Member Countries of the Hague Convention on Apostille Certificates The purpose of this convention is to remove the need for diplomatic or consular legalisation of foreign public documents. In place of the then complex and drawn out legalisation process was to be a simple certificate issued to a specific format. This certificate being the Apostille Certificate which once attached to a foreign document would remove the need for any further authentication or legalisation of the document when presented in another member country. What about document legalisation for Non-Member Countries? Countries not listed will still require an Apostille but will then also require further legalisation via their embassy. The following States are Members of the Hague Conference on Private International Law |
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Albania Argentina Australia Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Ecuador Estonia Finland France FYR of Macedonia Georgia Germany Greece Hong Kong Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Korea, Republic of Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg |
Macedonia Malta Mexico Monaco Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Panama Poland Portugal Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) United States of America (USA) Venezuela |