The Consulate General of the United Mexican States is located at 350-11 King Street West
Documents needing to be legalized for use in Mexico need to undergo a process of authentication.
The second step is to have your documents authenticated. The following documents need to be authenticated by
Global Affairs Canada: powers of attorney, school grades, diplomas (university or college only), school transcripts (university or college only), certificates of birth or marriage, degrees/certificates of divorce, notarized business papers, affidavits made before a public notary, etc.
However, the following documents can be authenticated by the
Official Document Services: powers of attorney, school grades (university and college only), diplomas (university and college only), school transcripts (university and college only), certificates of birth or marriage, degrees/certificates of divorce, notarized business papers, affidavits made before a public notary.
The Consulate General of Mexico in Toronto legalizes documents issued in Ontario or Manitoba. There may be additional requirements for documents issued elsewhere. Please feel free to contact
info@notary-toronto.ca
for more information.
To legalize a document for Mexico, the Consulate recommends the following:
Requests for legalization can be sent through the mail (by courier or registered mail) and they must be previously authenticated (see the address of the Consulate provided at the top of this article, if documents are not properly authenticated, the documents will be returned without being legalized)
- Include a letter asking for the documents to be legalized (be sure to include the following: contact information, full address, telephone number, and email
- Be sure to include a return envelope (courier or registered mail)
- Include payment of the appropriate fees (which can be found here! Note, fees are adjusted at the beginning of every month)
- The Mexican Consulate will not legalize documents received by courier from abroad
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has extensive experience in the legalization and authentication of documents for use in Mexico. Please contact us at
416-451-5553
or by email at
info@notary-toronto.ca
and we will help you through the legalization and authentication process. Our rates are affordable and transparent. You can also fill in the form below and one of our legalization experts will get back to you as soon as possible.