Legalization and Apostille

If the country, in which the document is to be used, is a party to The Hague Convention of 1961 then you will need a stamp “Apostille”. Otherwise - consular legalization.

In any case, the most important source of reliable information is the organization to which legalized document to be submitted as sometimes even different organs of the state have different requirements for legalization of foreign documents. So you need to specify the requirements for legalization where you are going to apply a legalized document.

Stamping “apostil” (sometimes this procedure is also called "simplified legalization" or "Apostille") is used to send a document to the countries that joined the Hague Convention of the 5^th October, 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of consular legalization and introducing a simplified procedure of legalization - stamping "apostille. "

Simplified this procedure is called because, on the one hand, the apostille is fast enough and involves the only one authorized body, and, on the other hand, the document becomes valid in all countries that have acceded to the Hague Convention.

If a country you are drawing up a document to is not a member of the Hague Convention, consular legalization is required. This is a more complicated procedure, which includes certification of a document in the bodies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and then in the consulate of a country of destination in the Republic of Kazakhstan. Thus, a document will have legal force only on the territory of a country whose consulate marks it.

According to the 1961 Hague Convention, Apostille has a square shape with a side of not less than 9 cm and should be the model annexed to the Convention.

Kazakh language

Russian language

https://www.gov.kz/memleket/entities/mfa-london/online-booking?lang=en

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday:

from 9:30 to 12:30 – document submission

from 16:00 to 17:00 – document collection

Wednesday: processing documents