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APOSTILLES ACCEPTED BY HAGUE CONVENTION COUNTRIES

Documents to be used in a country that is a party of the Hague Convention must request the apostille from the Secretary of State where the document was executed. This apostille certification then eliminates the need to send the document to the US Department of State. Once an individual receives and apostille on a document and the document is going to be used in the Hague Convention country, the document is ready for that country.

The following is a list of the countries and territories, which are a party to the Convention:

·     Antigua and Barbuda
·     Argentina
·     Armenia
·     Australia
·     Austria
·     Bahamas
·     Belgium
·     Belize
·     Bosnia and Hercegovina
·     Botswana
·     Bulgaria
·     Czechoslovakia
·     Colombia, South America
·     Commonwealth of Independent States
     -     Belarus
     -     Russia
·     Croatia
·     Cyprus
·     Czech Republic
·     El Salvador
·     Fiji
·     Finland
·     France
     -     French Guiana
     -     Guadeloupe
     -     Martinique
     -     Reunion
     -     Affars and the Issas
     -     Djibouti
     -     Anglo-French Condominium of the New Herbrides (Vanuatu)
     -     Comoro Island
     -     French Polynesia
     -     New Caledonia
     -     St. Pierre and Miquelon
     -     Wallis and Futuna
·     Germany
·     Greece
·     Honduras
·     Hungary
·     Ireland
·     Israel
·     Italy
·     Japan
·     Kazakhstan
·     Latvia
·     Lesotho
·     Liechtenstein
·     Lithuania
·     Luxembourg
·     Macedonia
·     Malawi
·     Malta
·     Marshall Islands
·     Mauritius
·     Netherlands
     -     Netherlands Antilles (Aruba)
·     Norway
·     Panama
·     Portugal
·     Romania
·     San Marino, Republic of
·     Scotland
·     Seychelles
·     Slovenia
·     Spain
·     South Africa
·     Suriname
·     Swaziland
·     Switzerland
·     Tonga
·     Turkey
·     United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
     -     Anguilla
     -     Bailiwick of Guernsey
     -     Barbados
     -     Bermuda
     -     British Antarctica Territory
     -     British Guiana (Guyana)
     -     British Solomon Islands Protectorate (Solomon Islands)
     -     Brunei
     -     Cayman Islands
     -     Dominica
     -     Falkland Islands
     -     Gibraltar
     -     Gilbert and Ellice Islands (Kiribati)
     -     Grenada
     -     Hong Kong
     -     Isle of Man Jersey
     -     Montserrat
     -     New Hebrides (Vanuatu)
     -     Saint Helena
     -     Saint Christopher and Nevis
     -     Saint Lucia
     -     Saint Vincent
     -     Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
     -     Turks and Caicos Islands
     -     Virgin Islands
·     Mexico
·     NIUE Islands
·     United States
     -     PuertoRico
·     Venezuela
   

 

 

 

 

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