Countries where the Consular Service Centre can assist with the legalisation of foreign documents

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If you have the Dutch nationality and you need a birth certificate, marriage certificate or other document from abroad, the Consular Service Centre (CDC) in The Hague can sometimes help. They can assist you in obtaining the document from abroad and having it legalised. The centre can provide assistance for the countries listed below.

List of countries in alphabetical order

Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia

Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Botswana (no assistance in obtaining birth and death certificates)
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Burundi

Cameroon
Canada (only document legalisation assistance)
Chad
Chile
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica

Dominica
Dominican Republic

Ecuador
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eswatini

Fiji

Gabon
Ghana
Grenada
Guatemala

Honduras
Hong Kong

India
Indonesia
Israel

Kenya

Lesotho

Macau
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Mozambique

Namibia
Nauru
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue

Oman

Palau
Palestinian Territories
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines

Qatar

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
São Tomé and Principe
Seychelles
Singapore (only for legalising documents, not for applying for documents)
South Korea (Republic of Korea)
Sri Lanka

Tanzania
Thailand
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu

Uganda (only if the original certificate is registered with the central government authorities in Kampala)
United Arab Emirates (no assistance in obtaining marriage and divorce certificates)
Uruguay

Vanuatu

Zambia
Zimbabwe

Is your country not on the list?

If the country that issued your document is not on the list, the CDC cannot help you obtain the document and have it legalised.

Instead, try obtaining the document via family, friends, a lawyer or notary in the country that issued the document.