Karen Boyd, ASQ CQA Typically, the document is notarized, then distributed to appropriate secretary of state for seal, then forwarded to that consulate, embassy, or country delegate office for authentication or apostille (contingent upon Hague or non-Hague).

If you're still uncertain, I would go back to the originator of the request and gain a clearer understanding of the needs.

Pernelle Kruse Schøndorff Karen is right. If the device is produced in Germany get the document notarized in Germany and afterwards get the Apostille (Also Germany). Finally take the document to the Embassy of Mexico to get the final stamp (also Germany) Often you need to pay some kind of fee.

Ee Bin Liew in general, Karen's advice is sound and the correct approach, so I second that.

Karen Boyd, ASQ CQA Hi Bridget - Were you able to make any headway on your document legalization?

Bridget Desroches, M.S., RAC Thanks Karen! That is how we usually obtain legalization. However, apparently the Mexican Agency is now insisting that legalization occur either in the country of residence of the OEM (Poland in this case) or of the ISO cert issuer (TUV Nord/Germany). It has proven to be a frustrating situation to resolve.

Bridget Desroches, M.S., RAC All, thanks for your feedback. The device manufacturer is actually in Poland, but the certificate issuer is in Germany. Operating out of the US, how would I go about getting a document notarized and apostatized in Germany? Is there an organization in Germany that serves as an intermediary for this service? We have ultimately solved the problem by working through a division of our company located in Germany. Not an ideal solution as is a separate division and the accounting for processing gets complicated. Better if we could interface directly with an intermediary that performs the service that we can arrange PO's with etc..