As of February 1 2024, all Canadian Official Documents are required to be approved by Apostille before
being submitted to the Consulate.
The Consulate will not be
able to authenticate public Canadian official documents (federal or provincial)
and those must be stamped by Apostille prior to its submission to the Consulate.
For additional information:
https://www.international.gc.ca/gac-amc/about-a_propos/services/authentication-authentification/apostille-convention.aspx?lang=eng
The Consulate offers notarial services such as powers of
attorney, affidavits, etc. The service is only given at the Consulate in person
and by appointment.
Please note the following:
1. The signer must be able to read the document s/he is
signing in the document’s original language and fully comprehend its meaning. If
the consul is not convinced that the signer can read the document in a
satisfactory way, and/or if the consul is not convinced that the document
in question is clear enough to the signer, the consul will not sign the
document unless it is translated by a certified translator to a language the
signer understands.
2. The signer is required to bring the document they wish to
sign. The Consulate does not provide samples of legal documents of any
type.
3. If you are an Israeli citizen, you must bring your Israeli
passport. If you are not an Israeli citizen, you must still bring
identification. Passports or travel documents are preferred.
Please note – when notarizing documents related to real estate,
the signer’s identity will be verified only by means of a valid passport.
4. In case we cannot complete the preparation of the
documents during the appointment for any reason, the documents will be ready
for a pick up or to be shipped within 5 business days from the day of
signing those documents at the Consulate.
There are two ways to notarize a document
written in a language the signer does not understand:
1. The document can be translated by a
certified translator. The translator needs to sign an affidavit ensuring the
authenticity and accuracy of the original.
2. The
document can be signed by a notary public who speaks the language. The
signature of the notary public must be afterwards authenticated by the Official Documents
Service in the province where you live, and finally you need to bring the
document for authentication to the Consulate.