Documents Legalization Procedure
Documents issued in India
Documents issued in India which are to presented in Belgium must be legalised in line with the procedure below:
1. Legalisation by the competent authorities in India (this usually means the central authorities),
2. Then legalisation by the Belgian diplomatic or consular unit in India in which the document was issued.
N.B. Documents issued in Poland may be legalised by:
1. The Polish Consulate in Brussels;
2. And the Legalisations Service of the federal Public Foreign
Affairs Service in Brussels (by virtue of an agreement between Belgium and Poland signed in Warsaw on 11.02.71 MB of 05.02.74).
Documents issued in Belgium which are to be produced in India
These documents must, be legalised by the Legalisations Service of the federal Public Foreign Affairs Service in Brussels and, potentially, by the Ambassador of India in Belgium.
Documents issued by a Belgian municipal administration must be signed by the registrar (and not by the official delegated). Often this will be the burgomaster or a deputy burgomaster.
Translations of Belgian documents drawn up by a sworn translator in Belgium will be legalised by the president of the court of first instance to which the translator is answerable, and then by the Federal Justice public service, Chaussee de Waterloo, 115, 1000 Brussels.
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