Procedure for consular legalization at overseas Vietnamese representative missions

Hi DMS Lawyer office in Danang, Vietnam! What are the Order, procedures for consular legalization of foreign papers, documents at overseas Vietnamese representative missions ? Could your lawyer office advise us on this issue ?

Hi! 

Consular legalization means the competent Vietnamese agencies' certification of stamps, signatures and titles on foreign papers and documents for being recognized and used in Vietnam (Clause 2 Article 2 Decree No. 111/2011/NĐ-CP dated December 05, 2011).

Consular legalization is simply certification of stamps, signatures and titles on papers and documents, not covering certification of contents and forms of papers and documents (Article 3 Decree No. 111/2011/NĐ-CP dated December 05, 2011).

Procedures for consular legalization at overseas Vietnamese representative missions:

A requester for consular legalization shall submit a dossier comprising:

One declaration for consular legalization, using the presribed form;

A personal identification paper, showing in case of direct submission;

One copy of the personal identification paper, in case of submission by post;

Papers and documents requested for consular legalization, which have been certified by a the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or another competent foreign agency in the country in which the overseas Vietnamese representative mission is based or in charge;

One translation of each paper or document requested for consular legalization in Vietnamese, English or a language which the dossier-receiving officer can understand, if such papers and documents are not made in these languages;

Copies of papers and documents mentioned at Point d and dd above, one copy each for filing at the representative mission. (Article 15 Decree No. 111/2011/NĐ-CP dated December 05, 2011).

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Procedures for Consular Legalization at overseas Vietnamese representative missions