Legalisation
The legalization of an official document is the confirmation that the document comes from the appropriate office — by legalizing a document, the consul confirms the authenticity of the signature and seal of a foreign official. This way, you can use a foreign official document in Poland.
Legalization concerns states that are not party to the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, lifting the requirement of legalization for foreign official documents (Official Gazette of 2005, 938)
ATTENTION: Since Vietnam joined the Hague Convention on September 11, 2026, which lifts the requirement for legalization of foreign official documents, the consul in Hanoi has stopped legalizing Vietnamese documents meant to be used in Poland.
In case a foreign office requires an Apostille on a Polish document, please consult the information published on the website of the Polish MFA.
Legal basis
Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents, drawn up in The Hague on October 5, 1961
The Act of June 25, 2015, Consular Law
The Act of November 17, 1964, Code of Civil Procedure