Legalization/Attestation of document refers to the process whereby a diplomatic or consular mission abroad certifies a document issued by their host country as genuine document and can be used and admitted as evidence in that mission’s own country. In other words, this enables the authorities in that mission’s own country to accept these foreign documents as legal evidence.

For instance, you have a document made in Tanzania, either it is a public document, (such as Birth certificate, Marriage Certificate, Police Clearance Certificate) or the personal and Private documents , (such as Sale Purchase Agreement, Invoice, Payment receipt), and you need to use this document in another country, Netherlands may be, the document need to pass through the process of legalization for it to be accepted for use in the Netherlands.

The Legalization/Attestation Process starts with certification of the document by the issuing authority, once certified the next step will be authentication by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the issuing country and lastly the Legalization at the embassy of the country where the document will be used.

At Eden law chambers, we have a well experienced Attorneys to guide and assist our clients with the requirements and determine legally valid documents to be legalized/Attested in Tanzania.