There are two possibilities for verifying a public document:
1. Verification by means of apostille
In 1978, Israel signed and
ratified the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of
Legalization for Foreign Public Documents 1961 (hereinafter: the Hague
Convention). The purpose of this Convention was to shorten the
processes required for a particular country to recognize the official
documents issued by another country, by means of apostille
certification.
Public documents and certificates that were issued in one of the
countries that are signatories to the above Convention, and which bear
the apostille stamp, are valid for presentation in Israel, without the
need for additional verification / certification by the diplomatic /
consular representative at the Israeli mission.
Additionally, for countries that are signatories to the Hague
Convention, no additional verification is required by the mission consul
of the country for which the document is designated, if it was stamped
with an apostille in Israel.
a) Slovakia is also a signatory to the 1961 Haag convention (apostil).
b)
Documents referring to personal status (birth, marriage, death), need
to be verified with apostil at the municipal office (matrika).
c) Other documents need to be authorized at the ministry of foreign affairs in the Slovak republic (consular section).
2. Verification by means other than apostille
Verification of a document in a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention should be implemented as follows:
After
the document is verified by the competent authority in the foreign
country (usually the Foreign Ministry or Ministry of Justice), the
Israeli consular representative verifies the signature of the competent
authority.