Apply In Person:

1. To Confirm of Validate Authenticity of Educational Certificate, the applicant has to approach the Global Affairs Canada Link
2. Canadian authentication and legalization process involves authenticating the documents at Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa.
3. An application form will be provided to the applicant by the concerned officer. (If required)
4. The applicant has to fill in all the necessary details in the application form. (Incomplete applications are not accepted)
5. Make sure that the applicant has attached all the necessary documents that are mentioned in the “Required Documents” section of this page.
6. The applicant has to attach the photocopies of the required documents along with the application form while submitting.
7. Submit all the documents with the completed form to the concerned officer.
8. There is no fee for Confirm of Validate Authenticity of Educational Certificate.
9. After receiving the application, the concerned authority will check the submitted application and document set. If all are in place, the application will be accepted.
10. Once the process gets completed, the applicant gets a call from the office regarding the application.
11. The applicant has to visit the office to get the stamp authentication education certificate.
12. This entire process can be completed within 30 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

• Education certificate
• Application form
• Citizenship card
• Any other documents (If required)

Global Affairs Canada
Telephone: 1-833-928-1551
Contact Link

• Any degree holder who intends to Confirm of Validate Authenticity of Educational Certificate is eligible to make this application.

• There is no fee for Confirm of Validate Authenticity of Educational Certificate.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• This entire process can be completed within 30 days or as per the timeline advised by the respective department authority.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Applicants must complete the application form before submitting it. Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• Applicants must provide genuine information while applying for this procedure.

• Name
• Address
• Contact number
• Email id
• Mailing address
• Bank details
• Nationality
• Qualification
• City
• Other details
• Date
• Signature

• The authentication and legalization process enables your Canadian educational document to be recognized in another country. The process involves document authentication at Global Affairs Canada and legalization at the diplomatic mission of the destination country.

• For more information Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Link

• In some cases, the certificate may be acceptable to have your degree authenticated by a Provincial government. However, many embassies and consulates will not accept degrees that have been authenticated provincially, so it is important to confirm whether this will be acceptable in your particular situation.