Legalisation of foreign documents for use in the Netherlands. Choose your country.
It is almost always possible to have a foreign document legalised. This is usually done in the country where the document originates. First, select the country or region where your document was issued to find out how you can have it legalised there.
Attention: If you have a document from Aruba, Curaçao, St Maarten, Bonaire, Saba or St Eustatius, you can use it on all of these islands and in the Netherlands without having it legalised.
- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Anguilla
- Albania
- Andorra
- United Arab Emirates
- Argentina
- Armenia
- American Samoa
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Burundi
- Belgium
- Benin
- Burkina Faso
- Bangladesh
- Bulgaria
- Bahrain
- Bahamas
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Belarus
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Barbados
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Central African Republic
- Canada
- Switzerland
- Chile
- China
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cameroon
- Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
- Congo
- Cook Islands
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Cabo Verde
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Cayman Islands
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Germany
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Denmark
- Dominican Republic
- Algeria
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eritrea
- Spain
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- Fiji
- France
- Micronesia
- Gabon
- United Kingdom
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guadeloupe
- Gambia
- Guinea-Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea
- Greece
- Grenada
- Greenland
- Guatemala
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Honduras
- Croatia
- Haiti
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- India
- Ireland
- Iran
- Iraq
- Iceland
- Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Cambodia
- Kiribati
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- South Korea
- Kuwait
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Saint Lucia
- Liechtenstein
- Sri Lanka
- Lesotho
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Latvia
- Macao
- Morocco
- Monaco
- Moldova
- Madagascar
- Maldives
- Mexico
- Marshall Islands
- North Macedonia
- Mali
- Malta
- Myanmar
- Montenegro
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Mauritania
- Montserrat
- Martinique
- Mauritius
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Namibia
- New Caledonia
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- Norway
- Nepal
- Nauru
- New Zealand
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Panama
- Pitcairn
- Peru
- Philippines
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Poland
- Puerto Rico
- North Korea
- Portugal
- Paraguay
- Palestinian Territories
- French Polynesia
- Qatar
- Réunion
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saudi Arabia
- Sudan
- Senegal
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- Sierra Leone
- El Salvador
- San Marino
- Somalia
- Serbia
- South Sudan
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Suriname
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- Eswatini
- Seychelles
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Chad
- Togo
- Thailand
- Tajikistan
- Tokelau
- Turkmenistan
- Timor-Leste
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Tuvalu
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican city
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Venezuela
- British Virgin Islands
- US Virgin Islands
- Vietnam
- Vanuatu
- Wallis and Futuna
- Samoa
- Kosovo
- Yemen
- South Africa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Find information
- Mediation for legalisation of foreign documents issued abroad
- Countries where the Consular Service Centre can assist with the legalisation of foreign documents
- Legalisation of documents issued by embassies and consulates in the Netherlands
- Converting foreign official documents into Dutch official documents