Malawi is a landlocked country in East Africa. It borders with Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia. It has a population of 19 million.
Recently, the Law Firm has had the opportunity to pursue a case for registration of a birth certificate from this country at the Registry Office. The document was prepared in English, so for the purposes of its registration it was necessary to order a sworn translation into Polish. The stamp duty for registering a foreign birth certificate is PLN 50.
Documents from „exotic” countries are often unknown to officials of Polish registry offices, therefore their prior legalization is required. It is most often done by obtaining an apostille stamp on a document in the country of origin of the document. If a given country has not signed the Hague Convention of 1961 on the abolition of the requirement of legalization of foreign official documents, it will be necessary to obtain legalization of the document at a Polish diplomatic mission abroad. Malawi has signed the Hague Convention so an apostille can be obtained for Malawi documents.
The Malawi birth certificate registration procedure was successful and the Registry Office prepared a Polish birth certificate for our client.