The Hague Apostille: What is it?

The Hague Apostille is a document that verifies the authenticity of the document it accompanies. Physically it is an independent sheet that is attached to the public document and that shows the signature and seal that guarantees its legality. This simplified method of legalization was introduced by the “Hague Convention” on October 5th, 1961.

What documents can be apostilled? apostilled?

Civil registration documents can be apostilled, for example: birth, marriage, divorce, single or death certificates. But not only those, but also notarized documents, certificates and/or academic degrees, employment, income, medical or property certificates, etc

Countries Party to the Hague Convention:

  1. ALBANIA
  2. ANDORRA
  3. ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
  4. ARGENTINA
  5. ARMENIA
  6. AUSTRALIA
  7. AUSTRIA
  8.  AZERBAIJAN
  9. BAHAMAS
  10. BAHRAIN
  11. BARDADOS
  12. BELARUS
  13. BELGIUM
  14. BELIZE
  15. BOLIVIA
  16. BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
  17. BOTSWANA
  18. BRAZIL
  19. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
  20. BULGARIA
  21. CHILE
  22. COLOMBIA
  23. COOK ISLAND
  24. COSTA RICA
  25. CROATIA
  26. CYPRUS
  27. CZECH REPULIC
  28. DENMARK
  29. DOMINICA
  30. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  31. ECUADOR
  32. EL SALVADOR
  33. ESTONIA
  34. FIJI
  35. FINLAND
  36. FRANCE
  37. GEORGIA
  38. GERMANY
  39. GREECE
  40. GRENADA
  41. GUYANA
  42. GUATEMALA
  43. HONDURAS
  44. HONG KONG
  45. HUNGARY
  46. ICELAND
  47. INDIA
  48. IRELAND
  49. KAZAKHSTAN
  50. KOSOVO
  51. KYRGYZSTAN
  52. LATVIA
  53. LESOTHO
  54. LIBERIA
  55. LIECHTENSTEIN
  56. LITHUANIA
  57. LUXEMBOURG
  58. MACAO
  59. MACEDONIA
  60. MALAWI
  61. MALTA
  62. MARSHALL ISLANDS
  63. MAURITIUS
  64. MEXICO
  65. MOLDOVA
  66. MONACO
  67. MONGOLIA
  68. MONTENEGRO
  69. MOROCCO
  70. NAMIBIA
  71. NETHERLANDS
  72. NEW ZEALAND
  73. NICARAGUA
  74. NIEU
  75. NORWAY
  76. OMAN
  77. PAKISTAN
  78. PANAMA
  79. PARAGUAY
  80. PERU
  81. PHILIPPINES
  82. POLAND
  83. PORTUGAL
  84. ROMANIA
  85. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
  86. SAINT KITTS & NEVIS
  87. SAINT LUCIA
  88. SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
  89. SAMOA
  90. SAN MARINO
  91. SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
  92. SERBIA
  93. SYCHELLES
  94. SLOVKIA
  95. SLOVENIA
  96. SOUTH AFRICA
  97. SOUTH KOREA
  98. SPAIN
  99. SURINAME
  100. SWAZILAND
  101. SWEDEN
  102. SWITZERLAND
  103. TONGA
  104. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
  105. TUNISIA
  106. TURKEY
  107. UKRAINE
  108. UNITED KINDGDOM
  109. URUGUAY
  110. USA
  111. UZBEKISTAN
  112. VANUATU
  113. VENEZUELA

What are the advantages of the Hague Apostille? Speed

Speed

It is a much faster legal process, since you do not need to go through as many institutions. It is only necessary to issue the apostille so that your papers can be valid in another country.

Confort

The Hague Apostille converts the heavy and endless chain of visits to Embassies and/or Consulates, appointments with officials and with public administrations to legalize your documents in a single process.