Apostille

If your documents were issued in one of the signatory countries of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 abolishing the requirement for legalisation of foreign public documents, an apostille will suffice. An apostille is a special seal applied by an authority (the embassy) to certify the veracity of the official document .

• The signatory countries of the Hague Convention are:

Albania, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France,Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Monaco,Montenegro, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland,Portugal, Romania, the Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Surinam, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the United States of America, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela.

Annexe to the Convention > Sample of an apostille (The certificate will be in the form of a square with sides at least 9 centimetres long)