Certify documents from Ethiopia

Isarey is a specialist provider of document authentication services in Ethiopia. We certify Ethiopian documents for legal use in the United States and abroad.

Document certification in Ethiopia

We certify Ethiopian criminal record certificates, birth and marriage certificates, academic certificates and other documents at all major embassies and consulates in Ethiopia.

Our Ethiopia certification services are provided to clients worldwide:

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    Legalization of documents in Ethiopia for use abroad
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    Attestation of Ethiopian document at embassies and consulates
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    Free pre-check of your scanned documents to confirm eligibility
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    Expedited and urgent processing where available
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    Local assistance obtaining new and replacement copies of official Ethiopian documents.
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    Worldwide collection and delivery of original documents by insured courier
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    Prior certification in the Ethiopia by notaries, Chamber of Commerce, local authorities as required
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    Certified and sworn translations from Amharic, Arabic and Italian into all major languages
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    Secure processing of documents and data at every stage

For further information about certifying your documents in Ethiopia
Contact us for a free quotation or to check that your documents are eligible for submission:

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

We’ll make sure that all your documents are correctly prepared and accredited for authentication, working locally in Ethiopia with certified translators, notaries and specialist certification agents.

  • Marriage, death and birth certificates

    Ethiopian birth, death and marriage certificates issued by the Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city administrations can be submitted directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for legalization, otherwise the certificates require prior certification by the respective regional office.
    Birth and marriage certificate issued by religious institutions require prior certification by the institution's supreme body in Addis Ababa.
    Death certificates issued by medical institutions require prior certification by the respective health bureau.

  • Police Clearance Certificates

    Ethiopian criminal record certificates must be issued by the Federal Police Commission in Addis Ababa.
    Isarey can obtain Ethiopian Police Clearance Certificates in on behalf of clients requiring legalization for use abroad. A set of fingerprints will be required. Please contact us for assistance.

  • Education Certificates

    Degree certificates from Ethiopian public universities must be signed and sealed by the office of the University Registrar.
    Diplomas and transcripts issued by private and non-governmental institutions must be authenticated by the Ethiopian Higher Education Relevance and Quality Agency (HERQA).
    General School Leaving Certificates (10th and 12th grade) require authentication by the National Examination Agency of Ethiopia.
    Once certified by the relevant authority, education documents can be legalized at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and embassy of the requesting country in Addis Ababa.

  • Notarized Documents

    Powers of Attorney, Affidavits, certified passport copies, contracts and other private documents certified by a notary in Ethiopia.
  • Legalize Ethiopian certificates of origin and export certificates

    Trade and Investment documents

    Certificate of origin must be certified by the Ethiopian Chamber of Commerce or Authorized Regional Chamber of Commerce. Documents related to quarantine and sanitation of export products must be certified by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

  • Trade documents

    Attest Ethiopian certificates of origin, certificates of free sale, commercial invoices, product health certificates, GMP certificates and other trade documents

  • Certified Translations

    To legalize translations at the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the translation must be done by a translation office with a valid Ethiopian translation licence and authenticated by the local documents authentication and registration office.
    Foreign embassies often have their own specific requirements to legalize translations and may not accept translations legalized by Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please contact us or check with the recipient embassy before proceeding with a translation.

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 for certification in Ethiopia and 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 certification process in Ethiopia
  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.

Corporate services

Isarey offers business and institutional clients a full range of certification and notary services in Ethiopia, including certification of corporate and commercial documents. We also offer our clients the following services in Ethiopia:Right arrowCertified TranslationsRight arrowInternational Background ChecksRight arrowInternational Document Verification

Please contact us for further information or for a quote.

How we certify Ethiopian documents

Ethiopian documents can be certified for use in the United States and abroad by means of a procedure called consular legalization

Consular Legalization

Documents certified by authorities in Ethiopia are not recognised directly in other countries. A special certification procedure needs to be followed involving two stages.

First the documents need to be certified in Ethiopia by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Next, the documents need to be certified by the embassy or consulate in Ethiopia representing the country where the documents will be used.

This process legalizes the documents for use in the recipient country.

Certified Translation

When the original document is in a language other than the official language of the country where it is to be presented, a certified translation is required. Depending on the situation, this can be done before certifying the original (in the country of issue) or afterwards (in the country of use).

Each country has different rules on certified translations, and a certified translation done in one country is generally not valid in another without additional certification. Likewise a certified translation, on its own, does not prove the authenticity of an original document issued abroad.

Isarey can arrange certified translations from Amharic, Arabic and Italian as part of the process of certifying Ethiopian documents, ensuring that the translation is valid for its intended use.

Notarization

Certification by a notary is generally only recognised in the country where the notary is based and is not sufficient to certify documents that need to be used abroad. However, as part of the international certification process documents often need to be certified by a notary before they can be legalized. When documents need to be notarised locally, Isarey will arrange this as part of the certification process.

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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