Certify documents issued in over 100 countries for official use in Spain
Isarey works across multiple jurisdictions to legalize international documents so that they are valid for submission to Spanish authorities.
We legalize all types of official documents for use in Spain, including identity documents, birth and marriage certificates, criminal record certificates, academic diplomas and corporate documents.
We work locally with certification specialists, notaries, law firms and certifiedSpanish, Catalan and Basquetranslators in over 100 countries, certifying documents for use in Spain, including documents issued in:
Spain is a signatory to the Hague Apostille Convention. This means that official documents issued in other signatory countries can be certified by an Apostille Stamp in the country where they have been issued. This stamp will generally be accepted directly by Spanish authorities as confirmation of the document’s authenticity without need for further certification in Spain.
However, documents from non-Apostille countries must be legalized by the authorities of the issuing country and then attested by the local Spanish embassy or consulate. This applies to documents in countries such as: United Arab Emirates - Taiwan - Malaysia - Thailand - Zambia - Qatar
Submission within the European Union Certain documents do not require Apostilles for submission to authorities in Spain when they are issued in another European Union Member State (the receiving authority should accept the original or a certified copy).
When applying for certain public documents, a multilingual standard form may be requested to accompany the original. A multilingual standard form must always be issued and signed by an authority of the EU country where the public document is issued, providing a translation aid designed to help the receiving authority to understand a public document which is in a language not accepted by Spain. See: EU Multilingual standard forms
Documents not requiring Apostilles for use in Spain include birth, death, marriage certificates, absence of a criminal record (a clean criminal record of a citizen of the issuing country), certificates of nationality and residence: See: Regulation (EU) 2016/1191
Other documents, including academic certificates, still require Apostille certification and certified translation to be valid in Spain.
Civil status certificates (multilingual extracts from the civil status registers) Birth, marriage and death certificates should not require Apostille Stamps for submission in Spain when issued in accordance with the conventions of the International Commission on Civil and Civil Status by one of following countries: Austria, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cape Verde, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey
Multilingual certificates of no impediment to marriage Certificates of no impediment to marriage should not require Apostille stamps for submission in Spain when issued by one of the following countries (Munich CIEC Convention): Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Moldova, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Switzerland, Switzerland, Turkey.
If you have documents issued in Spain:
Isarey also certifies documents issued in Spain for use abroad, including Spanish birth, death and marriage certificates, diplomas and criminal record certificates. For further information, please see:
Documents presented to the authorities of Spain, not originally in Spanish, Basque or Catalan, must be translated by an officially sworn translator to be considered valid (Traducción Jurada). This translation must be done by a translator registered with the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Isarey provides document attestation services to private, corporate and institutional clients worldwide. Our presence in different jurisdictions and our local experience and expertise dealing directly with authorities and embassies in different countries means we can save you time, frustration and money, ensuring that documents are properly prepared so that they are accepted by Spanish authorities.
To find out about certifying documents for use in Spain, use our online quotation form or email us a scan or description of the documents you need to certify. We will get back to you directly with a quotation and details of how to proceed:
Upload the documents you need attested or send them to us by email.
Our experts will pre-check your documents to ensure that they are eligible for Apostille certification or consular legalization in the country where they are issued, and we’ll assist you locally in preparing them if required.
We’ll send you a quotation with the total cost of the process (final price including all fees, certified translation when required and courier costs) and an estimation of how long the process will take to complete.
We’ll arrange a secure courier to collect your original documents (where electronic versions are not sufficient).
As soon as we receive your documents, we will confirm your order and proceed with the attestation process. Where appropriate, we will arrange certified copies for the attestation process so that we can return your originals directly.
We return the attested documents to you by secure international courier.
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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 (PDF, Office Documents, RAR folders) 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)