The Philippine Embassy, through its Consular Section, performs its authentication/legalization function/services in the context of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations. Given the existence of a multi-state system, aforesaid Convention stipulates that, among other things, the various kind of documents sourced from particular sovereign states (e.g. public documents, private documents, and commercial documents) shall have validity or operative effect in another sovereign state's legal jurisdiction after subjected to an agreed upon authentication procedure.
Person/s applying for authentication/legalization of documents may do it in person or by post. Following the guidelines of the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the process consists of a so-called chain authentication as follows:
Documents without the signatures and seals of both the Notary Public and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will not be processed.
Consular officers of the Philippine Embassy in Oslo also perform and assist in:
An affidavit is a written statement taken under oath before a notary public or magistrate.
In the execution of affidavits, facts within the personal knowledge of the affiant must be made directly, positively and fully. If the matters stated in the affiant's affidavit rest upon information derived from others rather than on facts within the personal knowledge of the affiant, then the affidavit must state that such matters are true to the best of his knowledge and belief.
If an affidavit is made by a Filipino before a foreign Notary Public and the affidavit shall be used in the Philippines, the affidavit must be authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where the affidavit was notarized. The affidavit shall in turn be authenticated by Philippine consular officials.
A consular official performs the function of a notary public and the consular section of the Philippine embassy may execute affidavits.
An acknowledgment is the act by which a person who has executed an instrument such as an affidavit goes before a competent officer such as a consular official and declares it to be his true and voluntary act and deed.
When a Filipino citizen who has executed an instrument appears personally before a Philippine consular officer and makes an acknowledgment of it, the Philippine Embassy shall execute a certificate of acknowledgement. The Philippine citizen making the oath is required for the purpose of identification to produce his/her valid Philippine passport. If the acknowledgement is made by foreign notaries public or officials, it should in turn be certified by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country where the affidavit was notarized and then authenticated by Philippine consular officials.
Please refer to the page Schedule of Fees to see the latest and updated prices for notarial/legalization services.
For your convenience, attached herewith are downloadable affidavits at your disposal.
Our consular official is authorized by the Philippine Government to solemnize marriages provided
Following are the requirements for Filipinos intending to marry overseas. No application for the solemnization of marriage shall be accepted unless the following requirements are submitted and procedures are followed.
The application for a marriage license or the marriage banns shall be posted / published for ten (10) consecutive days before the marriage license is issued.
Should one or both of the contracting parties be 25 years or below, the marriage license shall be issued after three (3) months from the completion of the ten (10) day publication of the application, unless the contracting parties obtain a certificate from a marriage counselor duly accredited by the proper Government agency in the Philippines to the effect that the contracting parties have undergone marriage counseling. The certificate must be notarized and authenticated by the Office of the President and the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila.
A marriage license shall be valid for a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days from the date of issue.
Please refer to the page Schedule of Fees to see the latest and updated prices for solemnization of marriage overseas.