Apostille Attestation

Ministry of Foreign Affairs started the Certification of Pakistani Documents by means of Apostille

In 2024, the Pakistani MFO started the certification of official Pakistani documents by means of apostille.

As a consequence, the Most of the Embassies  no longer legalises official Pakistani documents (police character certificates, degrees, transcripts, marriage/divorce/birth registration certificates, Nikah Namas, etc.).

Please contact the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs or consult its website for any questions regarding the apostille procedure. After getting an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, legalisation by the Embassy in Islamabad is no longer necessary or possible.

Apostille as part of visa applications. For all official Pakistani documents that are part of a visa application for long stay, an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs needs to be obtained first (however, for diplomas, degrees and transcripts, please see below).

Diplomas, degrees and transcripts submitted in the framework of a student visa application are always to be attested by the Ministry of Education, more specifically by the Higher Education Commission or the Inter Boards Coordination Commission.

While these documents should in general Not be attested by an apostille from the Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the rules and procedures of the Some Foreign  higher education institution concerning admission/enrollment must always be observed and might nevertheless require documents with apostille. It is up to the student visa applicant to enquire about these rules and procedures, as it is up to the higher education institution concerned to accept or not the documents put forward.

Only in rare/specific cases (legalisation of personal signatures, of commercial documents, etc.) legalisation by the Embassy remains possible if certain conditions are fulfilled. For more information, please check the official website of embassy.

Link to Verify an Pakistani Apostille issued from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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