Legalisation of documents from Vietnam for use in the Netherlands
To use a document from Vietnam in the Netherlands, you must first have it legalised by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Good to know
- Documents in Vietnamese must be translated for use in the Netherlands.
- Your document must be original and complete. If it refers to other documents or annexes, these must be included.
Step 1: Having your document translated
If your document is in Vietnamese, you must have it translated into Dutch, English, French or German by a sworn translator.
- Have the document translated by a sworn translator.
- Have the original and the translation legalised.
Go to step 2.
- Have the original document legalised in Vietnam.
- Have the legalised document translated by a sworn translator in the Netherlands. You do not need to have the translation legalised. You can find a sworn translator on the Legal Aid Council website.
Go to step 2.
Step 2: Legalisation of your document
Have your document and, if applicable, the translation legalised by the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Once your document has been legalised it is fit for use in the Netherlands.
It is then also fit for use in Aruba, Curaçao, St Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius.
Don’t have the document you need?
Find out below where to obtain a document that you need but do not yet have.
Where you can get an official copy of your birth certificate depends on your nationality:
You and one or both of your parents are Vietnamese nationals
You can get an official copy of your birth certificate from the People’s Committee in your municipality or district capital.
You are a Dutch national and are not registered in Vietnam but both your parents are Vietnamese nationals
You can get an official copy of your birth certificate from the provincial Department of Justice (Phòng Tư pháp Quận/Huyện).
You are Dutch, not registered in Vietnam and one or both parents are Dutch
You can get an official copy of your birth certificate from the People's Committee of the district where you were born.
Where you can get an official copy of your marriage certificate depends on your nationality:
Both you and your partner are Vietnamese nationals
You can get an official copy of your marriage certificate from the municipality (ward).
One of you is a Vietnamese national, the other is not
You can get an official copy of your marriage certificate from the provincial Department of Justice (Phòng Tư pháp Quận/Huyện).
Where you can get an official copy of your divorce certificate depends on your nationality:
Both you and your ex-partner are Vietnamese
You can get this document from the local court.
One of you is a Vietnamese national, the other is not
You can get an official copy of your divorce certificate from the provincial Department of Justice (Phòng Tư pháp Quận/Huyện).
Where you can get an official copy of a death certificate depends on the nationality of the deceased:
The deceased was a Vietnamese national
You can get an official copy of the death certificate from the People’s Committee in the municipality or district capital.
The deceased was not a Vietnamese national
You can get an official copy of the death certificate from the provincial Department of Justice (Phòng Tư pháp Quận/Huyện).
If you need another type of document, ask the local authorities where you can get this document.
After legalisation
Verification of your document in the Netherlands
Legalisation does not prove the authenticity of a document or the truthfulness of its content. A municipality in the Netherlands, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) or another authority may decide to verify these things. Legalisation of your document simply means that your document bears the correct signature.
How recently must your document have been issued or legalised
Organisations have different requirements for how recently your document must have been issued and legalised. For more information, contact the organisation in the Netherlands requesting the document.
Contact
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