For visa purposes, I need to attest some documents with Apostille and translate them.
I have never done this before and nothing is mentioned on the website I am referring to, so I am not sure if the correct procedure is to get the documents translated or attested first. Or does it not matter?
Judging by the comment by Ozzy which states that the order did not matter for him/her, as well as another question here where the poster was required to Apostille the translator’s statement (“I, a sworn translator, hereby certify that…”) as well, we can conclude that the document needs to be Apostilled first, with 2 possible scenarios:
If the translation of the Apostilled document is performed by a certified translator in the country which issued the document or any third-party country, then the translator’s statement will need to be Apostilled in that country as well.
If the translation of the Apostilled document is performed by a certified translator in the country that has requested the document, then the translator’s statement will not need to be Apostilled as the translator is certified and acknowledged in the country. (However, it may be required to take the translation to a government department such as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attest that the translator is indeed a certified translator in the country if this is not a service offered by the translator.)
In both cases, the document certification takes place first.