If you are preparing your university diploma for a skilled worker or employment visa application in Canada, the document must first carry an officially recognized apostille. Without it, Canada's receiving institutions — embassies, consulates, employers, universities or immigration officers — cannot legally verify that your record was issued by a competent authority. This page explains how the apostille works specifically for Canada, who issues it, what other steps usually accompany it, and how DoCertify handles the entire chain on your behalf.
Documents bound for Canada are authenticated through Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Authentication Services in Ottawa, with provincial authentication required first. Because both Canada and most likely the country where the document was issued are members of the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention, a single apostille certificate is sufficient — no embassy legalization is needed.
Standard turnaround for apostille of your university diploma bound for Canada is 3–7 working days from the moment we receive the original document. Urgent processing is available in 24–48 hours for most countries of origin where the issuing authority offers expedited service.
No. The entire apostille chain is processed in the country where your university diploma was issued, not in Canada. You only need to ship the original document to our processing office; the apostilled and translated package is then couriered to wherever you are.
Yes. The apostille we issue is performed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC) Authentication Services in Ottawa, with provincial authentication required first, the recognized authority for documents of this type. Receiving institutions in Canada — embassies, consulates, employers and immigration offices — verify the document through the same channel.
If your diploma is not in one of Canada's working languages, a sworn translation is normally required in addition to the apostille. We can add a certified translation as part of the same order.
Employers and skilled-worker visa officers in Canada sit on dozens of applications per week. A document chain that arrives correctly authenticated and translated the first time moves through the queue faster, while a chain with a missing step is set aside and often only flagged after weeks of waiting. We process your university diploma so that the work-visa decision-maker can verify it on first inspection.