LEGALIZATIONS

The Consulate General of Mexico in Toronto legalizes documents issued in Ontario or Manitoba. For documents issued in other Canadian provinces, please contact the Mexican Consulates in Vancouver or Montreal. For documents issued in other countries, please contact the Mexican Consulate or Embassy nearest to the place where the document was issued.

In order to be legalized, a document must be previously authenticated (certified) by the Canadian authorities.

For documents issued in Ontario or Manitoba consisting in: powers of attorney, school grades, diplomas, school transcripts, certificates of birth or marriage, decrees/certificates of divorce, notarized business papers, affidavits made before a public notary, etc. please contact:

AUTHENTICATION AND SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
125 Sussex Dr.
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0G2 TEL. (613) 995-0119

The following documents issued in Ontario: powers of attorney, notarized affidavits and certificates from the Office of the Registrar, may also be authenticated by:

ONTARIO MANAGEMENT BOARD OF CABINET
OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS SERVICES
77 Grenville Street, 9th Floor
Toronto, ON,
M5S 1B3
Tel.: (416) 325-8416; fax: (416) 325-8434

In Manitoba, the authentication of notarized documents, could be done by:

CONSUMER AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS
GENERAL INQUIRIES
1034-405 Broadway
Winnipeg, MB
R3C 3L6         Tel. (204) 945-2654; fax (204) 945-0430

REMARKS:

• Since the purpose of the legalization consists in proving the authenticity of a document, it is suggested to have the originals legalized.

• Requests for legalizations can be taken by mail. Please make sure to send the document already authenticated, to cover the corresponding fee and to make the arrangements for the return of the legalized document to you.

Also take into consideration that the consular fees are adjusted at the beginning of the every month. Therefore, please make sure to send the payment with enough anticipation, so that the cheque or money order is received at the Consulate when the fee you paid still applies.

• Processing time: one or two business days, depending on the amount of documents received.

• Please check the list of consular fees.

• Translations are not required by the Consulate; but we suggest that you check with the offices or institutions in Mexico where you are going to use your documents, to find out about this or any other requirement that you may need to comply with.