Scheme (procedure) of legalization of documents drawn up on the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic:

1) State notary office of the Kyrgyz Republic;

2) Office of notary and bar of the Ministry of Justice of the Kyrgyz Republic;

3) Department of consular service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic;

4) Accredited in the Kyrgyz Republic diplomatic mission or consular office of a foreign state in the territory of which the documents will be used, or diplomatic mission or consular office of the Kyrgyz Republic accredited in a foreign state (in the territory of which the documents will be used).

 

Scheme (procedure) of legalization of documents drawn up on the territory of a foreign state:

1) The competent authority of a foreign state;

2) Diplomatic mission or consular office of the Kyrgyz Republic accredited in a foreign country;

3) Department of consular service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

If the documents have not been legalized by the diplomatic mission or consular office of the Kyrgyz Republic:

1) Diplomatic mission or consular office of a foreign state accredited in the Kyrgyz Republic;

2) Department of consular service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kyrgyz Republic.

 

Documents not subject to legalization:

- passports

- military ID

- employment record

- driver's license

- technical passports on registration of vehicles

- Union tickets

- documents about membership, classes of religions

Documents that may harm the interests of the Kyrgyz Republic or contain information that offends the honor and dignity of its citizens are also not subject to legalization.

 

Important information!

According to the Conventions on legal assistance and legal relations in civil, family and criminal cases signed in Minsk on 22 January 1993 and in Chisinau on 7 October 2002, documents issued or certified by a competent institution or a specially authorized person within its jurisdiction in the prescribed form and sealed with the official stamp are accepted in the territories of the following States without any special identity:

1. Republic of Azerbaijan;

2. Republic of Armenia;

3. Republic of Belarus;

4. Georgia;

5. Republic of Kazakhstan;

6. Republic of Moldova;

7. Russian Federation;

8. Republic of Tajikistan;

9. Turkmenistan;

10. Republic of Uzbekistan;

11. Ukraine.

 

Official documents committed in the territory of the States parties to the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents of 5 October 1961, is exempt from legalization (except for documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents and administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations).

In this case, the documents are certified by apostille by the relevant authorized state bodies of the Kyrgyz Republic.

At the same time, the Hague Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign documents of October 5, 1961, is not applied between the Kyrgyz Republic and the following States due to the expression of objections by these States to the accession of the Kyrgyz Republic to this Convention:

1. Republic of Austria;

2. Kingdom of Belgium;

3. Germany;

4. Hellenic Republic.