Apostille convention

What is the apostille convention?

The Apostille Convention was created on October 5, 1961 to simplify the legalisation process of documents for any country that is part of this Convention.

The apostille process is a shortened and simplified legalisation procedure that replaces the longer and more complicated legalisation route up to an embassy.

If you have a document that will be used between two countries which are both part of the apostille convention, it is sufficient to have an apostille placed on the document and you do not have to have the document legalised up to the embassy.

The following countries are affiliated with the apostille convention:

Albania	Dominica	Liechtenstein	Russian Federation
Andorra	Dominican Republic	Lithuania	Saint Kitts and Nevis
Antigua and Barbuda	Ecuador	Luxembourg	Saint Lucia
Argentina	El Salvador	Macao	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Armenia	Estonia	Malawi	Samoa
Australia	Eswatini	Malta	San Marino
Austria	Fiji	Marshall Islands	Sao Tome and Principe
Azerbaijan	Finland	Mauritius	Serbia
Bahamas	France	Mexico	Seychelles
Bahrain	Georgia	Moldova	Slovakia
Barbados	Germany	Monaco	Slovenia
Belarus	Greece	Mongolia	South Africa
Belgium	Grenada	Montenegro	South Korea
Belize	Guatemala	Morocco	Spain
Bolivia	Guyana	Namibia	Suriname
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Honduras	Netherlands	Sweden
Botswana	Hong Kong	New Zealand	Switzerland
Brazil	Hungary	Nicaragua	Tajikistan
Brunei Darussalam	Iceland	Niue	Tonga
Bulgaria	India	North Macedonia	Trinidad and Tobago
Burundi	Ireland	Norway	Tunisia
Cape Verde	Israel	Oman	Turkey
Chile	Italy	Palau	Ukraine
Colombia	Japan	Panama	United Kingdom
Cook Islands	Kazakhstan	Paraguay	United States of America
Costa Rica	Kosovo	Peru	Uruguay
Croatia	Kyrgyzstan	Philippines	Uzbekistan
Cyprus	Latvia	Poland	Vanuatu
Czech Republic	Lesotho	Portugal	Venezuela
Denmark	Liberia	Romania