We specialise in legalising all Australian public, company, commercial, and educational documents at Embassies and Consulates of foreign countries represented or located in Australia and elsewhere.
If the foreign country in which you require your Australian public, commercial or educational document to operate is not a country which is a signatory to The Hague Convention, only its Embassy, Consulate, diplomatic or trade representative in Australia can legalise your document. Apostille Certificates are unacceptable in countries which have not ratified the Hague Convention.
In most cases, your Australian public document needs first to be authenticated by the Australian Government before acceptance for legalisation by an Embassy or Consulate, and this is achieved by the issue of an Authentication Certificate stamped or attached to it.
Embassy or Consulate legalisation is a complex, difficult and sometimes expensive legal process. Each Embassy or Consulate has its peculiar opening hours, rules, procedures, guidelines, and fees payable, all of which you must deal with to legalise your Australian document for use in their country. It is a tricky and sometimes costly exercise to conduct on your own. |