Notarial services provided by the mission:

· Verification of signatures

· Life certificates

· Taking and certifying affidavits

· Certifying expert opinions and medical certificates

· Certification of wills

The diplomatic /consular representative may exercise discretion regarding each notarization and may refuse to notarize a document if not convinced that all the legal requirements have been met.

When a document is written in a language unknown the signer or representative, he needs to provide a translation, notarized by a legal institution that declares the reliability of the translation.

Original documents and copies- The mission is authorized to confirm that a particular document is a certified copy of another document, subject to internal guidelines.

For every notarization, the citizen needs to identify himself with an ID bearing a picture of the citizen. Identification for the purpose of signing a document to be used in a real estate transaction will be solely by identity card or a passport.

Verification of public documents

There are two possibilities for verifying a public document:

1. Verification by means of apostille
In 1978, Israel signed and ratified the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign  1961 (hereinafter: the Hague Convention). The purpose of this Public Documents Convention was to shorten the processes required for a particular country to recognize the official documents issued by another country, by means of apostille certification.

Public documents and certificates that were issued in one of the countries that are signatories to the above Convention, and which bear the apostille stamp, are valid for presentation in Israel, without the need for additional verification / certification by the diplomatic / consular representative at the Israeli mission.

Additionally, for countries that are signatories to the Hague Convention, no additional verification is required by the mission consul of the country for which the document is designated, if it was stamped with an apostille in Israel.

With regard to a list of the countries that signed the Convention, and details about the authority competent to grant apostille certification in each country, as well as additional information, click on the following link:
http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.authorities&cid=17

Any document that was signed by a Korean notary should be also signed by the consular division of the Korean Ministry of Foreign affairs and Trade. 
Since the Convention ‘Abolishing the requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents’ (The Hague, 5 October 1961) has taken effect into the Republic of Korea since 14 July 2007, a public document emanated from Korea with the addition of the certificate (Apostille) issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade shall not be required an additional legalization from consular posts of the Embassy of Israel. 
 

2. Verification by means other than apostille
Verification of a document in a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention should be implemented as follows:
After the document is verified by the competent authority in the foreign country (usually the Foreign Ministry or Ministry of Justice), the Israeli consular representative verifies the signature of the competent authority.

For more information, please contact us:

Telephone: 02-3210-8541 or 02-3210-8513

E-mail: info@seoul.mfa.gov.il