1961 Hague Apostille Convention

The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (HCCH 1961 Apostille Convention) facilitates the use of public documents abroad. The purpose of the Convention is to abolish the traditional requirement of legalisation, replacing the often long and costly legalisation process with the issuance of a single Apostille certificate by a Competent Authority in the place where the document originates. 

The Convention has over 127 Contracting Parties, and has become one of the most widely applied multilateral treaties in the area of legal cooperation, with several million Apostilles issued each year.

If the country in which you will use documents is not listed there, you have to go through our authentication/attestation process.

Hague Apostille Convention Members 2023

The list of Hague Apostille Convention Members includes countries and regions till Nov 2023.

A Albania   Greece O Oman
  Andorra   Grenada P Pakistan
  Antigua and Barbuda   Guatemala   Palau
  Argentina   Guyana   Panama
  Armenia H Honduras   Paraguay
  Australia   Hong Kong   Peru
  Austria   Hungary   Philippines
  Azerbaijan I Iceland   Poland
B Bahamas   India   Portugal
  Bahrain   Indonesia R Romania
  Barbados   Ireland   Russia
  Belarus   Israel S Saint Kitts and Nevis
  Belgium   Italy   Saint Lucia
  Belize J Jamaica   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  Bolivia   Japan   Samoa
  Bosnia and Herzegovina K Kazakhstan   San Marino
  Botswana   Kosovo   Sao Tome and Principe
  Brazil   Kyrgyzstan   Saudi Arabia
  Brunei L Latvia   Senegal
  Bulgaria   Lesotho   Serbia
  Burundi   Liberia   Seychelles
C Cabo Verde   Liechtenstein   Singapore
  Chile   Lithuania   Slovakia
  China   Luxembourg   Slovenia
  Colombia M Macau   South Africa
  Cook Islands   Macedonia   South Korea
  Costa Rica   Malawi   Spain
  Croatia   Malta   Suriname
  Cyprus   Marshall Islands   Swaziland
  Czech Republic   Mauritius   Sweden
D Denmark   Mexico   Switzerland
  Dominica   Moldova T Tajikistan
  Dominican Republic   Monaco   Tonga
E Ecuador   Mongolia   Trinidad and Tobago
  El Salvador   Montenegro   Tunisia
  Estonia N Namibia   Turkey
  Eswatini   Netherlands U Ukraine
F Fiji   New Zealand   United Kingdom
  Finland   Nicaragua   United States
  France   Niue   Uruguay
G Georgia   North Macedonia   Uzbekistan
  Germany   Norway V Vanuatu
          Venezuela

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