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Cape Town apostille & notarial coordination

Your South African documents, ready for the world.

Degrees, birth certificates, police clearance certificates and powers of attorney, apostilled or authenticated at published prices.

Document Route Finder

Find the right document authentication route

Answer a few simple questions and receive a recommended route, estimated price and turnaround. You do not need to understand DIRCO or High Court requirements before starting.

Usually takes about one minute
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DestinationWhere the document will be used

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DocumentWhat you need authenticated

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Your routeClear guidance and next steps

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Document Route Finder Let’s find the correct route
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Step 1 of 3

Where will the document be used?

Enter the destination country. This tells us whether an Apostille or Authentication route is likely to apply.

Published prices

Document certification and apostille pricing

01Notarial Services

Notarial certification

Copies and witnessed signatures completed through our Cape Town notarial office.

Notarial Certified Copy
R260
Notarial Copy Authentication
R500
Notarial Signature Authentication
R950
View notarial prices
02Apostille & Legalisation

High Court and DIRCO

High Court apostilles notarised copies. DIRCO apostilles originals issued by government departments.

High Court Apostille / Authentication
R600
DIRCO Apostille / Authentication
R2,900
View apostille prices
03Qualifications & Records

Educational verification

UMALUSI, DBE and SAQA verification, followed by the required legalisation.

UMALUSI Verification incl DIRCO
R3,500
DBE Verification incl DIRCO
R3,500
SAQA Verification incl DIRCO
R2,900
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What sits with the government

  • High Court apostille: usually 2 to 3 working days
  • DIRCO legalisation: estimated 2 to 6 weeks
  • UMALUSI, DBE and SAQA verification before legalisation
  • Embassy requirements for non-Hague countries

What GlobeCerti handles

  • Route confirmed before originals are sent
  • Notarial, High Court and DIRCO stages coordinated
  • One point of contact for updates
  • Originals returned by tracked courier

These are government timings and cannot be guaranteed.

Qualifications and school records

Educational document verification

UMALUSI Verification incl DIRCO
National Senior Certificate verification with DIRCO legalisation
R3,500
DBE Verification incl DIRCO
School reports up to Grade 11, with DIRCO legalisation
R3,500
SAQA Verification incl DIRCO
Degree and diploma verification.
R2,900 + SAQA fees

About GlobeCerti

Apostille, notarial authentication and DIRCO legalisation, coordinated from one Cape Town office.

You do not need to visit our office. Simply courier your documents from anywhere in South Africa or overseas and we will return every original safely to you, anywhere in the world.

Semira Hristov

Attorney and Notary Public of the High Court of South Africa

With more than eleven years’ experience in notarial practice, cross-border document authentication and international legalisation.

Every notarial act is personally examined, certified and sealed by an Attorney and Notary Public of Semira Hristov Inc before it leaves our office.

GlobeCerti coordinates the document authentication process. All legal and notarial services are provided by Semira Hristov Inc, a registered legal practice.

More about GlobeCerti

Send scans. Know the route before you send originals.

We confirm the service, price and route at no charge, the same working day.