Austria Apostille Service

Certify documents issued in Austria for official use in Europe and abroad.

Certify documents issued in Austria for international use
Apostilles in Austria can be obtained for civil status certificates (birth, death and marriage certificates), Criminal Record Certificates (Strafregisterbescheinigung), Austrian university degrees and school certificates, court documents, and notarized documents, including powers of attorney, and other official Austrian documents.

Documents issued in Austria can be officially certified for international use with an Apostille Stamp from the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (Federal documents including Criminal record extracts from the State Police Directorate), the Governments of the Federal Provinces (civil status certificates, criminal record certificates issued by municipalities) or the Civil Court of First Instances (notarized documents, certain court documents and sworn translations). Documents needed for submission in non-apostille countries require additional legalization by the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs and the embassy of the recipient country in Vienna.

  • Austrian Apostilles from Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs can be obtained in 4 - 5 business days
  • Processing times to obtain Apostilles from the Governments of the Federal Provinces and Civil Court of First Instances vary by region. Additional time should be allowed for pre-certification of certain documents such as school and university records and civil status certificates issued by a municipality, a registry office or registry office association.
  • Isarey provides assistance with Apostille Stamps to certify all types of Austrian documents.
  • We provide sworn translations from German and will take care of all necessary pre-certifications.
  • We work will all major embassies in Vienna to attest Austrian documents legalized by the Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs, including the embassies of the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Vietnam and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Austria.

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Austrian Documents that can be authenticated with Apostille Stamps

  • Apostille Austrian Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

    Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates

    We authenticate Austrian birth certificates (Geburtsurkunde), death certificates (Sterbeurkunde) and Marriage Certificates (Heiratsurkunde) for legal use abroad with Austrian Apostille Stamps from the Governments of the Federal Provinces and at all major embassies in Vienna
    Only international paper certificates are valid for legalization or Apostille stamping - an ink stamp and handwritten signature is required. Digitally signed certificates cannot be certified with an Apostille in Austria.
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  • Criminal record certificates

    Apostille Stamps for Austrian criminal record certificates (Strafregisterbescheinigung) are obtained from the Governments of the Federal Provinces (Criminal record certificates issued by municipalities) or Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (Criminal record extracts from the State Police Directorate).
  • Apostille Austrian university degrees, transcripts and school certificates

    Academic documents

    Apostille Austrian university degrees, transcripts and school certificates. Higher education documents in paper format require pre-certification by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research before an Apostille Stamp or legalization is obtained from the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs (e-apostilles can be applied directly to digitally signed certificates without pre-certification). Provincial school certificates require pre-certification by the Provincial Directorate of Education.
    Austrian university degrees required for submission to the authorities of Qatar or the United Arab Emirates will require final attestation by the embassy in Vienna.

  • Notarized Documents

    Powers of Attorney, Affidavits, certified passport copies, contracts and other private documents certified by a notary in Austria can be authenticated with an Apostille from the Civil Court of First Instance in the district where certifying notary is established.

  • Extracts from the Commercial Registry

    Apostilles are obtained to certify extracts from the Austrian Commercial Registry and other certified company documents.

  • Trade documents

    Apostille Austrian certificates of origin, certificates of free sale, commercial invoices, product health certificates, GMP certificates and other trade documents

  • Certified Translations

    Translations of Austrian documents can be authenticated with an Apostille Stamp from the Court of First Instance. The translation must be sworn by a Court-certified translatorExternal link (opens in new tab) to be valid for an Apostille in Austria.
    Certified translations in Austria

Isarey provides document attestation services in Austria to private, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. To find out about certifying Austrian documents for use in Europe and abroad, use our online quotation form or email us a scan or description of the documents you need to certify. We will get back to you directly with a quotation and details of how to proceed:

6 steps to certify document issued in Austria

  1. Upload the documents you need attested or send them to us by email.
  2. Our experts will pre-check your documents to ensure that they are eligible for Apostille certification or consular legalization in the country where they are issued, and we’ll assist you locally in preparing them if required.
  3. We’ll send you a quotation with the total cost of the process (final price including all fees, certified translation when required and courier costs) and an estimation of how long the process will take to complete.
  4. We’ll arrange a secure courier to collect your original documents (where electronic versions are not sufficient).
  5. As soon as we receive your documents, we will confirm your order and proceed with the attestation process. Where appropriate, we will arrange certified copies for the attestation process so that we can return your originals directly.
  6. We return the attested documents to you by secure international courier.

Legalize Austrian Documents

Austrian documents can be legalized for cross-border use by means of Apostille Certification or Consular Legalization

Apostille Certification

An Apostille Stamp is a simplified procedure of international attestation. When affixed to documents, Apostilles are directly recognised by the authorities of over 120 countries (Signatories of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents Hague Apostille ConventionExternal link (opens in new tab)) as certifying the document’s validity, without requiring additional certification.

Since Austria is a signatory to the convention, Isarey can assist by obtaining Apostille Certification for Austrian documents so that they are valid for official use in other signatory countries, including: NL NetherlandsNetherlands - ES SpainSpain - IT ItalyItaly - PT PortugalPortugal - GR GreeceGreece - CY CyprusCyprus - FR FranceFrance - SA Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia - DE GermanyGermany - CN ChinaChina

See additional notes below

Consular Legalization
Consular Legalization is required when a document from Austria is to be used in a non-signatory country. In this case, following authentication by authorities in Austria, the document must be certified a second time in Austria by the embassy representing the country where the document is to be used.

Countries which do not recognise Apostille certification and require consular legalization include: AE United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates - QA QatarQatar - TH ThailandThailand - TW TaiwanTaiwan - VN VietnamVietnam

European Union

Submission within the European Union
Certain Austrian documents do not require Apostilles when they are presented to authorities of other European Union countries (the receiving authority should accept the original or a certified copy).

When applying for certain public documents, a multilingual standard form may be requested to accompany the original. A multilingual standard form must always be issued and signed by an Austrian authority, providing a translation aid designed to help the receiving authority to understand a public document which is in a language not accepted by the receiving EU country.
See: EU Multilingual standard formsExternal link (opens in new tab)

Austrian documents not requiring Apostilles include birth, death, marriage certificates, absence of a criminal record (a clean criminal record of an Austrian citizen), certificates of nationality and residence:
See: Regulation (EU) 2016/1191External link (opens in new tab)

Other Austrian documents, including academic certificates, still require Apostille certification and certified translation to be valid in other EU countries.

Civil status certificates (multilingual extracts from the civil status registers)
Austrian birth, marriage and death certificates) issued in accordance with the conventions of the International Commission on Civil and Civil Status should not require Apostille Stamps when being submitted to one of the following countries:

Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cape Verde, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.

Multilingual certificates of no impediment to marriage
Austrian certificates of no impediment to marriage are exempt from any formality for submission to the following countries (Munich CIEC Convention):
Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey

Certified Translation

Where Austrian documents are to be used abroad and where the receiving country has a different official language, a sworn or certified may also be required. Isarey takes care of any certified translations required as part of the document attestation process, ensuring that translations are carried out and certified in accordance with local regulations.

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A certified translation on its own only provides assurance that the translation itself is accurate and true; it does not confirm the authenticity of the original document. The original document must be legalized for a certified translation to carry equivalent legal weight.

Austria Document Resources

External resources and news about Austrian documents, apostilles and certification procedures.

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Austria Document Resources
Birth, Death, Marriage Certificates
Birth, death and marriage extracts from the Central Civil Status Register
Birth, death and marriage extracts from the Central Civil Status Register
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Extracts for births, deaths and marriages that are registered in the ZPR - Central Civil Status Register (Zentrales Personenstandsregister) can be ordered online (login with ID Austria replaced the mobile phone signature on 5 December 2023. ID AustriaExternal link (opens in new tab) or eIDAS - electronic identification and trust services EU loginExternal link (opens in new tab) is required). Partial and full extracts are available.

Vienna - Ordering copies of civil status documents online
Vienna - Ordering copies of civil status documents online
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Applicants with primary residence in Vienna may order copies of Austrian birth, death and marriage certificates online from the Vienna Registry Office.

Civil Status certificates in Austria
Civil Status certificates in Austria
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Austrian birth certificates, marriage certificates and death certificates are available from civil registry offices (Standesamt) across Austria. A civil registry office can issue copies of any certificate registered in Austria. Applications for certificates from abroad can be submitted to an Austrian diplomatic representations abroad. Austrian Embassy or ConsulateExternal link (opens in new tab)

Austrian birth, death and marriage certificates are restricted - only the person named in the certificate, immediate family o those with a demonstrated a legal interest may apply for a copy.

Corporate documents
Documents from the commercial register
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Current extracts from the commercial register (with or without historical data) and other company documents are available online (login with ID Austria replaced the mobile phone signature on 5 December 2023. ID AustriaExternal link (opens in new tab) is required).

Criminal Record Certificates
Austrian Criminal Record Certificates
Austrian Criminal Record Certificates
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Austrian Criminal Record Certificates (Strafregisterbescheinigung) can be obtained online (login with ID Austria replaced the mobile phone signature on 5 December 2023. ID AustriaExternal link (opens in new tab) or eIDAS - electronic identification and trust services EU loginExternal link (opens in new tab) is required).

Applications in Austria may submitted to the State police department (Landespolizeidirektion) or police department (Landespolizeikommisariat). In Vienna, you can apply to the Police Department (Polizeikommissariat). In cities without a state police department or in a city or municipality without a police department, apply to the Mayor.

From outside Austria, applications may be submitted to an Austrian diplomatic representations abroad. Austrian Embassy or ConsulateExternal link (opens in new tab)

Except where applications are made online (using ID Austria or EU Login), the applicant must appear in person to the issuing authority, either when they submit their application or when they collect their certificate, in order to verify their identity.

Special criminal record certificates (e.g. for children and youth welfare or for care and support) cannot be obtained online and will only be issued following confirmation from the employer and/or organization requesting them.

Government Admin
Sworn and court-certified translators
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List of sworn and court-certified translators in Austria

Foreign Representations in Austria
Foreign Representations in Austria
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Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Austria

The above links are provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only; Isarey bears no responsibility for the accuracy, content or policies of external websites.

Get a Quotation for your Documents

We price each certification process individually, depending on the type and quantity of documents to be attested, the country of issue, the country of use and intended purpose, urgency, whether certified translations are required as part of the process and courier costs.

To receive a quote, you can upload your documents using our online quotation form or send us your documents by email. After reviewing your documents and requirements, we will get back to you with a quotation:

If you don’t have the documents available, just describe the documents you need to certify, and we will get back to you with an estimation of cost and delivery times.

Using our quotation form, your documents will be uploaded over a secure connection and immediately encrypted on our server. For added protection, you can upload password-protected files (PDFExternal link (opens in new tab), Microsoft Office 365: Save a password protected document to prevent unauthorized people from opening it. Office DocumentsExternal link (opens in new tab), WinRAR Encryption Frequently asked question (FAQ) RAR foldersExternal link (opens in new tab)) and provide us with the passwords separately.

PERSONAL DATA: If your documents contain personal data belonging to people outside your household, please ensure that you are authorised to share this data before uploading your documents. If your documents contain sensitive personal data, such as biometric data, medical data or data on criminal convictions, please ensure that you indicate this when prompted, upon submitting your documents. For further information on our processing of personal data contained in uploaded documents, please see:
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