Legalization FAQ's

The process of preparing a document for international recognition can be significantly complicated by the legalization phase. This critical juncture is a specialty of ours at Global Document Solutions, where our three decades of industry experience come into play. Even for us, with our extensive diplomatic connections, keeping abreast of the ever-evolving legalization requirements imposed

This is a question that comes up often as some hope to save time or expense throughout the Legalization process and at ALSC we understand this. There are a select few countries where you can legalize your document outside of Canada. In most of these cases, it’s because the country does not have an embassy

Legalization processing time is dependent on the specific embassy which varies widely from country to country. The Legalization processing times are in addition to the Global Document Solutions authentication service speed that you choose. Your agent will provide you what the current estimated legalization processing time is when you confirm the use of our services.

No, although we wish we could, unfortunately, we do not provide legalization services at all embassies in Canada for various reasons. Although Global Document Solutions 30 years of experience working with the embassies for legalization, which makes ALSC the preferred provider for international document processing in Canada, we cannot help with every country. This is

No, we wish we could but unfortunately, we are just the authentication and legalization experts which means our job is to ensure that you get the right stamps on your document to make it valid for use internationally. Although we do help verify your document to ensure it will be accepted at both Global Affairs