Where can you get assistance for translations?

The correct way to to translate official documents such as birth certificates, certificates of marriage and diploma’s is through an officially registered translator.

After translation of an official document you will need to visit the court of law under which the translator is registered. After obtaining an official stamp there, further legalisation has to be obtained from Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Finally, the Embassy (or consulate) of the country concerned, needs to approve with a legalisation stamp. In The Netherlands you can visit the Consulate General of the Republic of Singapore in Rotterdam.

To our knowledge, no such registered translator for translations from English to Dutch or Dutch to English, is available in Singapore. Until now the Embassy has been offering this translation service because of the high demand for such translations of Dutch documents for use in Singapore. Since the creation of unofficial translations is not part of the core activities of an Embassy, and due to the amount of Dutch citizens and related increased work pressure at the consulate department, the Embassy has decided to put a halt to this activity. The Embassy will only offer service for English translation of your Dutch drivers license.

If you would like to have documents translated, you can contact Mrs Caroline De Bruycker. After translation of a document, you will need to bring it to the Embassy to obtain a separate declaration complete with service stamp, stating it to be an unofficial translation of a source document.

Mrs Caroline De Bruycker can be contacted at 6404 1164.

Head Consular and Administrative Affairs
Sander Jacobs

[information valid a time of publishing, October 2007]