Apostille und consular legalization in the Philippines

Schmidt & Schmidt will help you obtain the apostille and consular legalization from the Philippines for your documents.

The Philippines acceded to the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents in 2019. Therefore, no diplomatic authentication or consular legalization of documents from Albania is needed 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. Germany, Finland, Austria and Greece have raised objections to the accession of the Philippines thus limiting the acceptance of Philippines-originated documents certified by the apostille on their territory. Furthermore, due to recent accession, in most cases consular legalization of public documents from the Philippines may be required. In the course of consular legalization, the signature and the seal of foreign documents are authenticated. Responsible is the respective embassy of the country in which the document shall be used.

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 following documents can be legalized:

  • Extracts from the commercial register
  • Certificates of civil status (certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce)
  • Education documents (school reports, certificates, diplomas)
  • Judicial decisions
  • Notarized copies of documents
  • Notary certified translations
  • Further notarial documents (authorizations, last will, declarations)

Legalization of foreign documents for use in the Philippines

Foreign documents must be legalized before they can be used in the Philippines. The representations and embassies of the Philippines all over the world are in charge of this process.

Legalization of documents from the Philippines for use abroad

The exact legalization process of documents from the Philippines depends on the country you wish to use them in. Please feel free to contact us with your request and we will do our best to assist you!

On average, processing the documents takes up to 14 days.

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Schmidt & Schmidt provides legalization of documents in more than 80 countries all over the world.

What is an apostille?

What is an apostille? Why do I need an apostille? How do I get an apostille? - Our video will explain everything you need to know about the apostille. If you have a document that needs to be certified with an apostille for use abroad, Schmidt and Schmidt will assist you! We provide apostille services in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Frequently asked question about Legalization and Apostille

Legalization of a document is a process, which allows to legitimate the document issued in one country for its usage in another. It means, if you want to submit a document, issued in one country, to authorities in a target country, the document must primarily prove its authenticity. Legalization confirms the authority of the issuing official as well as an authenticity of his signature and seal. Legalization is needed for official non-commercial documents.
There are following procedures of legalization of documents:
  • Consular legalization
  • Apostille (a simplified procedure of legalization)
  • Legalization of documents by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Consular legalization applies to countries, that have not signed the Hague Convention of 1961, which implemented a law about the procedure of apostille (a lot of European countries are member states of this convention). Legalization of documents through the Chamber of Commerce is carried out in relation to commercial documents (contracts, invoices etc).
No, not always. In some cases, countries can make bi- or multilateral agreements that completely revoke legalization of documents for their recognition in the member countries. For example, a CIEC convention from 1976 or bilateral treaties between Germany and Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, Austria and Switzerland.

Certified translation

Certified translation

When foreign documents have to be presented to local authorities, a certified translation is required. These documents therefore must be translated and signed by a sworn translator and then certified by a notary, court or any other authority.

We work with qualified sworn translators and offer you certified translations of various documents such as contracts, extracts from commercial registers, court decisions and certificates into various languages.

The certified translations we offer will be recognized in more than 100 countries.


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