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Consular Services

Our consular section offers services like attestation of documents, the certification of signatures, copies and more.  

German consular officers are empowered by statute to certify and authenticate documents, signatures and copies for legal use in Germany. Documents executed before a consular officer rank equally with those executed before a notary in Germany. The fees levied are roughly equivalent to those charged by German notaries. An appointment is not required for the attestation. Applicants may submit their documents from Monday to Thursday, 9:30am to 10:30 am without appointment.

Certification of a copy

The Embassy can certify copies as true copies of originals/certified copies (by German authority) upon presentation of the original/certified document. A copy of a non-authenticated document cannot be…

Certification of a signature / manual sign

The person whose signature/manual sign is to be certified on a document has to appear in person and present his / her passport or other appropriate photo ID. The signature has to be executed infort of…

Certification of the correctness of Sri Lankan documents

Consular officers certify Sri Lankan documents only upon request of a German authority (i.e., Registry Office or Court) or in connection with a passport or visa application. As Germany no longer…

Translation of documents / certifying the correctness and completeness of a translation

German authorities often require translations of foreign language documents. Whether a translation completed abroad may be used in Germany is a question that the authority requesting it decides at its…
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