Monday 5 May 2014

Syria - legalisation of documents

The current conflict in Syria is devastating for the people of that country. Despite the conflict the Trade Mark Office still functions if slightly (intentionally?) oblivious to the consequences. A simple example is that the Trade Mark Office continues to require documents to be legalised despite Syrian Embassies and Consulates being closed in many countries (the US, UK, and Canada included).

Happy news reaches this part of the Empty Quarter of a possible solution. Documents can be legalised to the Lebanese Consulate in the country of execution and then sent to Lebanon where they can be legalised to the Syrian Consulate in Lebanon and from there they can be sent to Syria for use. While slightly convoluted this is, at least, a solution.

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