Adoption document attestation
Get an adoption order or certificate attested by the mission, with a QR stamp anyone can check.
The mission examines the original adoption order or certificate, checks it with the court or authority that made it, and attests it with a QR stamp that anyone can verify. The adoptive parent applies, or someone acting for them.
At a glance
- Issued by
- The Sierra Leone mission that serves the country you live in.
- Processing time
- Most attestations are ready within 10 working days of payment and of the mission receiving the original order. Checking a foreign order with its court can take longer.
- Originals and visits
- Send or bring the original adoption order or certificate to the mission. It is returned to you with the attestation, in person or by prepaid mail.
- How you get it
- Collect it from the mission, or have it posted to you in a prepaid envelope you send.
- When you pay
- When you apply.
Who can apply
Adoptive parents who need an adoption order or certificate attested, for example to get the child a passport or to register the adoption in another country. An agency or lawyer can apply on the parent's behalf.
What you need
Documents to upload
You can upload each of these, or bring or send it to the mission instead.
- The adoption order or certificateA scan or photo of every page; the original is sent or brought to the mission.
- The child's birth certificate
- Your passport or national ID cardThe photo page of your passport, or both sides of your national ID card.
To send, bring or do
- Prepaid self-addressed envelopeSend a prepaid self-addressed envelope to the mission for the return of your documents.Needed if you answer “Prepaid mail” to “How do you want to receive the attested documents?”
Also upload, if you have them
- The child's passport or IDIf the child has a passport or ID card, upload the photo page.
The mission then checks
- Adoption order verified with the court or authority
How it works
- Apply online with the child's and the adoption's details.
- Send or bring the original adoption order or certificate to the mission.
- Pay the fee to the mission and submit your receipt details.
- The mission examines the order and checks it with the court or authority that made it.
- The mission attests the order with a QR stamp that anyone can verify online.
Fees and how to pay
You pay the mission when you apply, then send your receipt details with the application or from the tracking page.
The ways to pay depend on the mission. Choose the country where you live to see them.
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