Ghana – Full Diplomatic Legalisation

Legalisation Guidelines

All documents issued in Ghana must be legalised (i. e. have been subject to the full legalisation process) in order to be recognised in Austria.

An additional provision must be observed for all documents issued in Ghana:

Once the documents have gone through the national authentication process in Ghana (with the last step being the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry), they must additionally be legalised by the Honorary Consulate in Accra or the Austrian Embassy in Abuja (Nigeria).

Please note that FH JOANNEUM will only accept documents / certified copies that have been verified for authenticity by a lawyer recommended by the Honorary Consulate in Accra or the Austrian Embassy in Abuja.

Procedure for authentication of documents from Ghana:

1. Legalisation by the Ministry of Local Government or the Education Ministry
2. Legalisation by the Ghanaian Ministry of Justice
3. Legalisation by the Ghanaian Foreign Ministry
4. Verification for authenticity and subsequent legalisation by the Austrian Honorary Consulate in Accra or the Austrian Embassy in Abuja

For more information about document verification and subsequent legalisation please contact:

Austrian Honorary Consulate in Accra

Wawa Street No. 16, Dzorwulu, Accra
P.O.Box CT-109, Cantonments, Accra
Tel: (+233/21) 78 33 69
Fax: (+233/21) 76 32 36
E-Mail: consulaustria@busymail.com.gh

Austrian Embassy in Abuja

Plot 9, Usuma Street, Maitama – Abuja/Nigeria
Tel: (+234/706) 41 83 226
Fax: (+234/9) 461 2715
E-Mail: abuja-ob@bmeia.gv.at

Translation Guidelines

All documents necessary for a full application which were originally not issued in German must be submitted in the form of certified translations into German or English.

PLEASE NOTE

Translations must be done by a  legally sworn interpreter who is officially registered in that particular country.

The interpreter has to confirm that the translation before him or her fully corresponds to the original by affixing the following:

List of legally sworn interpreters in Austria: http://www.sdgliste.justiz.gv.at/

Procedure: certification and translation

1. The original documents  themselves must bear all necessary signs of authentication before being translated since these certifications and/or  endorsements on the original must also be fully translated.
2. The legalised documents must be translated by a legally sworn interpreter.
3. In the case that a translation consists of more than one sheet, these are to be inseparably attached together by means of a vignette or label. The attachment of the individual sheets must be recognisable from the seal/stamp which must be partly on the vignette and partly visible on the first page of the translation.