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 |
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