Certification of Documents

Certification of Documents

These guidelines are also available in Dari, Pashto and Norwegian languages from the following links:

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• Certification of Documents Guidelines in Norwegian (pdf) (to be published shortly)

PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING GUIDELINES CAREFULLY BEFORE APPLYING:

The Embassy of Afghanistan in Oslo can issue certification of legal, educational, professional and commercial documents held by Afghan nationals and Afghan-born individuals residing in, and applying from, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland. Documents issued by statutory authorities within Afghanistan can only be certified if already certified by official seal of the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kabul.

Applications for certification of documents can be made by post or in person and presenting a cover letter alongside the document explaining the reasons for certification.


Checklist of requirements
All applicants whether applying by post or in person, must:

• Submit the relevant document in original form.
• Provide a cover letter explaining the reasons for certification.
• Provide one standard passport size photos affixed to the cover letter
• Provide documents verifying your current address, such as utility bills or similar documents.
• Pay certification fee (see the fees table below)
• Pay return postage cost (see the fees table below). Applicants from Norway can provide a registered, self-addressed return envelop instead of paying the postage cost.

Fees and postage cost

Items	Amount
Certification Fee	Euros 20 (including Euros 6 for bank charges in Norway)
Return postage cost	Euros 15 (if necessary)

Payment method

1. Document certification fees and all other consular charges are ONLY payable in EUROS. Payment in any other currency will not be accepted.
2. Document certification fees and all consular charges must be paid by BANK CHEQUE (certified cheque) or MONEY ORDER made payable to ‘The Embassy of Afghanistan, Oslo’. Payment by cash, personal cheques or bank transfer will not be accepted.
3. A money order (or certified bank cheque) can be obtained at any high street bank, regardless of whether you hold an account there or not, by paying the required amount alongside any applicable fee.
4. he money order (or certified bank cheque) must cover the total amount that is payable to the Embassy, and must be sent to us together with your application form.

Applying by post
All postal applications must be sent by REGISTERED MAIL to the following address:

Consular Section
Embassy of Afghanistan, Oslo
Kronprinsen Gate 17
Oslo 0244
Norway

The Embassy will not take any responsibility for loss of documents which are not sent as registered post.

Applicants in Norway must enclose a registered, self-addressed return envelop or enclose the necessary amount, as specified in the price table above, to cover the cost of return postage. Due to incompatibility of cross country postal systems, applicants from Sweden, Denmark, Finland or Iceland cannot send a return envelop and are, therefore, required to enclose postage cost payment as appropriate.



Applying in person
Applicants may apply in person by visiting the Consular Section of the Embassy (see the address above) during the section’s official opening hours which are as follows:

Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12 noon and Fridays from 8:30am to 11:30am.

The Consular Section is closed outside these hours as well as on Saturdays and Sundays.

After your completed application is received at the Consular Section, unless we are able to issue the certification right away, we will ask the applicants to return on a specified day and time to pick up their certificate(s). Those applying in person can request for their documents to be returned to them by post in which case the applicants will be required to present a registered, self-addressed return envelop or enclose the necessary payment to cover postage cost.



Return of original documents
All original documents submitted as part of application for power of attorney letter will be returned to the applicant after the due process.



Have any questions or need more information?
For further information, or if you want to discuss your application with the Consulate Section of the Embassy, please contact the Consular Section during its opening hours (Monday through Thursday from 9am to 12noon, and Fridays from 8:30am to 11:30am).

Telephone: +47 22 83 84 10
Email: consular[#]afghanistanembassy.no
(replace '[#]' with '@' before sending e-mail)

Postal Address:
Embassy of Afghanistan, Oslo
Kronprinsensgt 17
Oslo 0244
Norway