4.2.1. Legalisation of signatures
There are two ways to have your signature legalised by the Consular Section of the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi:
• you sign the document in the presence of the consul; or
• you recognise the signature on the document as yours in the presence of the Consul.
Legalisation of a signature means that the consul checks the identity of the signatory person but does not take responsibility for the content of the document. The document should be prepared by the applicant in advance. The Consulate is not entitled to draw up the document.
Information on the expected timeline can be provided at the time of the application.
Appointment
To schedule an appointment please write a request letter to the consulate.del@mfa.gov.hu
The applicant should appear in person at the Consulate and should present his/her original valid passport, ID card. Please note that your application will be rejected if you fail to present any of these documents.
For information about the fees please visit: “Consular fees”.
4.2.2. Legalisation of translations
The Consulate does not prepare translations (except for Certificate of Good Character).
The Consulate legalises translations English to Hungarian and Hungarian to English if the translation (prepared by a translator or by the applicant) should be used in Hungary and forms part of a consular procedure.
If you need an official translation that should be used in Hungary but does not form part of a consular procedure, you should contact the Hungarian Office for Translation and Attestation Ltd (http://www.offi.hu/en).
For information about the fees please visit: “Consular fees”.
A request for legalisation of translation should send a mail to consulate.del@mfa.gov.hu
4.2.3. Legalisation of copies
Legalisation of a copy:
The Consulate will legalises the copy of an original document only upon presentation of the original.
Certified copy: upon presentation of the original document, the Consulate makes a certified/legalised copy of it.
You can submit your application for legalisation in person (by appointment).
Information on the expected timeline can be provided at the time of the application.
For information about the fees please visit: “Consular fees”.
Please note that, fees vary on the number of pages of the document.
Applicants should present a valid proof of ID (ID card, passport) when attending the appointment.
A request mail could be sent to the consulate.del@mfa.gov.hu
4.2.4. Diplomatic legalisation
Legalization requests may be submitted to the Embassy of Hungary in person. For submission of the documents, appointment has to be booked through mail at consulate.del@mfa.gov.hu
Documents sent by post are not accepted for diplomatic legalization.
The Consular Section of the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi provides for legalization of public documents issued by the authorities of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
Distinction shall be made between legalisation procedures by Apostille Certificate and diplomatic legalisation. The authenticity of the signature, the capacity in which the person signing the public document has acted and where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears has to be certified by the responsible authority of the respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka in the first place. Only the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi can legalize such endorsed public document for future use in Hungary.
Public documents of India do not need legalization by the Embassy of Hungary in New Delhi, because India since 2005 is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5 1961 that abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents.
Apostille is acceptable in 105 member-countries of the Convention (For more info please visit the website: www.hcch.net). Any document Apostilled in one member country is acceptable in all the other 104 member-countries, signatory to the referred convention of 1961 thus greatly simplifying the process of attestation by making it needless to get the documents attested in each or for each of the countries separately. (Countries under Hague Convention is available at the following link)
Information on the expected timeline can be provided at the time of the application.
For information about the fees please visit: “Consular fees”.
Fees vary on the number of pages of the document.
Applicants should present a valid proof of ID (ID card, passport) when attending the appointment.
