Country specific notes

The following note deals with the administrative procedures for Hindu marriage registration in Bangladesh. The note also includes a description of the issuance procedure and layout of Hindu marriage certificates.

The following note deals with the administrative procedures regarding the solemnisation and registration of mixed religious marriages in Bangladesh.

This note presents a special procedure for temporary extension of passports for Ukranian citizens, regional codes in the passport, photos of specimens of temporary and permanent Ukranian residence permits including a list of numbers and meaning of the ‘Basis for issue’ and a description of a certificate for Ukrainian citizens without biometric passports issued by the Ukrainian embassy in Denmark.

This note is for official use only and cannot be used for consultative procedures.

The following note describes the digitalisation of publically issued documents in India, as well as options for verifying digitally issued documents. 

The note describes the Indian Aadhaar number. The focus is on the registration process, the use of Aadhaar and the verification of Aadhaar cards.

The following note introduces the education system of India with a focus on distance education and digital verification opportunities of Indian educational institutions and documents. 

The following note introduces the education system of Türkiye with a special focus on the role of quality assurance and verification opportunities of Turkish educational documents and institutions.

The following note deals with birth and death registration in Ethiopia. The note also includes a description of the issuance procedure and layout of the related civil status documents.

The following note describes the different ways in which Ethiopian civil status documents can be verified by the issuing authority. It also introduces different aids in assessing Ethiopian civil status documents, if a verification by the issuing authority cannot be undertaken.

This note is for official use only and cannot be used for consultative procedures.

This note describes the different types of educational certificates, attesting to formal education in China. A particular focus is on the two most important educational certificates, i.e. graduation certificate and degree certificate. The note describes what the two certificates individually attest to and provides information on tactical elements of the certificates, including document examples.