Legalization

Updated 2025-08-21

What is consular legalization

Consular legalization of a document is a consular officer's certification that a signature, a seal and duties of the undersigned individual on a document are genuine. Legalization is necessary to allow documents issued in one country to be accepted and used by institutions of other countries.

Legalization requirements and procedure

The Embassy will accept legalized documents issued by the countries in which the Embassy resides (South Africa) and is accredited (Angola, Botswana, Mozambique and Namibia) and legalized by the competent authorities of these countries.

The Embassy in South Africa can also accept documents issued by countries to which the Embassy in South Africa is not accredited, if they meet the following criteria:

- the foreign citizen submitting the document is legally resident in South Africa (at least 6 months) and in the countries of accreditation of the Embassy in South Africa.

- the submitted document has been additionally legalized by the diplomatic mission of the country that issued the document, which operates in the Republic of South Africa.

If the documents submitted to the Embassy in South Africa do not meet the above criteria, they will not be accepted. Such documents must be submitted for legalization directly to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania, in accordance with the procedure established by it, or to diplomatic missions of the Republic of Lithuania, where these criteria would be met.

Booking a visit

A foreign citizen submitting documents must register in advance for a visit to the Embassy in South Africa by e-mail kons.za@urm.lt and only after receiving positive confirmation may he come to the Embassy in South Africa;

During one visit, up to 5 personal documents or up to 3 documents of other persons can be submitted. Legalization of one document costs 20 euros which are paid with a bank card during the visit (attention: payment in cash is not accepted).

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