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If a country is not a party to the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention, consular legalization is required for certificates. For a certificate of no criminal record, this process may involve visiting Uruguay’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and paying a fee.
The point is that apostilles are not used in every country. When an apostille cannot be used, the document must go through another recognized authentication process; otherwise, it may not be accepted for the Uruguayan procedure.
For documents from several countries, you need to maintain a separate timeline. Each certificate may have its own validity period, legalization procedure, and translation requirements. The certificate with the shortest validity period often determines the order in which the entire package is prepared, so that no document expires before submission or needs to be reissued.