What is Legalisation?
Legalisation simply means confirming that a signature, seal or stamp appearing on a document is genuine.

Why documents need to be legalised?
The signatures or seals of Japanese public officials (such as solicitors, notaries public, registrars) on certain documents have to be confirmed before those documents can be accepted in Turkey .

Documents to be legalised by the Embassy:
Many types of documents can be apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (http://www.mofa.go.jp/) and are exempt from certification by this Embassy.

Documents, which are not covered by the Convention Abolishing The Requirement Of Legalisation For Foreign Public Documents (such as documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents or administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations), should initially be legalised by a local chamber of commerce. Thereafter, the legalised document(s) should be submitted to the Embassy with a photocopy (of each page). Please make sure that photocopies are made after you have them legalised  by a chamber.

Fee:
The legalisation fee is 2050 JPY per document. However, there is an additional fee for the invoices of goods to be exported. This fee is calculated as follows:
Fee= Total amount of invoice (in JPY). x 0.0018 x 1.125 (decimal points are rounded up to full. If the invoice is in other currencies, it will be converted into JPY at the day’s exchange rate and then the fee is calculated).

If you are sending documents by post:
Make sure you attach a copy of the document(s) to be legalised by the Embassy.
Make sure you tell us your phone number and address, in case we need to get in touch.
Make sure you enclose a legalisation fee in cash.
Make sure you attach a self-addressed envelope with ‘kakitome’ stamp on it.

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