Hague Apostille Convention List

The Hague Apostille Convention of October 5 1961

The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, also known as the Apostille Convention, is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). The Apostille Convention is intended to simplify the procedure through which a document, issued in one of the contracting states, can be certified for legal purposes in the other contracting states of the Convention.

A certification under the Convention is called an apostille or Hague apostille (from French apostille, meaning a marginal or bottom note, derived from Latin post illa, meaning "after those [words of the text]"). An apostille is an international certification comparable to a notarisation, and may supplement a local notarization of the document. If the Convention applies between two states, an apostille issued by the state of origin is sufficient to certify the document, and removes the need for further certification by the destination state.
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Listed below are the countries that are participants of The Hague Apostille Convention.

The official list can be found at The Hague Conference on Private International Law’s website.

 

A
  • Albania
  • Andorra
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
B
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Barbados
  • Belarus
  • Belgium
  • Belize
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Brazil
  • Brunel Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Burundi
C
  • Cape Verde
  • Chile
  • China, effective 11.07.2023
  • Columbia
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
D
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
E
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Estonia
  • Eswatini
F
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • France
G
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Grenada
  • Guatemala
  • Guyana
H
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
I
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
J
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
K
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kosovo
  • Krgyzstan
L
  • Latvia
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
M
  • Macedonia
  • Malawi
  • Malta
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Morocco
N
  • Namibia
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niue
  • Norway
O
  • Oman
P
  • Pakistan
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Poland
  • Portugal
R
  • Romania
  • Russia
S
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Samoa
  • San Marino
  • São Tomé and Principe
  • Saudia Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • South Africa
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Suriname
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
T
  • Tajikistan
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
U
  • Ukraine
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
V
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela