Documents issued in the United States and intended for use in another country must be “notarized” or “legalized” to be recognized as valid abroad.
The number and type of authentication certificates you need depend on the type of document and whether or not the foreign country is a party to the Multilateral Document Legalization Treaty.
If the country where the document is used is not a party to the convention, such as Angola, it will need Angola legalization. The Angola Embassy legalization is a procedure for confirming the validity of originals of official documents or certifying the authenticity of signatures of officials authorized to certify signatures on documents, as well as the validity of impressions of stamps, stamps with which the document is found attached.
Documents from non-Hague countries are subject to “chain authentication” at the state, federal, and embassy levels. The Authentication Office of the United States Department of State is responsible for signing and issuing certificates with the seal of the United States Department of State that provide authentication services for documents used abroad. They are then certified at the embassy or consulate of the country for which they are legalized.
We provide authentication services (legalization services) to companies, law firms, U.S. citizens, and foreigners for all documents used in Angola and other countries. USLegalization specializes in the Express Legalization Service: authentication of signatures of public officials on documents intended for use outside the United States of America. We can authenticate documents issued in any U.S. state.
We offer the Angola Apostille service for documents issued by federal courts, federal agencies, state documents, and notarized documents whose authentication procedures vary from state to state.