WhereOnline on Irembo (MINAFFET)
TimeAbout 3 days
CostRwf 10,000 for Apostille Convention countries. Free for other countries
What you need
- The document, notarized first by the right notary office
- National ID (or passport, refugee or foreigner ID)
- The document scanned as PDF, max 200 KB
- A phone number and email
Steps
- Get the document notarized (e.g. degrees, civil status certificates or a power of attorney).
- Go to irembo.gov.rw → Foreign Affairs and Consular Services → Legalization of public documents from Rwanda to be used abroad.
- Enter your details, choose the document type, name the notary office that notarized it, and pick the destination country.
- Upload the PDFs and submit.
- Apostille countries: pay the billing number (starts with 88). Other countries: you get a B2 tracking number.
- MINAFFET may invite you to confirm details. Once approved, download the e-certificate (it has a QR code).
Tips
- Rwanda joined the Apostille Convention in 2023. Apostilled documents usually need no extra embassy stamp in member countries.
- For a non-member country, also ask that country's embassy what it needs.
Official sources
Last checked: 2 November 2026 against Irembo and MINAFFET pages. If something here is out of date, tell us so we can fix it.
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