Legalization fees

Commercial and Others Legalization
LATEST ANNOUNCEMENT

As of 17 March 2003, the PAI (Public Authority for Industry, Kuwait) have implemented the International Conformity
Certification Program (ICCP) as a conformity assessment and verification procedure applied to specific Imported
Regulated Products at the respective countries of origin, to ensure their compliance with the applicable Kuwaiti
Technical Regulations and Mandatory Standards. Full guidelines for Exporters can be obtained from the website at
http://www.pai-iccp.com/

ANNOUNCEMENT

As of 20 November 2000, payment for documents submitted to the embassy for legalization must be made in
Company cheque or Money order payable to 'EMBASSY OF THE STATE OF KUWAIT'. The following are the charges
per endorsement.

Legalization Requirements
All documents authenticated by The Department (Ministry) of Foreign Affairs & Trade in Australia or New Zealand or
The Chamber of Commerce.( Each document has to be authenticated individually).

Note: Only commercial documents(such as Certificate of Origin, Commercial Invoice, Packing List and any certificate
attached to those documents ) can be certified by the Chamber of Commerce, other certificates issued by the
Australian or New Zealand Authorities or companies (such as Certificate of Registration of a Company,
Agency/Authorization, Certificate of Incorporation, Distribution Agreement or Commercial Power of Attorney…) has to
be authenticated by The Australian or New Zealand Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade.

Photocopy of all documents.

A pre-paid self-addressed return envelope.(Applicants from outside Australia such as New Zealand are advised to buy
International coupons (NZ Post) and attach it to the self-addressed return envelope in order to be able to use it as a
return postage. Alternatively, we can contact the applicant by e-mail to arrange the collection of the documents by a
courier upon the completion of the legalization process).

The process of the legalization would take up to (4) working days.

Payments per document:

Certificate of Origin (C.O.)