How to Prepare a Power of Attorney Abroad for Divorce Proceedings in Georgia

How Can a Foreign Citizen Prepare a Power of Attorney Abroad for Divorce Proceedings in Georgia?

If you are a foreign citizen planning to file for divorce in Georgia, you do not necessarily need to travel to Georgia in person. you can authorize a lawyer by issuing a Power of Attorney (POA), allowing them to act on your behalf throughout the legal process.

In this guide, we explain how to prepare a Power of Attorney while abroad, when an apostille is required, when consular legalization is necessary, and which countries are exempt from these requirements.

The content of the Power of Attorney should always be tailored to your specific case. For this reason, it is highly recommended that the draft of document be prepared by your lawyer (we will send electronic draft of POA)

How to Prepare a Power of Attorney While Abroad?

You should visit a licensed notary public in your country of residence.

The process generally includes:

- taking the draft of Power of Attorney to the notary;

- Presenting your passport or other identification document;

- Obtaining an apostille or consular legalization, if required;

- Sending the original document to Georgia.

What Is an Apostille?

An apostille is an international certification that verifies the authenticity of a public document, including notarized documents.

Once apostilled, the document can usually be used in Georgia without any additional legalization.

What Is Consular Legalization?

If the document is issued in a country that is not a member of the Hague Apostille Convention, it will generally require consular legalization.

Legalization is a procedure through which the authenticity of the document is certified by the relevant authorities and ultimately by the Embassy or Consulate of Georgia. If there is no georgian embassy in your country you can do it in nearest neighbor country where georgian embassy located.

When Are Neither an Apostille nor Legalization Required?

There are some countries where you don’t need apostille or legalization to make. These countries include:

- Armenia;

- Azerbaijan;

- Belarus;

- Kazakhstan;

- Kyrgyzstan;

- Moldova;

- Russia;

- Tajikistan;

- Turkmenistan;

- Ukraine;

- Uzbekistan.

In these cases, a notarized Power of Attorney is generally sufficient, although a certified Georgian translation is still be required.

the Power of Attorney Need to Be Translated, and we are doing it in georgia after the hard copy is in our hands.