With respect to countries which have not joined the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, signed on 5 October 1961 (Apostille Convention), such as Palestine, the documents intended for official use in Hungary should be legalised by the competent consular services.
Our Office carries out the diplomatic legalisation of official Palestinian documents that already have the necessary legalisation (“stamp”) from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine.
Please note that the Office does not carry out the legalisation of documents not already legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of Palestine in Ramallah or Hungarian documents intended for use abroad.
Documents intended to be used in Hungary are often expected to be authenticated/legalised by a Hungarian consular officer. When a signature is legalised, this means that the document is signed by the client in front of the consular officer, and/or the signature on the document shall be acknowledged by the user as his own in front of the consular officer.
Please note that legalisation means that the consul establishes the veracity of the signature only and not the content of the document for which the Consular Section bears no responsibility.
For the legalisation of signatures, the applicant should appear in person, present his/her valid identification document (such as a passport) and sign the document or recognise the signature on a document as his/her in the presence of the consul.
If the signature is made on behalf of a legal entity or other organisation without legal personality, the client must prove his / her right to represent the company with a document not older than 30 days as well as certify that the business has been registered by the relevant authorities.
LEGALISATION OF COPIES
In order for a Hungarian authority to accept a document, you may need to legalise the copy that you wish to use in Hungary. In the case of certifying the copy of a document, the Consular Section shall authenticate a copy made by the client after presentation of the original document or the Consular Section shall make a photocopy of the original document and certify that it is the valid equivalent of the original.
Please note that legalisation means that the consul establishes the veracity of the copy only and not the content of the document for which our Office bears no responsibility.
In cases of legalisation the applicant or his/her representative should appear in person (in cases of legalisation of signature the applicant), present his/her valid identification document (such as a passport) and pay the relevant fees.
