Getting a document certified

You can get documents certified by sending them to us by post or by coming to the counter in our office. We recommend that you send the documents to us by post.

Which documents does the State Chancellery certify?

There are some documents that we cannot directly certify. Here can you see which documents the State Chancellery can certify immediately and which must be provisionally certified by another authority beforehand:

Which documents does the State Chancellery certify?

Sending a document by post for certification

Complete the form and print it out. Then send it with the original documents by post to the State Chancellery.

Step
1

Put all the original documents that need to be certified together in one envelope.

Step
2

Complete the form and print it out.

Step
3

Sign the form.

Step
4

Send the original documents together with the form to the following address:

Staatskanzlei des Kantons Bern
Beglaubigung von Dokumenten
Postgasse 68
Postfach
3000 Bern 8

Step
5

We will certify the documents and send them back to you. You will receive the documents back within a week.

Step
6

Pay the invoice that you receive with the certified documents.