The Philippine Embassy Consular Officer may notarize, via an Acknowledgement or Jurat as appropriate, a document executed at the Embassy that are to be used for legitimate transactions in the Philippines or for those that may be required by the Consular Section to be executed in conjunction with or as a requirement for other consular services.

     1. Acknowledgement and Jurat

         Requirements

         1. Document for Acknowledgement (i.e. Special Power of Attorney, Au pair contract), or for Jurat (Affidavit, Affidavit of Support and Guarantee).

         2. Valid passport or Identification Document

         3. Confirmed Online Appointment

              To book an appointment, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and submit scanned copies of the documents in numbers 1 to 2

         4. Personal appearance

         5. Presentation of original copies of documents submitted by email and signing of the document for notarization

         6. Payment of fees (€25.00 in PIN or cash) for each copy of document

Notarized documents are released the next working day at 3:00 p.m.

      2. Acknowledgment of Au Pair Contracts

          Downloadable forms

• Standard au pair-host family contract au pair-host family contract prescribed by the Government of the Philippines for Filipino au pairs bound for the Netherlands
• Registration form for newly-arrived au pairs in The Netherlands
  

IND Recognized sponsors for purpose of stay as au pair 

Guidelines on the Departure of Filipino Au Pairs to Europe
News: Ban on Au Pairs Bound for Europe Lifted

           3. Apostilled Philippine Documents

            An Apostille is a certificate that authenticates the origin of a public document. It is issued by a country that is party to the Apostille Convention to be used in another country which is also a party to the Convention.

            On 14 May 2019, the Philippines became a party to the Apostille Convention. Authentication is still required for all Philippine documents to be used abroad, but this time with an Apostille instead of an Authentication Certificate (“red ribbon”) as proof of authentication.

             Since the Netherlands is also a party to the Apostille Convention, after authentication (Apostillization) of a Philippine document by DFA-OCA, as Competent Authority, there is no more need for authentication (legalization) of said Apostilled document by the Dutch Embassy in Manila.

For more information on how to apply, please visit the Department of Foreign Affairs website at  https://consular.dfa.gov.ph/services/authentication/authentication-general-info

             4. Apostilled Dutch Documents

             Similarly, as the Philippines is a party to the Apostille Convention, there is no more need for the Philippine Embassy in The Hague to authenticate/legalize documents issued by Dutch authorities to be used in the Philippines, so long as said Dutch documents are duly-Apostilled by the competent Dutch Authority.

             Clients are thus advised to obtain the Dutch Apostille (instead of Philippine Embassy legalization) for their documents from the competent authorities in the Netherlands.

(See list of competent Dutch authorities that issue apostille - https://www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie-en-contact/Organisatie/Rechtbanken.)