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 BVA for certain countries). – Country list (final authentication) of the BVA

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: Bundesverwaltungsamt (BVA) – 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 abroad