Legalization from Burkina Faso

Schmidt & Schmidt offers the legalization of documents from Burkina Faso.

Burkina Faso has not joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. Therefore, documents from Burkina Faso 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.

Legalization of foreign documents for use in Burkina Faso

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

The embassy requests for the following documents to be submitted:

• Completed request form
• The original of the document
• A copy of the document

Additionally, the document must be translated by a sworn translator.

Legalization of documents from Burkina Faso for use abroad

The exact legalization process of documents from Burkina Faso 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.