Meadowridge Law LLP offers Apostille Services to authenticate documents for international use. Nora Radac and Rhonda Murray will provide authentication services to your documents. Additionally Nora can also translate documents and certify Romanian documents for the use in the BC Authentication Program.
Apostille Information & Guidance
Why do documents need to be authenticated?
The Apostille Convention came into effect in Canada on January 11, 2024. An authentication certificate called an “apostille” is attached to all documents that have been authenticated in B.C. by the Authentication Program on or after January 11, 2024. See Apostille Convention for details.
If your B.C. public document is eligible for authentication in B.C. and if all or part of it is in a language other than English, the document must:
- First be translated to English,
- Then be notarized as a set (original with translation) by us.
The original source document with its translation must be notarized together as a set. Unnotarized translations will not be accepted for authentication.
Be sure to check with the consulate or embassy of the destination country to determine what documents you need and what other steps you may need to take before and after submission to the B.C. Authentication Program.
If you have any questions or concerns, please email BCAuthentication@gov.bc.ca.
Options For Translation
OPTION 1:
- On file with the BC Authentication Program, and
- Fluent in both languages
- They attest to speaking both languages,
- They attest to translating the document themselves, and
- They certify the accuracy of the translation.
OPTION 2:
- The Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia (STIBC)
- A Member Society of The Canadian Translators, Terminologists and Interpreters Council (CTTIC)
Translations done by Associate Members of these societies will only be accepted if there is no Certified Translator listed for that language in any of the STIBC or CTTIC society directories.