Certificate Attestation for Qatar by Attestation Services Qatar

Certificate attestation for Qatar by Attestation Services Qatar Attesting a certificate that needs to be produced in a country that is member of the Hague Convention is a one step process. All you need to do is get your document attested by the competent authority in your country of residence to affix the stamp of Apostille on the document. Countries which are not member to the Hague Convention do not recognize the stamp of Apostille and the document in question will not be treated as a legal document.

Legalizing Documents for Non Hague Convention Member Countries If the country where you want to produce the document is not a Hague Convention member then getting a stamp of Apostille isn’t enough. You need to go through some more processes before you get a document that is legal tender in the non Hague Convention Member nation.

Let us take the case of Qatar which is a non Hague Convention country. Moreover Arabic is the legal language in Qatar and documents written in any other language has no legal standing.

If one is to produce a document in Qatar, then the document needs to go through three processes.

1. Fix a stamp of Apostille on the document by the competent authority of the country of residence of the applicant owning the document.

2. Get the text of the document translated into Arabic by a translation service registered to carry out the service for legal purpose.

3. Get the original document and the translation legalized by the legalization office of the Qatar Embassy or High Commission in the Applicant’s country of residence.

The competent authority for Legalization of Documents has its own turnaround time specified. E.g. Foreign and Commonwealth Office promises to legalize a document in 48 hours in United Kingdom.

Translation of the text of the document can be done by anyone; however it is advisable to get it done by registered translation service providers as they are accurate with the legal language.

The original apostilled document along with the translation needs to be taken to the legalization officer of the Qatar Embassy or High Commission to get it legalized. They will again take their stipulated time before they affix their stamp on the original document and the translated document.

Keeping in view the complications of the above mentioned process it is advisable to avail Attestation Services Qatar in case you need Certificate attestation for Qatar.