Canada is a highly developed country. Many move there temporarily or permanently because of the enabling environment. Canada has a high level of education and good conditions for small businesses with government support. Despite a lot of immigrants in Canada, the majority of people stay there. They face the problem of legalizing their Canadian documents for other countries. It is partly because people expand their own business, get an education, or guided to other countries, or are employed temporarily outside Canada. For all of this legalization of documents is necessary. Otherwise, Canadian documents will not be valid in another country.
Legalization is an administrative procedure that provides the authenticity of an official document in another country (certification in authorized institutions). Canada is not a member of the Hague Convention (1961) so stamp «Apostille» (a simplified form of legalization) is not available there. It is necessary to follow full consular legalization).
Full consular legalization in Canada
Legalization includes the following steps:
- Document copy certification by a lawyer
- Global Affairs Canada stamping
- Consulate stamping of the destination country
The cost of legalization in Canada is about $ 600, the process takes 2-3 weeks.
The specifics of documents legalization in Canada
The main feature is that the documents there are legalized without translation. Legalized document translation is done in the destination country. This fact is important in document preparation for another state. For example, we will perform notarized translation from English and/or French already in Russia when we prepare the legalization of a Canadian document for Russia.
We are engaged in the legalization of Canadian documents for all countries. We can legalize not only personal documents but also commercial documents. We guarantee document legalization meets all requirements. Our Canadian partners know all the pitfalls of legalization.
You can contact any of our legalization managers. Our managers have many years of experience working with Canadian documents and will be able to competently advise you on any issue that you are interested in.