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Does an “apostille” issued by a government body prove that a degree is genuine?

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Does an “apostille” issued by a government body prove that a degree is genuine?

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No. An apostille (sometimes called an “Apostille of the Hague”) simply means that the document is a document of the sort it purports to be. No evaluation of what stands behind the document is made. An apostille affixed to a bogus degree does not make it a genuine degree.