SKILL 07 · Documents and identity
Plan apostille, legalisation and translation
Prepare a document-specific authentication and translation plan based on the issuing country and the receiving institution's actual requirements.
What you need
- Document type, issuer and issuing country
- Country and institution where the document will be used, and the intended procedure
- Complete existing document, including stamps or an apostille, with a redacted copy where appropriate
- Document language and any existing translation, with translator or certification details
- The receiving institution's written instructions or known rejection reason
What you can prepare
- Evidence inventory separating original document, authentication and translation
- Authentication-and-language route checklist labelled DRAFT NOT SUBMITTED
- Editable enquiry to the receiving institution about accepted documents or translators
FICTIONAL PRACTICE CASE
Try it before using real records.
Fictional case: Elena holds a Russian-language birth certificate with an apostille and wants to use it in a Chilean procedure. The skill records the apostille as authentication evidence, checks the receiving institution's language rules separately and does not call the certificate translated.
Check the result
- Issuer, destination and receiving procedure are identified before recommending a route
- Authentication and translation are recorded as separate requirements
- A translation is not described as official or certified without evidence of that status and acceptance requirements
- Source documents remain unaltered and the current official consultation date is recorded
Keep preparation and filing separate.
Documents produced are DRAFT — NOT SUBMITTED until reviewed and actually filed. The skill does not access accounts, submit applications, pay fees or represent you. Current official requirements and the actual notice must be checked for your case. English materials are not certified translations.
Official sources for this task
Check their current version and applicability to your circumstances. Source review: 2 October 2026.
- ChileAtiende: Apostille for Chile and abroad
Official apostille explanation and routing; verify the issuing country and destination before choosing authentication.
- ChileAtiende and MINREL: Legalising foreign documents for Chile
Foreign-document legalisation route for use in Chile; does not translate the document or endorse its contents.
- ChileAtiende and MINREL: Document translation
Translation-service requirements and the receiving institution's role in deciding what translation is required.
- MINREL: Document analysis and validation department
Official institutional routing for authentication and translation questions; not a guarantee that a document is acceptable.