Apostille convention - wikipedia Apostille convention Not to be confused with Apostle ( messenger, esp. Christian ) ; or an apostil, meaning a marginal note or gloss. Apostille Convention Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents State parties to the convention ( members of the HCCH ) State parties to the convention ( non-members of the HCCH ) State parties for which the convention has not entered into force Signed 5 October 1961 Location The Netherlands Effective 14 January 1965 Condition ratification by 3 states Parties 115 Depositary Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( Netherlands ) Languages French ( prevailing in case of divergence ) and English Apostille Convention at Wikisource The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, the Apostille Convention, or the Apostille Treaty, is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states. A certification under the terms of the convention is called an apostille ( from Latin post illa and then French : a marginal note ). It is an international certification comparable to a notarisation in domestic law, and normally supplements a local notarisation of the document. If the convention applies between two countries, such an apostille is sufficient to certify a document 's validity, and removes the need for double - certification, by the originating country and then by the receiving country. Contents 1 Procedure 2 Information 3 Eligible documents 4 Legalization 5 States that are party to the convention 6 Abuse 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Procedure Apostilles are affixed by Competent Authorities designated by the government of a state which is party to the convention. A list of these authorities is maintained by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Examples of designated authorities are embassies, ministries, courts or ( local ) governments. For example, in the United States, the Secretary of State of each state and his or her deputies are usually competent authorities. In the United Kingdom all apostilles are issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in Milton Keynes. To be eligible for an apostille, a document must first be issued or certified by an officer recognised by the authority that will issue the apostille. For example, in the US state of Vermont, the Secretary of State maintains specimen signatures of all notaries public, so documents that have been notarised are eligible for apostilles. Likewise, courts in the Netherlands are eligible to place an apostille on all municipal civil status documents directly. In some cases, intermediate certifications may be required in the country in which the document originates before it is eligible for an apostille. For example, in New York City, the Office of Vital Records ( which issues, among other things, birth certificates ) is not directly recognised by the New York Secretary of State. As a consequence, the signature of the City Clerk must be certified by the County Clerk of New York County to make the birth certificate eligible for an apostille. In Japan all official documents are issued in Japanese ; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( MOFA, JAPAN ) can then provide an apostille for these documents. In India the apostille certification can be obtained from the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi, after authentication by the administration of the Indian state where the document was issued ( for educational documents ). Information An apostille issued by Norwegian authorities. The apostille itself is a stamp or printed form consisting of 10 numbered standard fields. On the top is the text APOSTILLE, under which the text Convention de La Haye du 5 octobre 1961 ( French for `` Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 `` ) is placed. This title must be written in French for the Apostille to be valid ( article 4 of the Convention ). In the numbered fields, the following information is added ( may be in official language of the authority which issues it or in a second language ) : Country... ( e.g. Hong Kong, China ) This public document has been signed by ( e.g. Henry Cho ) acting in the capacity of ( e.g. Notary Public ) bears the seal / stamp of ( e.g. High Court of Hong Kong ) Certified at ( e.g. Hong Kong ) the... ( e.g. 16 April 2014 ) by... ( e.g. the Chief Executive of the Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong ) No... ( e.g. 2536218517 ) Seal / stamp... ( of the authority giving the apostille ) Signature The information can be placed on the document itself, on the back of the document, or attached to the document as an allonge. Eligible documents Four types of documents are mentioned in the convention : court documents administrative documents ( e.g. civil status documents ) notarial acts official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures. Legalization Main article : legalization ( international law ) A state that has not signed the Convention must specify how foreign legal documents can be certified for its use. Two countries may have a special convention on the recognition of each other 's public documents, but in practice this is infrequent. Otherwise, the document must be certified by the foreign ministry of the country in which the document originated, and then by the foreign ministry of the government of the state in which the document will be used ; one of the certifications will often be performed at an embassy or consulate. In practice this means the document must be certified twice before it can have legal effect in the receiving country. For example, as Canada is not a signatory, Canadian documents for use abroad must be certified by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ottawa or by a Canadian consular official abroad, and subsequently by the relevant government office or consulate of the receiving state. Apostille vs. Legalization An Apostille of the Hague issued by the State of Alabama As Canada is a non-signatory, Canadian documents for use abroad must be certified twice : at the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and subsequently by the consulate of the receiving state ( in this case, the Netherlands ) States that are party to the convention The convention has 115 parties and is in force for all members of the European Union and all but ten members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law. As of 2017 The convention had not entered into force in Bolivia and Tunisia ; it entered into force in Guatemala on 18 September 2017. State Entry into Force Apostille not recognised in Albania 000000002004 - 05 - 09 - 0000 9 May 2004 Belgium ( until 2015 ), Germany, Greece, Italy ( until 2011 ) and Spain ( until 2017 ). Andorra 000000001996 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 Dec 1996 Antigua and Barbuda 000000001981 - 11 - 01 - 0000 1 Nov 1981 Argentina 000000001988 - 02 - 18 - 0000 18 Feb 1988 Kosovo Armenia 000000001994 - 10 - 14 - 0000 14 Oct 1994 Kosovo Australia 000000001995 - 03 - 16 - 0000 16 Mar 1995 Austria 000000001968 - 01 - 13 - 0000 13 Jan 1968 Burundi, Dominican Republic, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan Azerbaijan 000000002005 - 03 - 02 - 0000 2 Mar 2005 Germany, Hungary ( until 2005 ), Kosovo, Netherlands ( until 2010 ) Bahamas 000000001973 - 07 - 10 - 0000 10 Jul 1973 Bahrain 000000002013 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 Dec 2013 Barbados 000000001966 - 11 - 30 - 0000 30 Nov 1966 Belarus 000000001992 - 05 - 31 - 0000 31 May 1992 Kosovo Belgium 000000001973 - 02 - 09 - 0000 9 Feb 1973 Albania ( until 2015 ), Dominican Republic, India ( until 2008 ), Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine ( until 2004 ), Uzbekistan Belize 000000001993 - 04 - 11 - 0000 11 Apr 1993 Bolivia 000000002018 - 05 - 07 - 0000 7 May 2018 Bosnia and Herzegovina 000000001992 - 03 - 06 - 0000 6 Mar 1992 Botswana 000000001966 - 09 - 30 - 0000 30 Sep 1966 Brazil 000000002016 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 Aug 2016 Brunei 000000001987 - 12 - 03 - 0000 3 Dec 1987 Bulgaria 000000002001 - 04 - 29 - 0000 29 Apr 2001 Burundi 000000002015 - 02 - 13 - 0000 13 Feb 2015 Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland Cape Verde 000000002010 - 02 - 13 - 0000 13 Feb 2010 Chile 000000002016 - 08 - 30 - 0000 30 Aug 2016 Colombia 000000002001 - 01 - 30 - 0000 30 Jan 2001 Cook Islands 000000002005 - 04 - 30 - 0000 30 Apr 2005 Costa Rica 000000002011 - 12 - 14 - 0000 14 Dec 2011 Croatia 000000001991 - 12 - 08 - 0000 8 Dec 1991 Cyprus 000000001973 - 04 - 30 - 0000 30 Apr 1973 Kosovo Czech Republic 000000001999 - 03 - 16 - 0000 16 Mar 1999 Kingdom of Denmark 000000002006 - 12 - 26 - 0000 26 Dec 2006 Does not apply for Greenland and the Faroe Islands Dominica 000000001978 - 11 - 03 - 0000 3 Nov 1978 Dominican Republic 000000002009 - 08 - 30 - 0000 30 Aug 2009 Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands Ecuador 000000002005 - 04 - 02 - 0000 2 Apr 2005 El Salvador 000000001996 - 05 - 31 - 0000 31 May 1996 Estonia 000000002001 - 09 - 30 - 0000 30 Sep 2001 Fiji 000000001970 - 10 - 10 - 0000 10 Oct 1970 Finland 000000001986 - 08 - 26 - 0000 26 Aug 1986 France 000000001965 - 01 - 24 - 0000 24 Jan 1965 Georgia 000000002007 - 05 - 14 - 0000 14 May 2007 Germany ( until 2010 ), Kosovo and Greece ( until 2015 ) Germany 000000001966 - 02 - 13 - 0000 13 Feb 1966 Albania, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Dominican Republic, Georgia ( until 2010 ), India, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru ( until 2014 ), Tajikistan, Ukraine ( until 2010 ) and Uzbekistan Greece 000000001985 - 05 - 18 - 0000 18 May 1985 Albania, Georgia ( until 2015 ), Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Peru, Uzbekistan Grenada 000000002002 - 04 - 07 - 0000 7 Apr 2002 Guatemala 000000002017 - 09 - 18 - 0000 18 Sep 2017 Honduras 000000002004 - 12 - 30 - 0000 30 Dec 2004 Hong Kong 000000001965 - 04 - 25 - 0000 25 Apr 1965 The convention is still applicable to Hong Kong despite the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 000000001997 - 07 - 01 - 0000 1 Jul 1997. Hungary 000000001973 - 01 - 18 - 0000 18 Jan 1973 Azerbaijan ( until 2005 ), Iceland 000000002004 - 11 - 27 - 0000 27 Nov 2004 India 000000002005 - 07 - 14 - 0000 14 Jul 2005 Belgium ( until 2008 ), Finland ( until 2009 ), Germany, Netherlands ( until 2008 ) and Spain ( until 2008 ), Kosovo Ireland 000000001999 - 03 - 09 - 0000 9 Mar 1999 Israel 000000001978 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 Aug 1978 Kosovo Italy 000000001978 - 02 - 11 - 0000 11 Feb 1978 Albania ( until 2011 ), Japan 000000001970 - 07 - 27 - 0000 27 Jul 1970 Kazakhstan 000000002001 - 01 - 30 - 0000 30 Jan 2001 Kosovo 000000002016 - 07 - 14 - 0000 14 Jul 2016 Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China ( for Hong Kong and Macao ), Cyprus, Germany, Georgia, Greece, India, Israel, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Mexico, Moldova, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela Kyrgyzstan 000000002011 - 07 - 31 - 0000 31 Jul 2011 Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Greece Latvia 000000001996 - 01 - 30 - 0000 30 Jan 1996 Lesotho 000000001966 - 12 - 04 - 0000 4 Dec 1966 Liberia 000000001996 - 02 - 08 - 0000 8 Feb 1996 Belgium, Germany, and the United States ( until 2015 ) Liechtenstein 000000001972 - 09 - 17 - 0000 17 Sep 1972 Lithuania 000000001997 - 07 - 19 - 0000 19 Jul 1997 Luxembourg 000000001979 - 06 - 03 - 0000 3 Jun 1979 Macau 000000001969 - 02 - 04 - 0000 4 Feb 1969 Kosovo The convention is still applicable to Macau despite the transfer of sovereignty over Macau on 000000001999 - 12 - 20 - 0000 20 Dec 1999. Macedonia 000000001991 - 11 - 17 - 0000 17 Nov 1991 Malawi 000000001967 - 12 - 02 - 0000 2 Dec 1967 Malta 000000001968 - 03 - 03 - 0000 3 Mar 1968 Marshall Islands 000000001992 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 Aug 1992 Mauritius 000000001968 - 03 - 12 - 0000 12 Mar 1968 Kosovo Mexico 000000001995 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 Aug 1995 Kosovo Moldova 000000002007 - 03 - 16 - 0000 16 Mar 2007 Germany and Kosovo Monaco 000000002002 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 Dec 2002 Mongolia 000000002009 - 12 - 31 - 0000 31 Dec 2009 Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany and Greece Montenegro 000000002006 - 06 - 03 - 0000 3 Jun 2006 Morocco 000000002016 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 Aug 2016 Germany Namibia 000000002001 - 01 - 30 - 0000 30 Jan 2001 Kosovo Kingdom of the Netherlands 000000001965 - 10 - 08 - 0000 8 Oct 1965 Azerbaijan ( until 2010 ), Dominican Republic, India ( until 2008 ), Aruba, Curaçao, Netherlands, and Sint Maarten New Zealand 000000002001 - 11 - 22 - 0000 22 Nov 2001 Nicaragua 000000002013 - 05 - 14 - 0000 14 May 2013 Kosovo Niue 000000001999 - 03 - 02 - 0000 2 Mar 1999 Norway 000000001983 - 07 - 29 - 0000 29 Jul 1983 Oman 000000002012 - 01 - 30 - 0000 30 Jan 2012 Panama 000000001991 - 08 - 04 - 0000 4 Aug 1991 Paraguay 000000002014 - 08 - 30 - 0000 30 Aug 2014 Germany, Kosovo Peru 000000002010 - 09 - 30 - 0000 30 Sep 2010 Germany ( until 2014 ), Greece, Kosovo Poland 000000002005 - 08 - 14 - 0000 14 Aug 2005 Kosovo Portugal 000000001969 - 02 - 04 - 0000 4 Feb 1969 Romania 000000002001 - 03 - 13 - 0000 13 Mar 2001 Kosovo Russia 000000001992 - 05 - 31 - 0000 31 May 1992 Saint Kitts and Nevis 000000001994 - 12 - 14 - 0000 14 Dec 1994 Saint Lucia 000000002002 - 07 - 31 - 0000 31 Jul 2002 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 000000001979 - 10 - 27 - 0000 27 Oct 1979 Samoa 000000001999 - 09 - 13 - 0000 13 Sep 1999 San Marino 000000001995 - 02 - 13 - 0000 13 Feb 1995 São Tomé and Príncipe 000000002008 - 09 - 13 - 0000 13 Sep 2008 Serbia 000000001992 - 04 - 27 - 0000 27 Apr 1992 Kosovo Ratified as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Seychelles 000000001979 - 03 - 31 - 0000 31 Mar 1979 Slovakia 000000002002 - 02 - 18 - 0000 18 Feb 2002 Kosovo Slovenia 000000001991 - 06 - 25 - 0000 25 Jun 1991 South Africa 000000001995 - 04 - 30 - 0000 30 Apr 1995 South Korea 000000002007 - 07 - 14 - 0000 14 Jul 2007 Spain 000000001978 - 09 - 25 - 0000 25 Sep 1978 Albania, India ( until 2008 ) and Kosovo Suriname 000000001975 - 11 - 25 - 0000 25 Nov 1975 Swaziland 000000001968 - 09 - 06 - 0000 6 Sep 1968 Sweden 000000001999 - 05 - 01 - 0000 1 May 1999 Switzerland 000000001973 - 03 - 11 - 0000 11 Mar 1973 Tajikistan 000000002015 - 10 - 31 - 0000 31 Oct 2015 Tonga 000000001970 - 06 - 04 - 0000 4 Jun 1970 Trinidad and Tobago 000000002000 - 07 - 14 - 0000 14 Jul 2000 Tunisia 000000002018 - 03 - 30 - 0000 30 Mar 2018 Turkey 000000001985 - 09 - 29 - 0000 29 Sep 1985 Ukraine 000000002003 - 12 - 22 - 0000 22 Dec 2003 Belgium ( until 2004 ), Greece ( until 2010 ) and Kosovo United Kingdom 000000001965 - 01 - 24 - 0000 24 Jan 1965 Includes Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories United States 000000001981 - 10 - 15 - 0000 15 Oct 1981 Liberia ( until 2015 ) Uruguay 000000002012 - 10 - 14 - 0000 14 Oct 2012 Uzbekistan 000000002012 - 04 - 15 - 0000 15 Apr 2012 Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Kosovo Vanuatu 000000001980 - 07 - 30 - 0000 30 Jul 1980 Venezuela 000000001999 - 03 - 16 - 0000 16 Mar 1999 Kosovo Saudi Arabia is not a party to the convention. Abuse The Apostille does not give information regarding the quality of the content in the underlying document, but certifies the signature ( and the capacity of who placed it ) and correctness of the seal / stamp on the document which must be certified. In 2005 The Hague Conference surveyed its members and produced a report in December 2008 which expressed serious concerns about Diplomas and Degree certificates issued by diploma mills. The possible abuse of the system was highlighted `` Particularly troubling is the possible use of diploma mill qualifications to circumvent migration controls, possibly by potential terrorists. '' ( page 5 ) The risk comes from the fact that the various government stamps give the document an air of authenticity without anyone having checked the underlying document. `` An official looking certificate may be issued to a copy of a diploma mill qualification, and then subsequently issued with an Apostille, without anyone having ever verified the signature on, let alone the contents of, the diploma. '' ( page 7 ) Further member states indicated `` they would be obliged to issue an Apostille for certification of a certified copy of a diploma issued by a diploma mill ''. ( page 15 ) The evaluation commission of the Hague Conference expressed concern as to whether this issue could affect the entire convention. ``... the Apostille does not ' look through the certification ' and does not relate to the diploma itself... There is a clear risk that such practices may eventually undermine the effectiveness and therefore the successful operation of the Apostille Convention ''. ( page 5 ) In February 2009 the Hague Conference recommended to amend the wording on the Apostille to make it clear that only the seal and the signature were authenticated. The wording to be added is : `` This Apostille only certifies the signature, the capacity of the signer and the seal or stamp it bears. It does not certify the content of the document for which it was issued. '' See also Legalization ( international law ) Hague Conference on Private International Law Convention on the issue of multilingual extracts from civil status records References ^ Jump up to : `` 12 : Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents ''. Hague Conference on Private International Law. Retrieved 16 January 2011. Jump up ^ `` ABCs of Apostilles p. 13 '' ( PDF ). Hague Conference on Private International Law. Jump up ^ `` United Kingdom, Competent Authorities ''. Hague Conference on Private International Law. Retrieved 9 March 2011. Jump up ^ Authentication Archived 30 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. 2009 Jump up ^ Birth certificate application Archived 4 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine. 2010 Jump up ^ Crampton 2007 Jump up ^ Apostiles Archived 24 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine. n.d. Jump up ^ Apostille, MOFA Japan ( website in Japanese ) Jump up ^ MEA, India Legalisation of Documents. Jump up ^ `` BOE.es - Documento BOE - A-2017 - 2061 ''. www.boe.es ( in Spanish ). Retrieved 2018 - 02 - 23. ^ Jump up to : Information on the application of the convention to Hong Kong and Macau Jump up ^ `` Status Table - 12 : Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents ''. Hague Conference on Private International Law. Retrieved 21 May 2014. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014. Jump up ^ Strong and Herd Import / Export Services, A customer in Saudi has asked for our contract to be legalised, what does this mean ?, accessed 23 February 2018 Jump up ^ Permanent Bureau ( December 2008 ). `` The application of the Apostille Convention to diplomas including those issued by diploma mills '' ( PDF ). Hague Conference on Private International Law. Jump up ^ Permanent Bureau ( February 2009 ). `` Conclusions and Recommendations of the Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the Hague Apostille, Service, Taking of Evidence, and Access to Justice Conventions '' ( PDF ). Hague Conference on Private International Law. p. 13. 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