An original Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product issued by Health Canada can be apostilled for use outside of Canada. You will need to contact the person or organization that has requested the Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product to determine if it must be apostilled. In most cases, the answer is yes.  That is because the apostille process allows a document from Canada to be recognized in any other apostille member country.

For more information on  how to apostille your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product, please contact one of our experts.

Yes! We can certainly handle the apostille (or authentication and legalization) of your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product on your behalf. We regularly process Certificate of Pharmaceutical Products for our clients. You can even have it sent directly to us from Health Canada, saving you valuable time.  Contact us for more information and to answer any questions you have.

The processing time to apostille your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product may vary depending on the destination country. If the destination country is a signatory to the Hague Apostille Convention, you will only require the apostille. This can be done through the appropriate government office in Canada.

If the destination country is a not a member of the Hague Apostille Convention, the document will also require a final step of legalization. Each diplomatic mission has its own processing time for legalization of documents, varying between 1 day and several weeks.  If any steps of the process are not done correctly, or the supporting document requirements are not met, it can result in significant delays.

Contact our friendly specialists for a more information on how long it will take to apostille your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product.

If you need to use your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product in another country that is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention, all you need is an apostille. However, if you need to use the document in a non-member country, it will need to be authenticated and legalized.

There are three steps to the process of authenticating and legalizing a Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product.

Step 1 - preparing your certificate for submission.

Step 2 - submitting your certificate to the appropriate apostille office to be apostilled.

Step 3 - if applicable - submitting your certificate to the diplomatic mission for legalization.

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The requirements for the apostille of the Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product can vary depending on the a few factors. An original Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product can be apostilled by the appropriate government authority.

If your document is destined for a non-apostille signatory country, it then needs to be legalized at the embassy or consulate of the destination country.  Each embassy and consulate has specific requirements for commercial document legalization. Not knowing these requirements in advance can cause significant delays and can even result in your document being returned unprocessed.

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You have been asked for an "apostille" of your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product. Now what?

The term "apostille" refers to the Hague Apostille Convention. As Canada has just signed the Hague Apostille Convention, you can now obtain an apostille on a Canadian document. The process in Canada was previously called authentication and legalization.

Your Certificate of Pharmaceutical Product will need to be submitted to the appropriate government authentication office for an apostille (or authenticated and legalized if applicable).

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