Legalization

Legalization services

• Prior to legalization, documents should be authenticated by the competent authorities in the country where the documents were issued or signed.
• Only original documents authenticated by the issuing country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (for individuals/Personal Documents), the issuing country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chamber of Commerce (for companies /commercial documents) may be legalized. It is not possible to legalize copies of documents.
• Applicants residing in Sweden, Denmark and Finland wishing to apply for legalization by post, should enclose a self-addressed prepaid envelope (registered delivery) in order for the consulate to return the document.
• the exact amount of fees of legalization should be paid in advance in Swedish krona (SEK) to the Embassy bank account in Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)Account no: 52771107708.
  For international payment use
  Iban number: SE 19 5000 0000 0527 7110 7708
  Bic code: ESSESESS.The consulate does not accept any payments made by cheques and requests proof of payment in order to process any legalization request.
•  Processing time for the legalization of documents is two working days.

    *** Please note that the Embassy holds no responsibility for the loss of documents sent by post.

All bank charges (if depositing from outside Sweden) must be paid by the applicant.