All You Need to Know About Oman Embassy Attestation

The legitimacy of various Business, Civil status, commercial, judicial or educational Certificates receive the required authentication by the procedure of oman embassy attestation or Apostille Attestation by the Home Ministry and Ministry of External Affairs for the Legalization of the Documents.

Documents issued by the authorities in Oman and written in Arabic or English can be apostilled. The body responsible for the apostille in Oman is the foreign affairs office, the consular department. Educational degree attestation oman is required for the legal evidence of your qualification.

Legalization in Oman includes verifying the authenticity of a document by an authorized embassy/officer. After this procedure, the document is given a special stamp, the so-called apostille. This can usually be found on the back of the document or a separate sheet. Eventually, all pages are stapled together.

What is document legalization and what is it for?

The legalization of documents is a procedure that allows legitimizing the document issued in one country for its use in another. This means that if you want to send a document issued in a certain country to the authorities in the country of destination, the document must prove its authenticity. Legalization confirms the authority of the issuing officer as well as the authenticity of his signature and seal. Legalization is required for official, non-commercial documents.

How can the document be legalized for other countries?

There are the following document legalization procedures:

·       Consular legalization

·       Apostille (a simplified legalization procedure)

·       Documents Legalization by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Consular legalization applies to countries that have not signed the 1961 Hague Convention, which introduced a law on the apostille procedure (Many countries have ratified the Convention). The legalization of documents through the Chamber of Commerce is carried out concerning documents (contracts, invoices, etc.).

Is the legalization of documents always required?

No, not always. In some cases, countries can make bi- or multilateral agreements that completely revoke the legalization of documents for their recognition in member countries. An example is the 1976 CIEC convention or bilateral negotiations between Germany and Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Austria, and Switzerland.

The Hague Convention

In 2011, Oman ratified the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 for the exemption of foreign public documents from legalization. The apostille confirms the authenticity of the signature and possibly the seal or stamp on the document.

The apostille is a square-shaped stamp that bears the inscription "Convention of The Hague of 5 October 1961". The stamp indicates the signature of the person authenticating the apostille and contains the date and identification number of the apostille.

With an apostille the following documents can be authenticated:

·       civil status documents

·       school education documents (report card, certificates, diploma)

·       extracts from the commercial register

·       court decisions

·       copies of documents certified by the notary

·       translations certified by the notary

·       other notarial documents (powers of attorney, wills, declarations)

·       commercial documents authenticated by a state registration body (statutes, certificates on registration, tax records, etc.)

Requirements for documents:

An apostille can only be affixed to an original document, which must be in good external condition. Furthermore, all stamps and signatures must be understandable and legible and must not contain any foreign marks and inscriptions. Document processing usually takes approximately 14 days. Courier services are charged and billed separately according to the courier service rates.