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Legalizations of academic documents issued by URV: NOTARIAL PROCEDURE

  • ITEM: Procedure for legalizing unofficial academic university documents such as certificates or diplomas awarded for URV courses.

Verification of signature on documents issued by the URV

What

Documents issued by the academic authorities of the URV.

Who

The interested party or the authorized person on presentation of the necessary identification.

How

and

Where

Academic documents emitted by the academic authorities with signatures that have been accredited by a notary and that are valid in signatory countries of The Hague Convention.

This procedure consists of two stages:

  1. Recognition of the academic authorities' signatures by a notary appointed by the university.

  2. Recognition of the signature of the aforementioned notary by the Association of Notaries to which he/she belongs (Association of Notaries of Catalonia), which will add the apostille of The Hague Convention.

Academic documents emitted by the academic authorities with signatures that have been accredited by a Notary and that are valid in not signatory countries of The Hague Convention.

This procedure consists of five stages:

  1. Recognition of the academic authorities' signatures by a notary appointed by the university.

  2. Recognition of the signature of the aforementioned notary by the Association of Notaries to which he/she belongs (Association of Notaries of Catalonia).

  3. Legalization (1st step):
    Ministry of Justice (Legalizations section)
    C/ de la Bolsa, 8, 28071 Madrid
    Tel. 902.007.214
    legalizacion(ELIMINAR)@educacion.es

  4. Legalization (2nd step):
    Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (legalizations section)
    C/ General Pardiñas, 55
    CP: 28006
    Tel. 91.379.16.63
    Reserve prior appointment at https://sede.maec.gob.es/pagina/index/directorio/citaprevia

  5. Recognition of the previous signatures may also be requested at the diplomatic or consular offices in Spain of the country in which the document is to be used.

When

At the student's request.

Important address

Notaria Garrido
Rambla Nova, 88 Tarragona
Tel. 977.242.754

Association of Notaries of Catalonia
Notariat, 4 Barcelona
Tel. 933.174.800
info(ELIMINAR)@catalunya.notariado.org
https://www.colegionotarial.org/ca

 If there are any differences between translations, the Catalan version prevails.