Schmidt & Schmidt offers the certification with apostille for documents from Jamaica.
Jamaica has joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents in 2020. Therefore, there is no diplomatic authentication or consular legalization of public documents from Jamaica required for successful legal communication with other member states of the Convention. The documents only need to be attested by an apostille certificate with an "apostille" stamp on it by the issuing state's authorities in order to be valid in the state of destination.
The apostille is a stamp of rectangular shape. It should be filled in in the official language of the issuing authority. The heading "Apostille (Convention de la Haye du 5 octobre 1961)" written in French is a necessary requirement for the apostille's validity.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade is responsible for issuing the apostille in Jamaica. The apostille certificate must bear a seal and signature of a government official.
The following documents can be certified:
- Extracts from the commercial register
- Certificates of civil status (certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce)
- Education documents (school reports, certificates, diplomas)
- Court decisions
- Notarially certified copies of documents
- Notarially certified translations
- Further notarial documents (power of attorney, last will, declarations)
Requirements for the documents:
The apostille can be exclusively issued for the original document. Therefore, the latter must be presented in good condition, with all stamps and signatures clear and readable. Furthermore, it must not contain alien markings or labels.
Additional services
In addition to the legalization of your documents, we can provide you with high-quality translations.
Should you require company information for the court, it needs to be legalized as well. We are therefore offering extracts from the commercial register of Jamaica including apostillization and translation.
On average, it takes 14 days to process the documents.
