Certify documents for use in South Africa

Certify documents for presentation in South Africa and in support of South African visa applications.

Document certification in South Africa

Isarey is a specialist provider of international apostille, legalization and notary services to certify documents for submission in South Africa and in support of South African visa, residency and work permit applications.

We certify documents issued in the United Kingdom and in different countries for use in South Africa, including birth and marriage certificates, criminal record checks and academic diplomas. Our South Africa certification service includes:

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    Local apostille stamping in over 100 countries, certifying documents for official use in South Africa
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    Free pre-check of your scanned documents to confirm eligibility
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    Worldwide collection and delivery of original documents by insured courier
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    Local assistance obtaining original and replacement copies of documents
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    Preparation of your documents to ensure correct presentation for certification
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    Completion of any prior certification of your documents by notaries, local authorities
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    Certified and sworn translations from all major languages
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    Local experience dealing efficiently with South African embassies and consulates in the United Kingdom and abroad
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    Secure processing of documents and data at every stage

Each certification process is individually managed from start to finish by a dedicated certification specialist, who will stay in contact with you throughout process until successful completion.

We work hard to make the certification process easy and affordable:

  1. send us a scan of your documents by email or using our Online Quotation Form
  2. we'll confirm that your scanned documents are eligible to be certified for use in South Africa and we’ll get back to you with a fixed price to complete the process and an estimate of how long it will take
  3. we'll arrange an insured courier to collect your documents if originals are required
  4. we complete the South African certification process
  5. we email you a scan of the certified documents and return the paper copies by insured courier (worldwide delivery)

In nearly all cases, we give a fixed total price in advance that includes all fees and disbursements - everything from collection of your original documents by insured courier to their return once certified. For most processes we require 50% payment upon receipt of the original documents, and 50% once the process is complete.

To find out about certifying your documents for presentation in South Africa please contact us:

Corporate services

Isarey offers business and institutional clients a full range of international certification and notary services to certify documents requiring presentation in South Africa, including certification of commercial and corporate documents, and documents required to support South African visa and work permit applications. We also offer our clients the following services:Right arrowCertified TranslationsRight arrowInternational Background ChecksRight arrowInternational Document Verification

Please contact us for further information or for a quote.

Certify documents for use in South Africa

How we certify documents for South Africa

Depending on the country of issue, documents requiring presentation to authorities in South Africa can be certified by means of an apostille or by consular legalization.

Apostille Certification

Apostille Certification is a simplified procedure to certify documents that are issued in a country that is one of the Signatories to the Apostille Convention.

An apostille is a special stamp affixed to the document by the foreign ministry or other accredited authority in the country of issue. This apostille will be recognised directly by authorities in South Africa as demonstrating the document’s authenticity, without need for further certification.

Apostille countries include: US United StatesUnited States - GB United KingdomUnited Kingdom - IN IndiaIndia - HK Hong KongHong Kong - FR FranceFrance - DE GermanyGermany - BR BrazilBrazil - KR South KoreaSouth Korea - JP JapanJapan

Consular Legalization

If the document is issued in a country that is NOT among the Signatories to the Apostille Convention then the document must be certified by consular legalization.

Consular legalization entails two certifications: First by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country where the documents were issued and then by the local South African embassy or consulate.

Non-apostille countries include: AE United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates - TW TaiwanTaiwan - MY MalaysiaMalaysia - TH ThailandThailand - ZM ZambiaZambia - QA QatarQatar

Get a Quotation for your Documents

We price each certification process individually, depending on the type and quantity of documents to be attested, the country of issue, the country of use and intended purpose, urgency, whether certified translations are required as part of the process and courier costs.

To receive a quote, you can upload your documents using our online quotation form or send us your documents by email. After reviewing your documents and requirements, we will get back to you with a quotation:

If you don’t have the documents available, just describe the documents you need to certify, and we will get back to you with an estimation of cost and delivery times.

Using our quotation form, your documents will be uploaded over a secure connection and immediately encrypted on our server. For added protection, you can upload password-protected files (PDFExternal link (opens in new tab), Microsoft Office 365: Save a password protected document to prevent unauthorized people from opening it. Office DocumentsExternal link (opens in new tab), WinRAR Encryption Frequently asked question (FAQ) RAR foldersExternal link (opens in new tab)) and provide us with the passwords separately.

PERSONAL DATA: If your documents contain personal data belonging to people outside your household, please ensure that you are authorised to share this data before uploading your documents. If your documents contain sensitive personal data, such as biometric data, medical data or data on criminal convictions, please ensure that you indicate this when prompted, upon submitting your documents. For further information on our processing of personal data contained in uploaded documents, please see:
Privacy Policy (Customer Inquiries)

For further information on confidentiality in our handling of document content please see:
Confidentiality (Client Content)

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