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Single electronic register of Apostilles in
the Republic of Tajikistan
Sitora Sultanova, Private Sector
Development Specialist
World Bank Group
November 1, 2016
Innovating through Knowledge
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Presentation Outline
Features and architecture of the Apostille Registry B
Some statistics C
BackgroundA
Background information A
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October 31, 2015 the Hague Apostille Convention
came into force in Tajikistan
Apostille Registry is functioning from January 1,
2016 and available online www.apostille.tj
Features and architecture
of the Apostille Registry
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B
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Features of Apostille Registry in Tajikistan
Title of Presentation 6
• Acceptance and processing of applications
• Electronic archiving of documents
• System generated reports
• System generated notifications and letters
• Electronic Register of Apostilles
• Cancellation of apostilles
• Register unites all operators including all
diplomatic representative offices of Tajikistan
outside of the country in a single network
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Modules of the system
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Admin
• Administration of users
• Access control
• Management of the manual
Operator
• Recipient and processing of the application
• Issuance of apostilles
• Monitoring and reporting
Citizens
• Public module for on-line applications
• Pre-registration is required in the system
Public • Public module for
authentication
issued apostilles
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Two competent authorities in the Republic of
Tajikistan
Ministry of Justice of Tajikistan Ministry of Foreign Affaires
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The business process of the Apostille service
Title of Presentation 9
Operator
Payment of the duty
Head of the Apostille Department
Applicant Operator
Applicant
Responsible person for signing Apostilles
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Internal module of the Competent authorities
Title of Presentation 10
New application
Under consideration Approved
Application closed
Rejected
Under approval
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Internal module of the Competent authorities
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Some statistics
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C
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Apostilles issued by different competent
authorities
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649
877
1526
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
1800
Ministry of foreign affaires Ministry of justice Total
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Number of Apostilles issued during 10 months of
2016
112
93
60
143
115
143
228
247
162
223
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Number of applications processed outside
Tajikistan
50
9
1
5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Turkey France Switzerland Belgium
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Popular destinations of Tajik
Apostille
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0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
Name
Czech Republic
Poland
Turkey
Kazakhstan
USA
Russia
South Korea
Latvia
France
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
Switzerland
Slovakia
Lithuania
Denmark
Finland
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Next steps
Title of Presentation 20
• Launch of the online application
• Apostille One stop shop
• Consider the potential for E-Apostille in
Tajikistan
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Sitora Sultanova
Private Sector Development
Spesialist
World Bank Group
Trade&Competetiveness Global
Practice
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