If you wish to use an Irish document overseas, for business or personal reasons, you may need to 'authenticate' or 'Apostille' that document. This is sometimes known as ‘legalisation’. Legalisation simply confirms that a signature, seal or stamp is genuine. Apostille and authentication stamps enable public documents issued in Ireland to be recognised in another country.

The Department of Foreign Affairs holds records of various signatures, seals and stamps on file, and is the competent authority who confirm they are genuine. The type of stamp issued will depend on what country you will be using the document, and staff in the section will advise this for you.

Our offices on Mount Street, Dublin and South Mall, Cork issue a physical stamp on your documents. We currently do not offer a digital service.

We can only issue Apostille or authentication stamps on Irish public documents. Documents must reference a clear Irish link (for example, an Irish address, Irish Passport details, Irish company registration number).

We cannot advise on whether a document requires authenticating / Apostilling. This is a matter for you to find out. Please contact authorities in the country where the document will be used to check their requirements.

A notary public may be required to notarise your document before we can issue a stamp. For more information, please see The Faculty of Notaries Public in Ireland for information on the Faculty of Notaries and the services of a notary public.

Authenticating / Apostilling a document does not mean that the Department of Foreign Affairs is verifying the accuracy of the documents or approves of the documents’ contents.

Difference between apostille and authentication

While they accomplish the same objective, there are differences between Apostille and authentication stamps. An Apostille is a certification form set out in The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, often referred to as The Hague Apostille Convention. An outline of the Hague Apostille Convention can be found at The Hague Conference on Private International Law website.

Where a document needs to be used in a country that is not a signatory to The Hague Apostille Convention, an authentication stamp is issued.

Authentication stamps are a 2-step process, which will require a counter-signature, issued by the Embassy / Consulate of the country where the document will be used. For example, a document for use in a non-Hague country will be authenticated by our office, and must then be presented to the Embassy based in Ireland (or sometimes in the UK) for counter-signing.

The most popular public documents for which Apostilles are issued are civil status documents (e.g., birth, marriage, and death certificates), notarial authentications of signatures, degrees and other education documents.

How to get a police certificate – Ireland

爱尔兰无犯罪 Ireland Police Certificate：
代理服务费：2000RMB（如有变化，以顾问咨询为准）
周期：约1个月-2个月左右。（需要自己找一个爱尔兰跑腿（淘宝上有很多）去警察局现场取或者邮寄到爱尔兰境内，因为国际快递是平邮，现在邮寄到爱尔兰境外无法跟踪且基本收不到）。（周期受各种情况限制，不能控制，不能加急，仅做预估，不能作为保证。如果特别紧急，请放弃找我们代理。）
材料：护照等

三、海牙认证/使馆认证：（服务费实行总包制，如需可提供电子增值税普通发票）

海牙认证总包费用为3500元人民币，使馆认证总包费用为4000元人民币（特殊国家除外，以咨询为准）。总包费用包含了政府外事机构、使馆机构等第三方机构的费用、认证文件快递回国的国际快递费用。部分国家认证需要国际快递邮寄申请人本人原始签字表格和材料的，或者材料有疑问，需要补交相关证明材料的，需要自付自己邮寄原始签字表格和材料或者补充材料的国际快递费用。海牙认证和使馆认证工作一般不会同时进行，需要二选其一。

各国无犯罪证明、海牙认证、使馆认证代理服务协议：

Police-Certificate-Service-Order-Form：

http://www.newnewdoc.com/index.php?page=Police-Certificate-Service-Order-Form

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