Beneficiaries of this service:
Citizens, Expats, Business, investors and visitors.
Service Procedures:
The service aims to provide a legal approval of the commercial documents to be used in and outside Qatar, documents such as:
- Country of origin.
- Bill of lading (Manifesto).
- Commercial contracts.
- Invoices.
Terms and requirements:
The Department of Consular Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or one of its branches (five branches at present and will be eight branches at the beginning of next year) ratify the stamp or Signature of the chamber of commerce or any other ministry or authority approved by the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
The Embassy of the state of Qatar in London will only legalize documents issued from the following countries:
UK (Including Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Channel Island and British overseas territories)
Ireland, Norway and Iceland
All documents has to go through a certain procedure before it is submitted to the embassy and any document doesn't satisfy specific requirements will be denied by the Embassy of the state of Qatar
Commercial documents issued in the UK
For example: certificate of origin, invoices, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of goods…etc.
All these documents have to be stamped from your local chamber of commerce and submitted to the embassy ONLY through the Arab British chamber of commerce.
Non-commercial documents issued in the UK
For example marriage or birth certificates, educational degree or transcript, police clearance certificate, passport or id photocopy, personal reference letter… etc.
All these documents have to be stamped (apostil) by the Foreign and Common wealth Office (FCO) legalization department in the UK.
It is your responsibility to check with them what you have to provide them in order to get your certificate stamped by them (for example none governmental documents, e.g. Education certificates, have to be stamped by a solicitor or a notary public before submission to the FCO).
The Embassy of the state of Qatar regrets the fact that it is unable to help with the requirements or the procedures for document legalizations in the FCO. However, the following link to their website might be helpful for you.
http://www.fco.gov.uk
Only after having your certificate stamped by the FCO you can submit it to the Qatari Embassy in London with the relevant fees for legalization.
Commercial documents issued in Republic of Ireland
For example: certificate of origin, invoices, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of goods…etc.
All these documents have to be stamped from your local chamber of commerce and submitted to the embassy ONLY through the Arab Irish chamber of commerce.
Non-Commercial documents issued in Republic of Ireland
It has to be stamped from the Irish ministry of foreign affairs and then submitted to the Qatari Embassy with the relevant fees.
Documents issued from Norway and Iceland
It has to be stamped from the ministry of foreign affair in their country, and then submitted to the Qatari Embassy with the relevant fees.
Documents issued in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Channel Island
It has to be endorsed by the government’s office related to them, and then submitted to the Qatari Embassy with the relevant fees.
Documents issued from British overseas territories
It has to be attested by the government of the territory concerned and foreign and commonwealth office in the UK (FCO), and then submitted to the Qatari Embassy with the relevant fees.
Documents issued in countries other than the above mentioned, have to be legalized by our Embassy in that country.
General instructions:
- The document sent for attestation must include a group of stamps and signatures ending with a stamp and signature approved by Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- The authorities of the Government of the State of Qatar are responsible for ratification of documents issued by them, as well as copies of those documents.
- Qatar chamber of commerce approves stamps and signatures of some translation offices.
- If the information on an attested document or any of its signatures or stamps, turns out to be incorrect, the attestation will be considered void and null, in which case the department of consular affairs will reserve the right to file claims to the concerned authorities in Qatar.
The Consular Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and its affiliates are not responsible for the contents of the document. However, they 'll refuse to ratify any document the content of which proves to be contrary to the regulations of the State of Qatar.
Commercial Documents attestation fees:
| No | Documents | Fees |
| Commercial Documents | |
| | Certificate of Origin | £38 Pound Sterling |
| | Packing List (Manifesto) | £38 Pound Sterling |
| | Commercial Contracts | £38 Pound Sterling |
| | Commercial Power of Attorney | £38 Pound Sterling |
| | Commercial invoices with Total amount | |
| | £0 - £3750 | £125 Pound Sterling |
| | £3751 - £25000 | £250 Pound Sterling |
| | £25001 - £62500 | £625 Pound Sterling |
| | £62501 - £250000 | £1250 Pound Sterling |
| | £250001+ | 0.6%of the invoice value |