Schmidt & Schmidt offers the legalization of documents from Gambia.
Gambia has not joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Therefore, documents from Gambia cannot be legalized by apostille, they will only be recognized abroad after consular legalization, meaning their authenticity must be confirmed separately.
By 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 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
- Notarially certified copies of documents
- Notarially certified translations
- Further notarial documents (authorizations, last will, declarations)
Legalization of foreign documents for use in Gambia
Any foreign public document can be authorized at the Gambian embassy in the respective country of origin. In the case of Gambia, there is a centralized, accredited embassy in Brussels responsible for multiple Central European countries as well as the European Union and the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
Legalization of documents from Gambia for use abroad
The exact legalization process of documents from [country] 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!
Usually, processing the documents takes us 14 days.
