Attestation



General information for Attestation:

The Embassy is offering general attestation service for various kind of documents, such as, police clearance certificate, birth registration certificate, marriage certificate, academic documents, passport copy, commercial documents etc.

The Embassy does not have any agent for processing documents (and for that matter, visa, passport, travel permit or for any other consular service). The service seekers are advised to get in touch with the Embassy direct for all kinds of service.


Process of documents attestation:

  1. Please submit your documents at the counter (Applicants can also avail the postal service to send and receive the documents. Please see below for more information regarding postal services.);
  2. Please pay the fees at the counter. You can pay only in cash. Attestation fee (per page): 08 Euro;
  3. After the submission of your documents and fees at the Embassy counter, a money receipt will be provided to you.

You will get back your attested document on the same day.


Documents required for attestation:

  1. Along with the copy for attestation, the original copy of the document as well as an extra photocopy of the document.
  2. If the original document originated in Bangladesh, the copy for attestation must be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, while if the original document originated in Portugal, the copy of attestation must be attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal, before submission to the Embassy.

Service hours:

On all working days, i.e., Monday to Friday except holidays:

Receiving of documents: 9.30 am - 12.30 pm
Delivery of documents: 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm


Postal service: 

Postal service may be availed of by sending the documents by post to the Embassy address. The attestation fee may be sent by postal cheque. After processing of your documents, those may be received either direct from the Embassy counter or by return post. In case of return by post, the applicant needs to send an envelope with own address on it along with postal fee of Euro 4. The postal fee can be paid together with the attestation fee as a total by the postal cheque. For postal service, the following address may be used:



Consular Section

Embassy of Bangladesh

Estr. Forte do Alto Duque LT - 1587, 1400-157 Lisbon