Official Expert Answer
Don’t apostille blindly — it is country- and document-specific, and over-doing it wastes time and money. General guidance:
• Apostille / legalization usually applies to official public documents like your medical degree, transcript, and sometimes Good Standing and birth/marriage certificates — but only if your country is part of the Hague Apostille Convention. If not, you may need embassy legalization instead.
• Some authorities want the apostille on the original, then a sworn translation of both the document and the apostille.
• Private documents (like a CV) normally do not get an apostille.
The only authoritative source is your Approbationsbehörde’s checklist. Email them one short question: “For which documents do you require an apostille or legalization?” Get it in writing before you spend anything.
• Apostille / legalization usually applies to official public documents like your medical degree, transcript, and sometimes Good Standing and birth/marriage certificates — but only if your country is part of the Hague Apostille Convention. If not, you may need embassy legalization instead.
• Some authorities want the apostille on the original, then a sworn translation of both the document and the apostille.
• Private documents (like a CV) normally do not get an apostille.
The only authoritative source is your Approbationsbehörde’s checklist. Email them one short question: “For which documents do you require an apostille or legalization?” Get it in writing before you spend anything.