Legalisation of foreign public documents

Legalisation of foreign public documents

DOCUMENTS FOR LEGALIZATION MUST BEAR THE STAMP OF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIONS OR EMBASSIES WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE APPOINTMENT TIME HAS TO BE BOOKED.

Documents are accepted only legalised by foreign representations or embassies within the United Kingdom. If the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of a foreign country has legalised the documents, they must be submitted in person to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, otherwise, such documents will neither be considered nor legalised accordingly.

For document presentation you must to book an appointment time registering for the document legalisation service. One (1) appointment is for presentation of 1 document;

When submitting documents for legalisation, following documents must be presented:

• the original document;
• valid passport (photocopies are not accepted);
• one (1) appointment is for presentation of 1 document.
• consular fee for legalisation of one document. Payments at the Embassy can be accepted by debit or credit card (except American Express) only.

If a person submits documents on behalf of another person:

• he must present an original document;
• his valid passport (photocopies are not accepted);
• a notarized copy (with an original wet stamp and signature) of the passport of the person represented (photocopies are not accepted);
• a free-form request in which would be stated who is representing the person, country in which the legalised document is to be submitted and applicant’s contact details (e-mail address and telephone No);
• one (1) appointment is for presentation of 1 document;
• consular fee for legalisation of one document. Payments at the Embassy can be accepted by debit or credit card (except American Express) only.

Legalisation of document is a verification of the signature, the position of the signatory and the stamp in the document in cases of bearing the stamp applied on the document.

Following official documents are legalisable:

• Issued by government or municipal institutions or officials, also by prosecutor, court official or person implementing court decisions
• Administrative documents
• Notarial acts
• Official confirmations of documents signed by natural persons
• Notarial transcripts of official documents

Documents have to be orderly and readable. If the document consists of few pages, they have to be affixed or sewn together.

Each document is approved separately (e. g. diploma and its appendix are two (2) separate documents).