The total cost of a certification chain is never one item: the issuing office, the apostille authority, the notary, the translation office, sometimes the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a mission, sometimes a courier, each charge separately. This checker lists which items appear for the chosen document and country; it prints no amount for any of them. It was written for the person drawing up a budget and for the office answering a client’s question “what will I be paying for”.
Items derived from the route
Document type, country and direction are chosen; the checker first builds the same step list as the route finder, then pairs each step with a fee item. Obtaining the document is on every list. A paper apostille at a governorship or district governorship carries no charge; the item is listed as such. On an apostille at a judicial commission the checker suggests asking the commission. Where an e-Apostil step exists, the PTT service fee per document is an item, and its amount is on the official FAQ. The translation item is the office’s quote. Notary certification of the translation is a separate item; this site’s review did not read the basis of the notary’s fee, so the amount is asked of the notary. In a non-party country the legalisation fee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the mission’s fee are added. On a document coming to Türkiye, the foreign authority’s apostille fee is on that authority’s HCCH page. Courier, appointments and travel close every list.
This is not a calculator
The reason no amount is printed is plain: official fees are set by each authority and change within the year; the translation fee comes out of a quote by document, page count, language and country. The checker gives no total and makes no comparison. On a document going to a non-party country it lists no separate item for the ordinary certification at a governorship or district governorship, as this site could not verify whether that step carries a fee. On a document coming to Türkiye it produces no item for Ministry or governorship certification either. On judicial commissions the HCCH page for Türkiye says “no charge” in general terms; the commission’s practice was not verified separately, so the checker stays cautious.
Source of the item information
That governorships and district governorships charge nothing for an apostille is stated on the HCCH page for Türkiye and on the Onikişubat district governorship page; the service standard of the Ankara governorship adds that a document is certified in about ten minutes. That the e-Apostil service fee is charged per document regardless of page count is on the official FAQ. That the Ministry of Foreign Affairs legalisation fee is charged per document is announced on its appointment system; the steps around it come from the legalisation leaflet.
How the translation item becomes a number
Translation is the one item on the list whose price this site can know: once the document type, page count, target language and country are given, the quote shows translation and notary certification as separate lines. The other items belong to the authorities. Your choices are processed on this page, inside your browser; no record is written to this site.