All secondary qualification certificates and higher education diplomas obtained outside of Poland need to be certified with an apostille or legalised in their country of issue. Only International Baccalaureate diplomas and European Baccalaureate certificates do not have to undergo this procedure.
Legalization of certificate can be accomplished by:
• Consul of Poland, appropriate for the country in which certificate has been published or
• Educational Authority in which territory or in which education system the certificate has been published or
• accredited in the Poland or other member state of the European Union, a member state of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - a side to the Agreement on the European Economic Area or a member state of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) diplomatic establishment or consular establishment of the state on which territory or in which education system the certificate has been published.
If you are a holder of a document issued in one of the countries listed below, you should legalize it at a Polish diplomatic unit appropriate for your country:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Saudi Arabia, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, China (excluding Special Administrative Regions: Hong Kong, Macao), Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Philippines, Gambia, Ghana, Haiti, Indonesia, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Yemen, Jordan, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Qatar, Kenya, Congo, North Korea, Cuba, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mauritania, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Central African Republic, Rwanda, Senegal, Singapore, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, Tanzania, Togo, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Vietnam, Ivory Coast, Zambia, Zimbabwe, United Arab Emirates.
Apostille is issued in the country that has issued the document. Apostille is a stamp or a printed form that allows for official documents (i.e. certificates and diplomas) issued in one country to be legally recognised in another. Apostille has been introduced with the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents of 5 October 1961 and can be used in countries which signed the convention.
If you are a holder of documents issued in any of the countries mentioned below you should provide them to the one of the institutions authorised to issue the apostille:
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Eswatini, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, LatviaLesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Korea, Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Ukraine, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, United States of America, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
