Where is Rune?

I have just learned something new: How to legalize a document to be used in a foreign country, in this case a power of attorney to be used in Lithuania.

The fact that Indonesia is not a party to the Haag Convention of 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the Apostille convention), makes things more complicated.

And since there is no Lithuanian embassy in Indonesia, this complicates things even further. There is a Honorary Consul here, but it appears that this person has not the power to legalize documents.

Here are the steps I took to legalize the power of attorney:

1. Notarize the document at a notary public. Free (for me).
2. Legalize the document at the Ministry of Justice. This took two days and cost Rp 25,000 plus stamp duty.
3. Legalize the document at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This took one day and cost Rp 10,000 plus stamp duty.
4. Legalize the document at my embassy. This took a few minutes and cost Rp 340,000(!)
5. Finally, let the Honorary Consul of Lithuania witness the legalization. This took another day. Free.