| A simplified and standardized form
that is used for the purpose of providing a certification of
certain public documents relating to adoption, including
notarized documents, that is used in countries that are in
compliance with the provisions of the Hague Convention. This
simplified form contains standardized numbered fields of
certain common and essential types of information, which
allows the data to be understood by all participating
countries regardless of the official language of the issuing
country. The completed apostille form certifies the
authenticity of the signature on the documents, the capacity
in which the person signing the documents has acted, and
identifies the seal and/or stamp that the document bears.
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