Apostille Question

[Karhunkoski]

I've been in Finland for 9 months, I now have Finnish citizenship.

When I came and initially registered, I was told that my British birth certificate could not be accepted without an Apostille attached and that I needed to obtain such from the Foreign Office in London. I did this, total cost a little over £30 including recorded postage,etc.

Now someone has recently suggested to me that this apostille is not required for someone born as long ago as me (1972 ). Obviously it's too late for me but this info could prove useful to other newcomers.

Does anyone kow the answer? Is there a cut-off date for a birth certificate requiring an apostille.

(I've checked both Finnish and British related websites but I can't find the answer)


NB Interestingly the reason given for me needing the apostille was that it proved the authenticity of the document statement (ie I was who I said I was) and even more interestingly the actual apostille attachment included the following text:

"An apostille or legalisation certificate only confirms that the signature, seal or stamp on the document is genuine. It does not mean that the contents of the document are correct............."

[buldozr]

I'm moving to Finland with my family and I've been notified that we'll need the birth certificate for our daughter and the marriage certificate, all stamped with Apostille. The birth certificate isn't required of me or my wife.
I believe they need those only in confirmation of family ties, otherwise a passport is enough.

[Hank W.]

The Apostille is basically to confirm, if the "Upper Urpington Boyscouts" is the valid authority to give out the cookie selling licence...

Say like in Finland you get your papers from Väestörekisterikeskus, (population regiter centre) but say in Sweden the office giving papers out is the Skattebyrå (tax office), so how is some public official supposed to know whether the paper is the paper they want and need or something that people can cut out from a cereal box.

[COBHC]

Now someone has recently suggested to me that this apostille is not required for someone born as long ago as me (1972 )

having been born in 1985, would i need the Apostille when registering? where can i find the info on this? and how to get an Apostille if needed

[buldozr]

having been born in 1985, would i need the Apostille when registering?

You're gonna need it for every document you're going to present that is not internationally recognized like say a passport.

where can i find the info on this? and how to get an Apostille if needed

Apostille is usually stamped by the authorities that issued the document or other designated entities. Google has a lot of ads tagged by 'apostille', you might like to check those out. In my home Russia, a translation/notary bureau can usually do apostille on your behalf while making a translation of the document. Speaking of translations, I got mixed answers on acceptable languages: my relocation advisor says English is OK, however a consulate official recommended translation to Finnish as some municipalities are picky in that respect.

[Hank W.]

Britannian viranomaisten antamat rekisteritodistukset tulee legalisoida (nk. Apostille certificate) Foreign and Commonwealth Officessa. Rekisteröintiä Suomen väestötietojärjestelmään ei voida tehdä ilman Apostille todistusta.