HomePower of Attorney Attestation for Saudi Arabia

About the Service

Power of Attorney attestation services are aimed at authenticating, thereby adopting, and validating one’s Power of Attorney document in compliance with the legal requirement of Saudi Arabia, and include many verification procedures and endorsements to be done from various authorities in the country of issuance and in Saudi Arabia.

To extract Power of Attorney attestation for Saudi Arabia, the following documents will be required:

• Original Document of Power of Attorney: The principal document to be attested, drafted legally, and indicating what kind of powers are being granted.
• Passport Copy: Full and clear copy of the passport of the principal and the agent.
• Authorization Letter: If you are not processing the attestation by yourself, then an authorization letter that shall be submitted for allowing a representative to proceed is required.
• Additional Identification: As per the issuing country’s regulations, could be a national ID card or residence permit.
• Proof of Address: The proof of address of the person conferring power at present, like a bill of utilities or lease of the house.
• Passport-size Photographs: The person conferring the power and likely the attorney’s recent photographs.

Step-by-Step Process for  Power of Attorney Attestation 

The attestation of Power of Attorney for Saudi Arabia The important steps in the process to be followed are:

• Drafting of the Power of Attorney: This should be rightly drawn with strict compliance of legal formats, to mention what type of authority is conferred. This document has to be drafted in such a format that should accommodate demands from both the issuing country and Saudi Arabia.
• Notary Public Attestation: After the local-level verification, the attested documents are presented to the notary public for verification. This is the first stage of authentication in which attestation by the notary public is performed before the authorized bodies.
• Chamber of Commerce Attestation: In the Chamber of Commerce attestation, the PoA is validated by the Chamber of Commerce of Saudi Arabia. This is a kind of endorsement by the Chamber of Commerce that the executed document has been actually issued by the enterprise and also is acceptable for the business.
• Embassy Attestation by Saudi Arabian Embassy: The PoA is further submitted to the Saudi Arabian Embassy or Consulate at the issuing country for subsequent attestation. Now this step ensures that your PoA is recognized by the official Saudi department.
• MOFA in the Issuing Country: Next, send the POA to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the country which issued the document and get its attestation stamp upon payment of the required fees.
• MOFA Attestation in Saudi Arabia: At MOFA in Saudi Arabia, the final attestation of the document will take place upon reaching the country. The attestation made by MOFA is the final step that would authenticate the document for all official and professional uses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• Apostille attestation, if needed: If the country of issuance is also a member of the Hague Apostille Convention, then the Apostille attestation itself may be sufficient for substituting the need for embassy attestation and fast-tracking the process. That means an Apostille stamp will be put on the document to simplify the procedure of attestation and render the document valid for immediate use in Saudi Arabia. It involves a few steps subsequently, which include regional-level attestation, state-level attestation, and finally, MEA attestation, after which the Apostille can be put.