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How to attest document in South Africa
Document attestation, Authentication, Legalisation and apostille of official documents in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg & other procinces is a procedure of authenticating a document or Certificate by an authorized person, a department or an authority using their seal and signature. Attestation process depends on the type of document you need to attest, offices to attest first should include: Notary public, High Court, SAQA, UMALUSI, Department of Basic & Higher Education, HPCSA – Health Professional Council of South Africa, DIRCO- Department of International Affairs or Foreign Affairs, South African Police for Police clearance Certificates, or all of these offices depending on the nature of document. This ensures that the certificate was issued from a rightful institution or board and that the seal and signature it holds are real. The procedure certifies the genuinely of the certificate. We can assist to get all your documents attested for use in UAE use them in the country. The UAE requires a lot of evidence to prove that a document can be trusted this process is called Attestation.
The following shall give an overview of the steps involved. This varies based on the issuing country of the document.
• Attestation in Local South African government departments or office
A document is then attested to give it an international standing. The attestation is taken to relevant ministry of Foreign Affairs/ DIRCO of the applicant’s country where the document originated. The ministry attests the documents by cross-checking the details of the seal and signature.
If the the document will be used in the non apostille member of the Hague Convention then the document must be submitted to the relevant Embassy of that particular country in South Africa
Document Attestation At the Embassy
• Certificate attestation by UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Chinese, embassies and more – The attested document is then submitted to UAE embassy /consulate in the country of origin for certification. The UAE embassy checks if the documents have been correctly verified by the relevant ministry before stamping it. after completion of this step, it is then brought to UAE for completion for the final stage in the authentication process.