A passport is a travel document, issued by the government of a country to its citizens. The document verifies the identity and the nationality of the holder, for the purposes of international travel. The passport is issued in the form of a small booklet that contains the bearer’s name, place of birth, date of birth, address, photograph and signature. The passport number, its date of issuance and expiry are also mentioned in the booklet. Legal papers like passports, birth/marriage certificates, and other government issued IDs are widely used documents. However, when they need to be presented in another country, different from where the document was issued, questions are likely to arise about the authenticity and validity of the documents. An apostille certifies documents as being genuine.
Get your Passport Copy Apostilled apostilled in as little as 3 to 5 working days.
A passport is a crucial legal document that serves two major purposes:
An apostille on the copy of a South African Passport is often requested for identification purposes or prove that you are a SA citizen. It is important to know that an apostille stamp is never issued on the actual passport. Instead, an apostille is provided on the copy of the photo page of the passport.
In South Africa, apostille certificate can be affixed on original document or on a notarised copy. Therefore, the document must be presented in good condition, with all stamps and signatures clear and readable. Additionally, the documents must be free of alien markings or labels.
Certain documents, such as police clearance certificates must be recent for obvious reasons. This may also apply to marriage certificates and other documents representing a current status of the people represented in the certificate.
Email us at info@apostillelegalisation.co.za, or fill out the form below and our one of our friendly staff members will contact you to assist with your apostille requirements.
The country in which you will use the document determines the type of certificate you get: Apostille certificates are for documents you use in countries in the 1961 Hague Convention Treaty. Here’s a full list of countries that are member of the Apostille convention.
If you apply for our standard service we can legalise your document in 1-2 working days.
No, foreign documents cannot be apostilled in South Africa. South Africa is only allowed to apostille documents from our country.
In most cases, yes. Depending on the document, you may need an original sent to us or there are times we can work with a copy. But it is usually not a problem to receive your apostille on a South African document, no matter where in the world you are located.
