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Legalisation of documents from St Kitts and Nevis for use in the Netherlands

If you want to use a document from St Kitts and Nevis in the Netherlands, you must first have it legalised by the local authorities. This is done with an apostille. This is a simplified form of legalisation which allows you to use your documents in the Netherlands.

Attention: If you want to use a Dutch document in St Kitts and Nevis, see Legalisation of Dutch documents for use abroad.

Good to know

  • Documents in English do not have to be translated for use in the Netherlands. 
  • Your document must be original and complete. If it refers to other documents or annexes, these must be included.

Where can you have your document legalised?

You can get an apostille from the authorities in St Kitts and Nevis. See the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) website for contact details.

Once your document has been legalised it is fit for use in the Netherlands.

It is then also fit for use in Aruba, Curaçao, St Maarten, Bonaire, Saba and St Eustatius.

Don’t have the document you need?

Find out below where to obtain a document that you need but do not yet have.

You can get civil status records from the Registrar General’s Office, P.O. Box 236, Basseterre, St Kitts.

You can request official copies of:

  • birth certificates 
  • marriage certificates
  • death certificates

You can get a certificate of unmarried status from the Registrar General’s Office, P.O. Box 236, Basseterre, St Kitts.

You can get an official copy of a divorce certificate (decree absolute) from the Registrar of the High Court in Basseterre, St Kitts.

If you need another type of document, ask the local authorities where you can get this document.

Help with obtaining documents and having them legalised

The Consular Service Centre can assist Dutch nationals with obtaining documents and having them legalised in St Kitts and Nevis.

After legalisation

Verification of your document in the Netherlands

Legalisation does not prove the authenticity of a document or the truthfulness of its content. A municipality in the Netherlands, the Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) or another authority may decide to verify these things. Legalisation of your document simply means that your document bears the correct signature.

How recently must your document have been issued or legalised

Organisations have different requirements for how recently your document must have been issued and legalised. For more information, contact the organisation in the Netherlands requesting the document.

Contact

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.