Germany

I carry out certified translations of documents from Germany (German-Spanish / German-English), e.g.:

• Geburtsurkunde (Birth Certificate)
• Ledigkeitsbescheinigung (Single Status Certificate)
• Meldebescheinigung (Resident Registration Certificate)
• Eheurkunde / Lebenspartnerschaftsurkunde (Marriage Certificate / Civil Partnership Certificate)
• Einbürgerungszusicherung (Assurance of Naturalization /Assurance of Citizenship)
• Führungszeugnis (Criminal Record Certificate)
  (Issuing authority: Bundesamt für Justiz (BfJ))
• Abschlussurkunden und Zeugnisse (Degree Certificate and Transcript)
• Führerschein (Driving Licence)
• Sterbeurkunde (Death Certificate)

Apostilles are issued only for countries in which the Hague Apostille Convention is valid in relation to Germany.

• Country list (apostille) of the German Foreign Ministry

A consular legalisation is issued – instead of the apostille – by the consulates of those countries for which the Hague Apostille Convention is not valid in relation to Germany. In these cases, you will be required a previous authentication carried out by the competent body of the corresponding German federal state (and an additional final authentication, issued by the Federal Office for Foreign Affairs for certain countries).

The verification of documents for German authorities can be carried out by German consulates, if consular legalisation has been suspended in a country. – Country list (verification) of the German Foreign Ministry

Apostilles for Documents issued by Federal Authorities:

Competent body: Federal Office for Foreign Affairs (BfAA) – e.g. apostille for the Führungszeugnis (Criminal Record Certificate)

Apostilles for Documents issued by Authorities of individual Federal States

Competence is dependant on the type of document and the place of issuance. I do not assume any responsibility for the information.

• Baden-Württemberg
  Competent bodies: Regierungspräsidien, Kultusministerium, Wissenschaftsministerium, Landgerichte
• Bavaria
  Competent bodies: Regierungen der Regierungsbezirke, Landgerichte
• Berlin
  Competent bodies: LABO, Landgericht Berlin
• Brandenburg
  Competent bodies: Auslandsbeglaubigungsstelle der Landeshauptstadt Potsdam, Landgerichte
• Bremen
  Competent bodies: Behörde für Inneres, Landgericht Bremen
• Hamburg
  Competent bodies: Behörde für Inneres, Landgericht Hamburg
• Hesse
  Competent bodies: Regierungspräsidien, Landgerichte
• Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
  Competent bodies: Ministerium für Inneres und Europa, Landgerichte
• Lower Saxony
  Competent bodies: Polizeidirektionen, Landgerichte
• North Rhine-Westphalia
  Competent bodies: Bezirksregierungen, Landgerichte
• Rhineland-Palatinate
  Competent bodies: Aufsichts- und Dienstleistungsdirektion Kaiserslautern, Landgerichte
• Saarland
  Competent bodies: Landesverwaltungsamt St. Ingbert, Landgericht Saarbrücken
• Saxony
  Competent bodies: Landesdirektion Sachsen, Landgerichte
• Saxony-Anhalt
  Competent bodies: Landesverwaltungsamt Magdeburg, Landgerichte
• Schleswig-Holstein
  Competent bodies: Innenministerium, Landgerichte
• Thuringia
  Competent bodies: Landesverwaltungsamt Weimar, Landgerichte

Information on consular districts for individual countries can be found in the country list.

• German Embassies and Consulates abroad
• Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Germany

Auswärtiges Amt (German Foreign Ministry)

• Consular Service
• International Recognition of Documents
• Authentication / Consular Legalisation / Apostille / Procurement of Documents

German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

• Study and Research in Germany