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Starting a companyUpdated 30.08.2026

Does my power of attorney need an apostille?

Short answer

It depends on your country — and a whole group of countries skips legalisation entirely.

HagueApostille countries — the EU, UK, US and most others: notarisation plus an apostille, then translation
CISMinsk and Kishinev convention states — Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan among them: a notarised Russian original is enough
OthersConsular legalisation — everywhere else, through an Uzbek embassy
What the law provides

The power of attorney follows the legalisation route of the country where it is signed. Members of the Hague Apostille Convention notarise and apostille; parties to the Minsk and Kishinev conventions — most CIS states — need only a notarised original, in Russian, with no apostille and no consular step; all other countries legalise through an Uzbek consulate. Translation into Russian or Uzbek completes the document where it is not already in one.

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