Legalising Malaysian Documents for Myanmar (2026)

Oct 29

Short answer: Myanmar is not a party to the Apostille Convention, and Malaysia does not issue apostilles, so Malaysian documents for Myanmar are legalised in a chain: notarised or endorsed where needed, translated into English if they are in Malay, attested at Wisma Putra (Malaysia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs), then endorsed by the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar in Kuala Lumpur. The embassy endorses Malaysian documents only after a Malaysian lawyer's endorsement, a translation and Wisma Putra's attestation.

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Last reviewed: October 2026. For translation rules, see certified translation of Malaysian documents for Myanmar.

Step by step

Notarise or endorse where needed. Powers of attorney, statutory declarations, affidavits, contracts, company documents and copies of documents go before a Notary Public. Degrees and transcripts are verified by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) first; SPM and other school certificates by the Ministry of Education. Original JPN certificates (birth, marriage, death) go to Wisma Putra as they are.
Translate Malay documents into English. The Myanmar Embassy works in English and Burmese, and a Malay document needs a certified English translation. A Burmese translation is added only when the office in Myanmar asks for one. See the translation guide.
Attest it at Wisma Putra in Putrajaya (Sabah and Sarawak government documents at the Ministry's state offices). Wisma Putra charges RM 20 per civil-status, notarised document or power of attorney and RM 10 per certified translation or certified true copy. See Malaysia legalisation fees and processing times.
Endorse it at the Myanmar Embassy, No. 289, Jalan Ampang Hilir, 55000 Kuala Lumpur (tel. +603 4251 4455 / 4251 5595; consular WhatsApp +60 11-2510 5774). Bring the attested document with a photocopy, and the original of the underlying document where the attested copy is a notarised copy.

Once the embassy has endorsed it, the document is ready for use in Myanmar. Some offices in Myanmar may also have it checked by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nay Pyi Taw or its Yangon office; the office that asked for the document says when.

Which offices ask for this

Marriage registration in Myanmar with a Malaysian spouse: birth certificate, single status certificate or statutory declaration, passport copy.
Company work in Myanmar: certificates of incorporation, constitutions, board resolutions and powers of attorney of a Malaysian parent company.
Employment and stay permits for Malaysians working in Myanmar: degrees, transcripts, experience letters and the police clearance (Certificate of Good Conduct).
Courts and lawyers in Myanmar: powers of attorney, affidavits and court documents.
Myanmar nationals in Malaysia: the Malaysian birth certificate of a baby born here (the embassy asks for the original and a copy for a newborn's passport), marriage and death certificates for family records in Myanmar.

What gets documents refused

Going to the Myanmar Embassy before Wisma Putra, or skipping the Notary Public for a private document or a copy.
A Malay document with no certified English translation.
A degree that was not verified by MoHE before Wisma Putra.
Coming to the embassy without the original of the underlying document or without photocopies.
Asking the embassy for a single status endorsement: it does not issue one. A Malaysian single status certificate (JPN) or a statutory declaration before a Notary Public is legalised instead.

Myanmar documents for use in Malaysia

A Myanmar document is first translated into English and notarised by a Notary Public recognised by the Union Supreme Court (in Yangon, the lawyers on Bar Street / Mahabandoola Road), then endorsed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pyay Road office in Yangon, or Nay Pyi Taw), and finally endorsed by the Myanmar Embassy in Kuala Lumpur. The Ministry will not authenticate a notarisation more than six months old, and its endorsement is for use within six months. Bring the original document with the notarised copy to the embassy.

When a Malaysian office accepts a translation made in Malaysia, we translate Burmese documents into English or Malay with our certification, including translations certified for Malaysian government offices. See certified Burmese translation.

မြန်မာဘာသာဖြင့် အကျဉ်းချုပ်

မလေးရှားနိုင်ငံမှ ထုတ်ပေးသော စာရွက်စာတမ်းများကို မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတွင် အသုံးပြုရန် (၁) လိုအပ်ပါက Notary Public ထောက်ခံချက်၊ (၂) မလေးဘာသာဖြင့် ရေးထားသော စာရွက်စာတမ်းများအတွက် အင်္ဂလိပ်ဘာသာပြန်ဆိုချက်၊ (၃) မလေးရှားနိုင်ငံခြားရေးဝန်ကြီးဌာန (Wisma Putra) ထောက်ခံချက်၊ (၄) ကွာလာလမ်ပူရှိ မြန်မာသံရုံး ထောက်ခံချက် ရယူရပါမည်။ မလေးရှားနှင့် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံတို့သည် Apostille စနစ်ကို အသုံးမပြုပါ။

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Common questions

Can I apostille a Malaysian document for Myanmar?

No. Neither Malaysia nor Myanmar uses the apostille: the document goes through Wisma Putra and the Myanmar Embassy instead. See apostille in Malaysia.

Does the document need a Burmese translation?

Usually not. The Myanmar Embassy works with English, so a Malay document needs a certified English translation. We add a Burmese translation when the office in Myanmar asks for one.

Can the Myanmar Embassy confirm that I am single?

No, it does not issue single status endorsements. A Malaysian citizen uses the JPN single status certificate, or a statutory declaration before a Notary Public, legalised through Wisma Putra and the embassy.

Can someone submit the documents for me?

Yes. We submit at Wisma Putra under your authorisation letter and take the documents to the Myanmar Embassy for you. Your documents are handled under our Client NDA.

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Zhihan Chew