Qatar
- Method
- Consular chain
- Last reviewed
This page is a general overview of the corridor. The exact course of legalisation depends on the document: some stages, such as the DVV or notary certification, apply only to some documents. We confirm the document-specific stages after reviewing the document, before quoting.
Check these before ordering
Documents the customer printed themselves from the DVV e-service cannot be legalised. Typically birth and marriage certificates and register extracts.
Order a paper original from the DVV before starting the chain.
Universities' electronically verifiable certificates cannot be legalised. These are exactly what recent graduates hold.
An electronically verifiable certificate is not legalised directly. Whether a notary-certified paper copy is accepted instead depends on the recipient's requirements and is confirmed before the quote. Tell us in your quote request whether your certificate is electronically verifiable.
The signature the Ministry for Foreign Affairs legalises, an official's or a notary's, must be an original handwritten signature with the name printed. Without both it is not legalised.
If the document lacks the official's original signature (e.g. PRH's standard paper extract or a self-printed extract), the DVV notary can certify it first, and the MFA then legalises the notary's signature. Example: the office's completed case ran PRH → DVV → MFA. A signed official extract and a printout are different documents, and the procedure follows the document.
Steps and authority fees
Below are the fees charged by states. They are passed through at cost. Our standard service fee is EUR 100. Where a country package applies, the package price is confirmed separately.
01 Original documentNote: an apostille is NOT sufficient, Qatar requires full consular legalisation | You provide |
02 Document in English or with an English translationThe Qatari embassy requires English, documents in other languages need a translation before the chain starts | You provide |
03 Confirmation of the signatory's competence (DVV)Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) Whether this step applies is decided by who issued the document (the Finnish MFA's own split): university, chamber-of-commerce and authorised-translator documents go straight to the MFA; private, company, AMK, vocational, upper-secondary and comprehensive-school documents need the notary first. Not always needed | € 27 per signature |
04 Finnish MFA legalisationMinistry for Foreign Affairs of Finland | € 30 per signature |
05 Embassy attestation (Helsinki)Embassy of Qatar, Helsinki By post. The fee depends on the document type, the embassy confirms the amount only after receiving the originals. Minimum 4–5 working days, no express service. | confirmed in advance |
06 Destination MOFA attestationQatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Done in the destination country | confirmed in advance |
Quantity does not scale the price. Some fees are charged per signature and some per document, so the same bundle costs a different amount depending on how many signatures the documents carry.
Service boundary: stages performed in the destination country are not part of our service unless separately agreed. They are marked in the chain.