Countries Requiring Apostille Certification
Source: U.S. Department of State
Name of Document: Countries Requiring Apostille Certification
Last Date Updated: October 15, 2012
Document Owner: Corporations Section Manager
File Name/Location: U:\Corporations\GENERAL\Apostille-Authentication
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Revision History:
Revision Date / Issued By / Nature of Revision10/05/2010 / U.S. State Department / Peru, Cape Verde entered into force
09/13/2011 / U.S. State Department / Kyrgyzstan entered into force
12/14/2011 / U.S. State Department / Costa Rica entered into force
01/30/2012 / U.S. State Department / Oman entered into force
04/15/2012 / U.S. State Department / Uzbekistan entered into force
10/14/2012 / U.S. State Department / Uruguay entered into force
CONVENTION ABOLISHING THE REQUIREMENT OF LEGALIZATION
FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
Done at The Hague
October 5, 1961
Contracting State Territories to which Extended
Albania
Andorra
Antiqua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas, The
Barbados
Barbuda
Belarus
Belize
Benelux (abbreviation for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg)
Belgium
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Cape Verde
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic, The
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
Contracting State Territories to which Extended
France Entire territory of the French Republic.
French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Reunion, Affars
and the Issas (Djibouti) Angola-French Condominium
of the New Hebrides (Vanuatu)*Comoro Islands*, French Polynesia New Caledonia, St. Pierre and
French Polynesia New Caledonia, St. Pierre and Miquelon Wallis and Futuna
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic of South
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malawi
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Monaco
Moldova, Republic of
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mexico
Namibia
Netherlands The Kingdom in Europe, Netherlands Antilles
(Bonaire, Curaçao, St.Marten), and Aruba
New Zealand
Niue (Savage Island)
Norway
Contracting State Territories to which extended
Oman
Panama
Peru
Poland
Portugal Macau, Macao (and other overseas department)
Romania
Russian Federation, The
Samoa
San Kitts & Nevis
San Marino
Seychelles
Serbia and Montenegro
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain Anquilla
and Northern Ireland the Balliwick of Guernsey,
Bermuda,
British Antarctic Territory
British Guiana (Guyana)*
British Solomon Islands
Protectorate (Solomon Islands)* Cayman Island
Dominica*
Falkland Islands
Gibraltar
Gilbert and Ellice Islands
(Kiribati/Tuvalu)*
Grenada*
The Isle of Man Jersey
Montserrat
New Hebrides (Vanuatu)*
Saint. Helena
Saint Christopher and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Contracting State Territories to which extended
Saint Vincent*
Turks and Caicos Islands
British Virgin Islands
United States of America
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Yugoslavia
*Now independent and no confirmation issued by the newly independent country that the Convention is deemed to apply.
Revised 10/15/2012 6 of 6 Division of Corporations
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