DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Apostille
Albania

Cyprus

Mexico

Slovakia

Andorra

Czech Republic

Moldova

Slovenia

Anguilla

Dominica

Monaco

South Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

Ecuador

Montenegro

South Korea

Argentina

El Salvador

Namibia

Spain

Armenia

Fiji

Netherlands Antilles (Curaao

and Sint-Maarten)

Suriname

Aruba

Finland

New Caledonia

Swaziland

Australia

French Polynesia

New Zealand

Sweden

Austria

Georgia

Nicaragua

Switzerland

Azerbaijan

Greece

Norway

Tonga

Bahamas

Grenada

Oman

Trinidad and Tobago

Bahrain

Guam

Panama

Turkey

Barbados

Honduras

Paraguay

Turks and Caicos Islands

Belarus

Hungary

Peru

Ukraine

Belize

Iceland

Poland

United Kingdom of Great

Britain and Northern Ireland

Bermuda

India

Portugal

United States of America

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Israel

Puerto Rico

Venezuela

Botswana

Japan

Romania

Wallis and Futuna

Brunei Darussalaam

Kazakhstan

Russian Federation

Bulgaria

Lesotho

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Burundi

Liechtenstein

Saint Lucia

Cape Verde - Kaapverdische

Eilanden

Lithuania

Saint Vincent and the

Grenadines

China - Hong Kong

Macedonia, FYR

Samoa

China - Macau

Malawi

San Marino

Colombia

Malta

Costa Rica

Marshall Islands

Serbia

Croatia

Mauritius

Seychelles

Sao Tome and Principe

March 2016
sources:
Apostille: http://www.hcch.net
Legalisation Belgium: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/legalisation_of_documents/

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Legalisatie Belgische Ambassade - Legalisation Belgian Embassy

Afghanistan

Gabon

Micronesia, Federated
States of

Thailand

Algeria

Gambia

Mongolia

Timor-Leste

Angola

Ghana

Morocco

Togo

Bangladesh

Greenland

Mozambique

Tunisia

Benin

Guatemala

Myanmar

Turkmenistan

Bhutan

Guinea

Nauru

Tuvalu

Bolivia

Guinea-Bissau

Nepal (*)

Uganda

Brazil

Guyana

Niger

United Arab Emirates

Burkina Faso

Haiti

Nigeria

Uruguay

Cambodia

Indonesia

North Korea

Uzbekistan

Cameroon

Islamic Republic of Iran

Pakistan

Vanuatu

Canada

Jamaica

Palestine

Vietnam

Central African Republic

Jordan

Papua New Guinea

Yemen

Chad

Kenya

Philippines

Zambia

Chile

Kosovo

Qatar

Zimbabwe

China (*)

Kuwait

Rwanda

Comoros

Kyrgyzstan

Saudi Arabia

Congo-Brazzaville

Laos

Senegal

Congo, the Democratic

Republic of

Lebanon

Sierra Leone

Cote dIvoire

Liberia

Singapore

Cuba

Libya

Solomon Islands

Djibouti

Madagascar

Sri Lanka

Dominican Republic

Malaysia

Sudan

Egypt

Maldives

Syrian Arab Republic

Equatorial Guinea

Mali

Tajikistan

Ethiopia

Mauretania

Tanzania

(*) Check remarks

March 2016
sources:
Apostille: http://www.hcch.net
Legalisation Belgium: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/legalisation_of_documents/

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL POLICY

Certified Copy - Voor Eensluidende Kopie

Denmark
Estonia
France (inc. French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Runion)
Germany - Duitsland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Netherlands Nederland (inc. Bonaire, Sint-Eustatius & Saba)
Luxembourg

Remarks:
China: 14/03/2016: An original APS certificate is required. The basic diploma must be notarised by a public notary in
China.
Nepal : dd. 14/03/2014 : Nepalese documents must be legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nepal before they
can be legalised by our honorary consul in Kathmandu. The stamp seen by Ministry of Foreign Affairs is not enough
Syrian Arab Republic: dd. 14/03/2016: Legalization of the original document by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Syria.
Legalization by the Syrian Embassy in Beirut. Legalization by the Lebanese Foreign Ministry in Beirut. Legalization by
the Embassy of Belgium in Beirut (with translation by a sworn translator in one of the national languages).
Eritrea: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to the
international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Iraq: dd. 14/03/2016: Legalization of the original document by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Iraq. Legalization by the
Iraqi Embassy in Amman. Legalization by the Jordanian Foreign Ministry in Amman. Legalization by the Embassy of
Belgium in Amman (with translation by a sworn translator in one of the national languages).
Kiribati: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to the
international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
American Samoa: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to
the international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Holy See (Vatican City State): "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home
institution directly to the international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Norfolk Island: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to the
international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Northern Mariana Islands: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution
directly to the international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Palau: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to the
international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Saint Pierre & Miquelon: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution
directly to the international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
Somalia: " This document cannot be legalised. The relevant embassy or consulate issues a negative certificate.
Please contact the relevant Belgian Embassy or Consulate. The FPS Foreign affairs Service Legalisation also
delivers this document. Dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to the international
Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope
South Sudan: "No information available", dd. 14/03/2016 - documents must be sent by home institution directly to the
international Admissions Desk in a sealed and stamped envelope

March 2016
sources:
Apostille: http://www.hcch.net
Legalisation Belgium: http://diplomatie.belgium.be/en/services/legalisation_of_documents/