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Document Authentication
Waarmerken van documenten

The School of Arts only accepts true and authentic diploma documents to avoid document fraude. Therefore, depending on the country your diploma and transcripts were issued, you will need either a certification stamp, an apostille stamp or a legalisation stamp. Without having submitted a physical copy containing the original of this stamp, the School of Arts cannot issue a formal invitation to enroll or enroll you.

 

To put things clear: you do not need this stamp on your documents to apply and do an interview/audition, but you will need to submit it before you enroll or wish to receive an invitation to enroll. Obtaining these authentications can take up quite a bit of time, so take care of this as soon as you can.

The School of Arts kan enkel authentieke, gewaarmerkte diplomadocumenten aanvaarden, teneinde documentfraude te voorkomen. Daarom - afhankelijk van het land waarin je diplomadocumenten werden uitgegeven - zul je ofwel een certificeringsstempel, een apostillestempel of een legalisatiestempel op je documenten moeten zetten. Zonder een fysieke kopie van je documenten waarop de originele stempel staat, kan de School of Arts geen uitnodiging tot inschrijven opmaken / je inschrijven.

 

Voor alle duidelijkheid: je hebt de stempel niet nodig op je documenten om je aan te melden of om het interview/de auditie te doen, maar je zult het document met originele stempel wel moeten opsturen voor je komt inschrijven of voor je een formele uitnodiging tot inschrijven kunt ontvangen.

Authentication per country
Waarmerking per land

No stamp required
Geen stempel vereist

Documents from:

Documenten uit: 

Belgium

Ukraine

Certification Stamp required
Certificeringsstempel vereist

Documents from:

Documenten uit: 

Denmark

Estonia

France

French Guyana

French Polynesia

Germany

Guadeloupe

 Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Martinique

The Netherlands

Réunion

Competent Authority that issues the stamp:

The school that issued the diploma

Instantie die de stempel mag toekennen:

De school die het diploma uitgaf

Apostille Stamp Required
Apostillestempel vereist

Documents from:

Documenten uit: 

Albania

Andorra

Antigua & Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrein

Barbados

Belarus

Belize

Bolivia

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burundi

Canada

Cape Verde

Chile

China

China (SAR Hong Kong)

China (SAR Macau

Columbia

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Eswatini

Fiji

Finland

Georgia

Granada

Greece

Guam

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Israel

Jamaica

Japan

Kazachstan

Kosovo

Lesotho

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malawi

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Morocco

Namibia

New Zeeland

Nicaragua

Niue

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Saint Kitts and Nevi

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and The Grenadines 

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

South Africa

Spain

Suriname

Sweden

Switzerland

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States of America

Uruguay

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Competent Authority that issues the stamp:dfr HCCH

Instantie die de stempel mag toekennen: cfr. HCCH

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Legalisation Stamp Required
Legalisatiestempel vereist

Afghanistan

Algeria

Angola

Anguilla

Bangladesh

Benin

Bhutan

Burkina Faso

Cambodja

Cameroon

Central Africa Republic

Comoros

Congo (Brazzaville)

Congo (Democratic Republic)

Cuba

Djibouti

East-Timor

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Greenland

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Iran

Iraq

Ivory Coast

Jordan

Kenya

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Lebanon

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malaysia

Maledives

Mali

Mauritania

Mongolia

Mozambique

Myanmar

Nauru

Nepal (Double Legalisation)

Niger

Nigeria

Norfolk Islands

North Korea

Palau

Palestinian Areas

Papua New Guinea

Qatar

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

Solomon Islands

Sri Lanka

Syria

Tadjikistan

Taiwan

Tanzania

Tchad

Thailand

Togo

Tunisia

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

United Arab Emirates

Uzbekistan

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Competent Authority that issues the stamp:

Belgian Embassy or Consulate

Instantie die de stempel mag toekennen:

Belgische Ambassade of Consulaat

Authenticated copies should be sent to the underneath address. Attention: please send copies only. The copies should contain the original authentication stamp! Please note the School of Arts cannot be held responsible for the loss of original documents in postal shipments. Only in case your apostille stamp or legalisation stamp is delivered with a QR code that allows us to verify the authentication online, you do NOT have to send physical copies, but you can send your documents per e-mail to paul.lamont@hogent.be.

School of Arts | KASK & Conservatorium | Hogeschool Gent
c/o Paul Lamont - Admissions Officer
Louis Pasteurlaan 2
9000 Gent
Belgium, Europe


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