Community question
How to obtain a criminal record certificate with an apostille in Italy?
Theme: Documents and translations · from messages of 2023-2025
In short
A criminal record certificate with an apostille can be obtained in Russia in 10 days, apostille in 5 days.
What the chats answered
Russian citizens can obtain a criminal record certificate in 10 working days for 8500 rubles. The apostille for this certificate is issued in 5 working days and costs 5200 rubles.
If a notarized translation is needed, it can be done in Russia and sent by courier. To have the translation certified by an Italian translator, it's easier to do it in Italy after receiving the certificate with the apostille.
A criminal record certificate does not have an expiration date if it is apostilled in the country of origin. However, the certificate itself is valid for only 6 months.
Some participants report that a criminal record certificate with an apostille is required for residency application, while others claim it is not needed. This depends on the requirements of the specific authority.
Built from 9 similar questions and 12 answers across 2 chats; retold and anonymised, disagreements kept as a spread of opinions.
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The current procedure and amounts are on agenziaentrate.gov.it; the answers above are community experience from different years. Short curated answers on the theme - FAQ: Documents and translations.
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