Certifications

When certifying a signature, the consular officer confirms that you have personally signed or acknowledged your signature on a document.

Please bring the document and an identity card or passport to the appointment.
If you wish to have copies certified, please bring the original document and any copies already made that you wish to have certified to the appointment.

There is a fee for certifications. The fees can only be paid in cash. The fee for the certifications of a copy amounts to 15.000 FCFA per copy.

For a certification, please book your appointment at this link.

Attestations

The German Embassy can issue certain attestations. For example:

• Attestation of life (Lebensbescheinigung) for the German retirement Service (Deutsche Rentenversicherung)
• Attestation of having crossed the border (Grenzübertrittsbescheinigung)
• In order to receive an attestation to close a blocked bank account for students, please contact us via our contact form subject “closure of blocked account”. Please include a scan of
  • your passport
  • the confirmation of your blocked account

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Important! If you have made a remonstration in the case of a refused visa, you must first also expressly revoke this by e-mail to the Embassy. As long as a decision on the remonstration has not been made, the blocking notice cannot be released to the bank.