acceded to the Hague Convention on the abolition of the requirement to verify foreign public documents in the form of superlegalization. However, the Czech Republic (along with some other states) has reservations about this step and continues to demand super-legalization https://www.hcch.net/. ČZU fully respects this decision, and therefore students submitting Pakistani study documents for nostrification or internal evaluation must have everything verified in the form of super legalization as in the past. Thank you for your understanding.

Documents from the following states must be authenticated in the form of an Apostille:
Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burundi, Cape Verde, Chile, Cook Islands, China - (including Hong Kong and Macau), Denmark, Democratic Republic of Sao Tomé and Príncipe (from 15 July 2008), Dominica, Dominican Republic (authentication with Apostille Clause from 30 August 2009), Ecuador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, territories pertaining to France (i.e. French Polynesia, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Comoro Islands, Martinique, New Caledonia, Reunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Wallis and Futuna), Grenada (since 7 April 2002 – until that date administered under the United Kingdom), Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Israel, Japan, South Africa, Kazakhstan, Colombia, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Kosovo, Costa Rica, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Morocco, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Namibia, Nicaragua, Germany, Niue, Netherlands and its territories (i.e. Netherlands Antilles, Aruba), Norway, New Zealand, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Peru, Portugal, Salvador, Samoa, San Marino, Seychelles, Suriname, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uruguay, the USA and their territories (i.e. American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Great Britain and its territories (i.e. Jersey, the Bailiwick of Guernsey, Isle of Man, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Virgin Islands (British Virgins Islands), British Solomon Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Saint Helena, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands), Vanuatu and Venezuela.

3. Other states – documents on the completion of studies must be superlegalized.

In superlegalization, the authenticity of signatures and stamps on original documents are authenticated:

by the ministry of foreign affairs of the state in which the secondary or higher education institution which issued the document has its registered office, or by the competent foreign body;
and also by the competent Diplomatic Mission of the Czech Republic.
The questions of legalization and superlegalization of documents can be consulted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, Department of Legalization of documents or the relevant Czech embassy.

See example here.