#Legalisation of Documents

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Notarization Vs Certification: Understanding The Difference In Singapore

When a government agency or another group requests a copy of a document, a notarized or certified copy is frequently requested. As you may be aware, there are various types of translation papers. The legalisation of documents in Singapore ensures the proper execution of the document and prevents fraud.

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[nicolos]

if the absolute height of queer activism or homophobia you can imagine is a tv show with all-pastel-wearing-pirates/said show's cancellation, i just have nothing to say to you

[apostilleser]

Importance Of Legalising Documents For Marriage Overseas

When planning to get married in a foreign country, one essential aspect often overlooked is the legalisation of documents. Legalising documents for marriage overseas ensures that your marriage is recognised both in the country where it takes place and your home country. The crucial thing is to know about the procedure of legalising document for marriage overseas. If you are looking for such procedures get done properly, the best way is to reach a recognised platform.

What is Legalising a Document for Marriage Overseas?

Legalising a document involves verifying its authenticity so that it is accepted in another country. This process ensures that documents such as birth certificates, divorce decrees, and certificates of no impediment (CNI) are genuine and meet international standards. Legalisation typically includes notarisation, authentication, and in some cases, an apostille stamp or consular certification.

Why is Legalising Documents for Marriage Overseas Important?

Many countries require legalised documents to confirm that you meet their marriage requirements. Without proper legalisation, your documents might be rejected, delaying or invalidating your marriage.

Different countries have specific rules for marriage involving foreign nationals. Legalisation ensures that your documents comply with these laws, demonstrating that your marital status is clear and there are no legal impediments to your union.

A marriage conducted overseas might not automatically be recognised in your home country. Legalised documents simplify the process of registering your marriage upon your return, ensuring that it is legally binding.

Legalisation acts as a safeguard against forged or counterfeit documents. By verifying authenticity, it protects the integrity of the marriage process in both countries.

Who Needs Legalised Documents for Marriage Overseas?

Legalising documents is necessary for couples of different nationalities, individuals earlier married, and citizens of countries that need apostille.

If you and your partner are from different countries, the host country may require legalised documents to confirm your eligibility for marriage.

Those who have been divorced or widowed need to provide legalised evidence of the termination of their previous marriage.

For citizens of countries under the Hague Convention, an apostille stamp is typically sufficient for document legalisation.

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[awek-s]

oh btw I found out that even tho my native government is allowing name changes on my native documents they want me to register my name change with the courts which cis people don’t have to do lmao so it’s basically like a ‘give up your right to privacy and we’ll allow it 😁’ loophole

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As Kuwait is not a member of the Hague Convention, an embassy legalisation is required for your documents after obtaining the apostille stamp from the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).

Our specialists will take care of the submission and collection of your documents, allowing you to focus on preparing for your move.

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[reasonsforhope]

"In short: Thailand's Senate has approved a bill legalising same sex marriage in the South-East Asian country.

It will afford same-sex couples practical benefits such as being able to have children through IVF and make emergency medical decisions for their spouse.

What's next? The first weddings may take place later this year, 120 days after the law is announced in the Royal Gazette.

Thailand has become the first nation in South-East Asia to legalise same sex marriage, with the country's Senate approving the landmark bill this afternoon.

The legislation was expected to pass after it cleared the country's House of Representatives in a near-unanimous vote in March.

Despite Thailand's bustling gay bars and prominent transgender community making it a mecca for LGBTQ+ tourists, until now local same-sex couples there have been unable to marry.

The law will take effect 120 days after its announcement in the Royal Gazette, so the first same sex weddings may take place later this year.

Couples who have been waiting years have hailed the move as a historic moment that will afford them rights only reserved for spouses.

A Lifechanging Law

Photos of Anticha and Worawan [including the article picture], dressed in floor-length white gowns and trailed by rainbow flags, getting married at Bangkok's first Pride Festival two years ago went viral, but they are still not legally married.

Now they will be able to change that, and Anticha Sangchai is elated.

"This will change my life and change many Thai people's lives, especially in the LGBT community," she said.

"It is a historical moment and I really want to join with my community to celebrate this moment.

"I want to send a message to the world that Thailand has changed. Even though there are still many issues, this is a big step for us." ...

There were an estimated 3.7 million LGBT people in Thailand in 2022, according to LGBT Capital, a private company which models economic data pertaining to the community around the world.

For the young couple from Bangkok, being able to marry also has very real practical implications.

If they want to have children through IVF, Ms Sangchai says they will need a marriage certificate first.

"I am quite concerned about the time because we are getting older every day, and the older you get the more difficult it is to have a healthy pregnancy," she said.

"So we've been really wanting this law to pass as soon as possible."

Cabaret performer Jena is excited Thailand's laws are finally catching up with the nation's image...

She too had worried about the practical implications of being unable to marry.

"For example, if myself or my partner had to go to hospital or there was an accident that needs consent for an emergency operation, without a marriage certificate we couldn't sign it," she said.

She now wants the government to move forward with a law to allow transgender people to amend their gender on official documents." ...

An Economic Boost?

Thailand has long been famous for LGBTQ tourism and there are now hopes this new law could allow the country to cash in on the aging members of the community.

Chaiwat Songsiriphan, who runs a health clinic for people in the LGBTQ community, said laws preventing same sex marriage were the last barrier holding the country back from becoming a gay retirement hub.

[Note: They do not just mean for rich westerners; Thailand as a gay retirement hub would probably appeal most to and definitely benefit LGBTQ people from throughout Asia.]

"Thailand has an LGBTQ-friendly environment since Thai culture is quite flexible," he said.

"One of my foreigner friends, a gay friend, told me that when he's in his country he has to pretend to be straight … but when he comes to Bangkok he said you can be as gay as you want.

"When we talk about retirement or a long-term stay for the rest of their lives, what people need is … food, good healthcare services, transportation, homes.

"I think Thailand has it all at a very affordable price."

He said it could help give the country a desperately needed economic boost.

"This will have a lot of benefits for Thailand's economy because when we talk about retirement it's people literally bringing all the money they have earned for the rest of their working lives to spend and invest here," he said.

He said he, like the rest of the community, was thrilled by the news.

"It's not about a privilege, it's just equality," he said.

"We are we also humans, so we should be able to marry the one we love.""

-via ABC Australia, June 18, 2024

[insincere-engineer]

cannot believe our shitshow of a government is actually pushing to legalise changing the sex marker on birth certificates. The birth certificate is a legal document that captures information that was true at the time of birth.

Should the weight listed on it be changed because you're no longer seven pounds? Should it be updated every time one of your parents has a career change? If you take your spouse's surname after marriage? If you move house?

Of course not. Even if biological sex was changeable, this sort of revisionism would be stupid. The whole thing is nothing but legalised fraud.

[yesornopolls]

Did you know that the Greek government and the majority of Greek people are homophobic?

Because I do check statements sometimes:

Per wiki

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Greece are regarded as the most advanced in Southeast Europe and among all the neighboring countries. Public opinion on homosexuality in Greece is generally regarded as culturally liberal,[5] with civil partnerships being legally recognised since 2015 and same-sex marriage since 16 February 2024.[6][7]

Both male and female types of same-sex sexual activity have been legal in Greece since 1951, and anti-discrimination laws in employment were enacted in 2005. Since then, anti-discrimination laws have been extended to other spheres, including gender identity. Hate speech and hate crime legislation is one of the most rigid and comprehensive in Europe.[8] In 2015, civil unions (Greek: σύμφωνο συμβίωσης; cohabitation agreements)[9] were legalised for same-sex couples, making households headed by same-sex couples eligible for many of the legal protections and rights available to married opposite-sex couples.[10] In 2017, transgender people were granted the right to have their gender identity recognized and to change their legal sex without having to undergo surgical alteration of their genitals in order to have key identity documents changed.[1] In February 2018, a county court in Greece granted a non-binary person the right to a gender-neutral name.[11] In May 2018, the Greek Parliament passed a law granting same-sex couples the right to foster care children.[12] In February 2024, the Parliament made marriage and full adoption rights available to same-sex couples.[6]

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[southeastasianists]

When Thailand's long-awaited equal marriage law came into effect on Thursday, police officer Pisit "Kew" Sirihirunchai hoped to be among the first in line to marry his long-term partner Chanatip "Jane" Sirihirunchai.

And he was - they were the sixth couple to register their union at one of Bangkok's grandest shopping malls, in an event city officials helped organise to celebrate this legal milestone.

Hundreds of couples across Thailand received marriage certificates on Thursday, breaking into smiles or tearing up over the moment they had dreamed of for so long.

It was a pageant of colours and costumes as district officials hosted parties with photo booths and free cup cakes - one Bangkok district was giving air tickets to the first couple who registered their marriage there.

"The rainbow flag is flying high over Thailand," Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra wrote on Facebook from Davos where she is attending the World Economic Forum.

Activists said they were hoping to cross the 1,448-mark for registrations by the end of Thursday - 1448 is the clause in the Thai Civil Code covering the definition of marriage.

"We have been ready for such a long time," Pisit said. "We have just been waiting for the law to catch up and support us."

The two men have been together for seven years. Eager to formalise their relationship, they had previously been to a Buddhist monk to give them an auspicious new last name they can share – Sirihirunchai. They had also asked local officials to issue a letter of intent, which they both signed, pledging to get married.

But they said having their partnership recognised under Thai law is what they had been waiting for: "This is perfect for us. The law that protects our rights."

Until now, official documents listed Pisit and Chanatip as brothers. That way they could be a family in the eyes of the law. A marriage certificate meansLGBTQ+ couples now have the same rights as any other couple to get engaged and married, to manage their assets, to inherit and to adopt children.

They can also make decisions about medical treatment if their partner becomes ill and incapacitated, or extend financial benefits – such as Pisit's government pension – to their spouse.

"We want to build a future together – build a house, start a small business together, maybe a café," he adds, making a list of all that the law has enabled. "We want to build our future together and to take care of each other."

The law, which passed in both houses of parliament in June last year before being endorsed by the Thai king in September, is a big step for LGBTQ+ rights.

Thailand remains an outlier in Asia in recognising marriage equality - only Nepal and Taiwan have legalised same-sex unions.

It's one reason why Aki Uryu, who is Japanese, moved to Bangkok to be with her partner. She said life is difficult for the LGBTQ+ community back home: "In Thailand, I can hold hands with my partner, walk together. No one says anything. It's just different. It feels right."

After the two women married on Thursday, Aki said: "It is like I have started my new life."

Watching them celebrate, along with so many other couples in a Bangkok mall, was Mr Zhang, a gay Chinese man who did not want to reveal his first name.

"We're excited, we're also very jealous," he said. "Thailand is so close to China, but in another sense it's so far away."

And yet, even in Thailand, with its famed tolerance towards LGBTQ+ people, activists say it took a sustained campaign to win legal recognition.

A long wait

"We've been waiting for this day for 18 years - the day everyone can recognise us openly, when we no longer need to be evasive or hide," 59-year-old Rungtiwa Thangkanopast, who will marry her partner of 18 years in May, told the BBC earlier this week.

She had been in a marriage, arranged by her family, to a gay man, who later died. She had a daughter, through IVF, but after her husband's death began spending time, and later helping run, one of the first lesbian pubs in Bangkok. Then she met Phanlavee, who's now 45 and goes by her first name only.

On Valentine's Day 2013 the two women went to the Bang Rak district office in central Bangkok to ask to be officially married - a popular place for marriage registration because the name in Thai means "Love Town".

This was the time when LGBTQ+ couples began challenging the official view of marriage as an exclusively heterosexual partnership by attempting to get marriage certificates at district offices.

There were around 400 heterosexual couples waiting with them on that day. Rungtiwa and Phanlavee were refused, and the Thai media mocked their effort, using derogatory slang for lesbians.

Still, activists managed to persuade the government to consider changing the marriage laws. A proposed civil partnership bill was put before parliament, offering some official recognition to same-sex couples, but not the same legal rights as heterosexual couples.

A military coup in 2014 which deposed the elected government interrupted the movement. It would be another decade before full marriage equality was approved by parliament, in part because of the rise of young, progressive political parties that championed the cause.

Their message resonated with Thais – and attitudes too had changed. By this time, same-sex marriage was legalised in many Western countries and same-sex love had become normalised in Thai culture too.

Such was the shift in favour of the law that it was passed last year by a thumping majority of 400 votes to just 10 against. Even in the notoriously conservative senate only four opposed the law.

And couples like Rungtiwa and Phanleeva now have their chance to have their love for each other recognised, without the risk of public derision.

"With this law comes the legitimacy of our family," Rungtiwa says, "We're no longer viewed as weirdos just because our daughter isn't being raised by heterosexual parents."

The new law takes out gender-specific terms like man, woman, husband and wife from 70 sections of the Thai Civil Code covering marriage, and replaces them with neutral terms like individual and spouse.

However, there are still dozens of laws in the Thai legal code which have not yet been made gender-neutral, and there are still obstacles in the way of same-sex couples using surrogacy to have a family.

Parents are still defined under Thai law as a mother and a father. The law also does not yet allow people to use their preferred gender on official documents; they are still stuck with their birth gender. These are areas where activists say they will still need to keep pushing for change.

And it is especially significant for older couples, who have had to ride out the shifts in attitude.

"I really hope people will put away the old, stereotypical ideas that gay men cannot have true love," said Chakkrit "Ink" Vadhanavira.

He and his partner Prinn, both in their 40s, have been together for 24 years.

"The two of us have proved that we genuinely love each other through thick and thin for more than 20 years," Chakkrit said. "We have been ready to take care of each other since our first day together. We are no different from heterosexual couples."

While Chakkrit's parents quickly accepted their partnership, it took Prinn's parents seven years before they could do so.

The couple also wanted to share the production business they ran together, and other assets, as a couple, so they asked Prinn's parents to adopt Chakkrit officially, giving him the same family name. Prinn says the new law has brought welcome legal clarity to them.

"For example, right now when a same sex couple buy something together – a large item - they cannot share ownership of it," said Prinn. "And one of us passes away, what both of us have earned together cannot be passed on to the other. That's why marriage equality is very significant."

Today, said Prinn, both sets of parents treat them as they would just like any other married children.

And when they had relationship problems like any other couple, their parents helped them.

"My dad even started reading gay magazines to understand me better. It was quite cute to see that."

Additional reporting by Lulu Luo, Paweena Ninbut and Ryn Jirenuwat in Bangkok

[transmutationisms]

like there is a (usually subconscious) perception among medical professionals that any degree of patient self advocacy is a threat to their expert status & simultaneously in psychiatry specifically it's ultra important that everyone toe the line because these aren't diagnoses that you can like physically document even.

hgkgj3m i was diagnosed by a psychiatrist with "cluster b" in the psych emergency for patient self advocacy and not backing down on seeing a pain specialist after years of jumping through hoops to no avail... also said the opioid epidemic was a result of gross medical neglect in overprescribing and was now resulting in gross medical neglect the other way w underprescribing

diagnosed with Extra Not A Disorder, i think they literally couldnt decide which "this person is manipulative and sinister" disorder to give me, for undermining their expert status and that of doctors everywhere by not accepting being patronised and pathologised (tried to blame it on hrt, Maybe i would Change My Mind™) and suggesting doctors could be responsible for causing harm ^_^

this patient thinks she knows so much and is better than Me she must be a narcissist... but shes manipulating me she must be evil hysterical woman... but she's icky trans so maybe she's a sociopath (male coded)... but she's making such a big deal out of this maybe she's histrionic... eh it's not like these disorders have quantifiable symptoms lets just say it's the whole category

alright so i generally think this isn't an issue of overprescribing per se (i think drugs should all be legalised and available lol) but one of lying about the risks—whether or not someone 'needs' opioids for a broken ankle, they do need to be told that opioids have addiction potential, and that is information that the sacklers were massaging out of their trial data and that doctors in turn were not telling their patients, even after it was very obvious to anyone doing followups that the risk existed. & like i say this as someone who did start doing opioids because they were around the house lol. i don't think the answer here is that doctors magically become able to determine with pinpoint accuracy who actually 'needs' the drugs—there is no way to eliminate human error from that process, for one, and anyway i think people should be able to make their own decisions on substance use in general. but you have to be doing that with actual full information. but i do certainly agree the underprescribing is an issue—this has always been a problem for people with chronic pain/illness, and media coverage of the 'opioid epidemic' (scare quotes bc i think the epidemic framing is a bad one) has certainly made this worse.

anyway though. this is funny cause i initially got shuttled to psychiatry because i was trying to get my chronic fatigue diagnosed, and i definitely think asking for pills was a factor in the psych deciding i was bpd or hpd or bipolar or whatever he even said lol. you always have to do this little song and dance with them where you showed up to the office of the prescribing professional but now you have to pretend you're not looking for a prescription becsuse if you want it too much that's Bad obviously. and then because PDs in particular and psych diagnoses in general are vibes based, it's literally just the psych announcing in medicalese that they don't like you. if you look at the criteria for some of the PDs they even explicitly include points for how the patient 'makes' the doctor feel akajaksajs like literally i diagnose you with im doing transmisogyny to you

[apostilleser]

Travel Documentation Legalisation In The Uk And Its Importance

Travelling internationally often requires thorough preparation, particularly when it comes to ensuring your travel documents meet the legal requirements of the destination country. In the UK, travel documentation legalisation is a vital step for those intending to work, study, or settle abroad, as well as for individuals dealing with official or business matters overseas. Travel documentation legalisation is the crucial process that involves verifying the authenticity of documents issued in the UK, making them valid for use in foreign jurisdictions.

The primary reason for legalising travel documents is to prevent fraud and ensure trustworthiness.

Many countries demand legalised documents to verify their authenticity and confirm that they have been issued by recognised authorities.

If you’re applying for a visa, your educational certificates, birth certificates, or marriage certificates may need to be authenticated.

Businesses expanding abroad may require legalised agreements or power of attorney documents.

Without proper legalisation, you risk delays, rejection, or even fines from foreign authorities. The legalisation process typically begins with a solicitor or notary public certifying the document’s validity.

Once certified, the document is submitted to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) for the addition of an Apostille stamp. This stamp confirms that the document is genuine and recognised under the Hague Convention of 1961, simplifying its acceptance in over 120 countries. For non-Hague Convention countries, further attestation from the destination country’s embassy may be required.

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[mariacallous]

The first Queer Museum in Central and Eastern Europe opened this December in the centre of Warsaw.

On opening day on December 6, the line of people waiting to visit the Queer Museum meandered down Marszalkowska, one of Warsaw’s main boulevards, not far from the city’s iconic Palace of Culture.

Organisers were overwhelmed by the interest, with about 100 people at a time crowding in to take guided tours in the 60-square-metre space; upper limits had to be introduced for the following weekend.

“I’m so proud to be here, it means a lot to me and I think to all of the LGBTQ+ people present,��� Ewa Ratynska, a 36-year-old who identifies as non-binary, told BIRN.

“It’s high time to explore and embrace queer history, to show it all over,” Ratynska added. “Having this museum in the city centre, on one of the main streets in Warsaw, is massive. Queers rule!”

That same jubilant mood could be felt as Piotr Laskowski, a historian of ideas from Warsaw University, walked visitors through the various sections of the museum, which depict how queer people lived on Polish territories from around the Middle Ages to the present.

“We did not want to use the ‘official’ divisions of historical periods, we created new ones that were relevant to us,” Laskowski explains.

As he moves from one item to another, excitedly drawing attention to a photo dug out from a private archive or a relevant legal code, the crowds gasp and laugh.

“We want this museum to be a living one and we count on all of you to take part in creating it,” Laskowski told his audience as he finished his tour. “Keep records, it all matters!”

The opening in Warsaw of a Queer Museum, one of five in the world and the third in Europe, might come as a surprise given that a third of the country was declared an “LGBT-free zone” during the previous government led by the nationalist-populist Law and Justice (PiS). But organisers of the museum are keen to stress that even if the LGBT-free zones were an important challenge, they should not be allowed to sum up the experience of queer people in Poland.

“The museum of course shows the long history of oppression of queer people by different religious, political, medical and legal systems,” Jakub Gawkowski, an art historian and member of the Queer Museum’s Board, told BIRN on the sidelines of the opening. “But it’s very important to understand that this museum is also there to counter this homophobic history: it is about emancipation and resilience first of all.”

The museum was created at the initiative of Lambda Warsaw, the oldest LGBTQ+ organisation in Poland, relying on an archive collected by the group over 30 years of existence, although many other sources for exhibits were used. The institution, as Gawkowski explained, is the result of work by many people, oftentimes volunteers, over several years since the idea was first conceived, as the museum’s originators aimed to make it an inclusive project.

Among the exhibits, there is a serigraphy by artist Karol Radziszewski, which shows “Josef Pilsudski making the decision not to introduce the criminalisation of homosexual acts in the 1932 criminal code”, making interwar Poland one of the most progressive countries in the world at the time; the recording of the text of a letter by world famous composer Frederic Chopin to his friend Tytus Woyciechowski, including what can be heard as “erotic nuances”; the stage shoes of Andrzej Szwan/Lulla La Polaca, known as the oldest Polish drag queen; and letters and other papers documenting the first attempt to legalise gay partnerships in Poland, with a draft law brought to parliament in 2003 but never adopted (civil partnerships are still not legal in Poland today).

The museum, entrance to which is currently free, is financed from donations as well as a municipal grant from the city of Warsaw. About a year ago, it was known it would be able to use the space on Marszalkowska 83, made available by the municipality at a preferential rent as part of a program of support for civic initiatives.

However, Gawkowski is adamant that links to the political context should not be forced: “This museum would happen even if Rafal Trzaskowski was not the mayor of Warsaw, even if the LGBT-free zones had not happened. Yes, maybe the PiS rule and the party openly inciting homophobic violence made it more necessary, but it would have happened anyway.”

“The opening of this museum in the centre of Warsaw is a political act,” Gawkowski concludes. “It’s not only in the centre, but it’s also accessible from the main street, from the ground level. We are not hidden in some basement or closet. We are free.”