Attestation / Legalization of Documents

Documents issued by any authority in Sri Lanka should be first certified by the Consular Division of the Ministry of External Affairs in Colombo with respective seals and signature/s, before forwarding to the Consulate General for its attestation.

Documents issued by Swiss authorities should be legalized by the relevant Cantonal Authorities, before a request is made to the Consulate General for any attestation.

Applications for attestation of documents can be submitted either personally at the Consulate General or sent by post with photocopies.

The Consulate General authenticates only the seal and signature of the officer, who has legalized the document and not the contents of the document.

Consular fee is CHF 50.00 per Document

Electronic Document Attestation (E-DAS)

Documents originated in Sri Lanka

Documents originated in Sri Lanka can be Attested/Legalized from the Consular section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka through this Mission under e-DAS system. The main purpose of this service is to provide consular assistance to those who are living in Switzerland to obtain attestation for their documents by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka.

Charges for e-DAS attestation:                                                 Sri Lankan Passport holders – CHF 25.00                                                                                                                                                                                                   Foreign Passport holders      – CHF 35.00

• Please note that the fees mentioned above cover only the fee for the attestation by the Consular section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Sri Lanka. A computer-generated confirmation document will be issued for this purpose.

• If the applicant needs to get this Mission’s attestation in the same document; additional fee of CF 50.00 will be charged per document.

Documents originated in Switzerland

The documents originated in Switzerland can also, be attested through this E-DAS system. This Mission will upload the documents to the E-DAS after the verification and issues a computer-generated confirmation document for the purpose of producing the same for obtaining attestation from the Foreign Ministry of Sri Lanka or other Sri Lankan Missions abroad.

Charges for e-DAS attestation:                                             Sri Lankan Passport holders   – CHF 25.00                                                                                                                                                                                               Foreign Passport holders      – CHF 35.00