Legalization of documents for use in Kuwait

Please prepare the following documents before submitting documents to the Department of Consular Service of the MFA of the RoK and the Embassy of Kuwait in the RoK.

Following documents are subject to legalization:

• Marriage certificate / Birth certificate of a child (original is legalized less often)
• Educational document with academic achievement statement (appendix to the diploma) OR without (original is legalized less often)
• Police clearance certificate
• Other official documents issued in Kazakhstan

Note: If you don't have the original document, then get a duplicate of it in advance.

Stamps of consular legalization can be affixed both on the original documents and on the notarized copies. In practice, copies of the documents are often legalized, since the process of legalizing the original can take one or more months.

Kindly prepare the notarized copies of documents with translation. The translation language depends on the requirements of the state authorities in Kuwait where the documents will be submitted. Make sure you have learnt about these requirements in advance.

Next step of the process is the consular certification of documents at the Department of Consular Service of the MFA of the RoK. For this, you should submit the documents below :

1. Copies of ID / passport of the document holder
2. Notarized copy of the document to be legalized
3. Original document to be legalized (for verification)
4. Original and copy of the Power of Attorney (if documents submitted by the representative)
5. Copy of ID of authorized representative 6. Original payment receipt of the consular fee of the MFA (0,5 MCI – 1725 KZT)

Note:
Processing time for the consular legalization at the MFA is 3 business days since the date of documents submission. Upon completion, you will be issued documents with the stamps of the MFA, which means their recognition and validity of issuance on the territory of the RoK.

The last stage is the recognition of documents by the Embassy of Kuwait. To legalize documents at the Kuwait Embassy, you will be required to submit the following pack of documents:

1. Copy of ID / passport of the document holder
2. Copy of the legalized document at the DCS of the MFA of the RoK
3. Original document to be legalized (for verification)
4. Original and copy of the Power of Attorney (if documents submitted by the representative) 5. Copy ID of authorized representative
5. Payment of 9500 KZT consular fee for each document at the Embassy of Kuwait.

Documents consideration term at the Embassy of Kuwait is 5 working days from the date of documents submission. Upon completion, you will be issued documents with official stamp and seal of the Embassy. This means that documents are duly legalized and can be provided to the state authorities in Kuwait.