Irish Apostille DFA - Original Documents Express Service 12 Business Days

Ireland has joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents in the year 1999. Therefore no diplomatic authentication or legalization of documents from Ireland is required for the legal communication with another member state of the convention. The documents only need to be stamped with an "apostille" by the issuing state's authorities in order to be valid in the state of destination.

Responsible for issuing the apostille is the consular mission of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dublin and Cork.

Documents issued by the Irish authorities or certified by Irish notaries and attorneys in Irish or English language may be legalized. In order to have the notarized document apostilled, it must be certified in the name of a particular notary or lawyer.

The legalisation of documents in Ireland involves verifying their authenticity (although the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade points that they are not responsible for the content of the documents). After going through this procedure, a special stamp - an apostille - is placed on the document (or its certified copy). Typically, the apostille is on the back of the document or on a separate sheet, after which the document is embroidered.

An apostille is a stamp of rectangular shape. The heading "Apostille (Convention de La Haye du 5 October 1961)" must be in French.

The following documents can be authenticated by apostille:

• Certificates of civil status (certificates of birth, death, marriage and divorce)
• Education documents (school reports, certificates, diplomas)
• Trade register excerpts
• Judicial decisions
• Notarially certified copies of documents
• Notarially certified translations
• Further notarial documents (authorizations, last will, declarations)
• Commercial documents legalized by a state organ of registration (articles of incorporation, registration certificates, tax registrations etc.)

Requirements for the documents:

An apostille can be issued exclusively on an original document. Therefor, the latter must be in an apparent good condition, all stamps and signatures have to be clear and readable. Furthermore, it must not contain alien marking and labels.

Additional services

In addition to the legalization of your documents, we can provide you with high-quality translations.

If you want to bring company information before the court, it needs to be legalised as well. We are therefore offering extracts from the commercial register of Ireland including apostille and translation.

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