Note: The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, the Apostille convention, or the Apostille treaty is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states. Such a certification is called an apostille.
| State | Entry into Force | Apostille not recognised in |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 9 May 2004 | Belgium, Germany, Greece, Italy and Spain | |
| Andorra | 31 Dec 1996 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | 1 Nov 1981 | ||
| Argentina | 18 Feb 1988 | ||
| Armenia | 14 Oct 1994 | ||
| Australia | 16 Mar 1995 | ||
| Austria | 13 Jan 1968 | ||
| Azerbaijan | 2 Mar 2005 | Germany | |
| Bahamas | 10 Jul 1973 | ||
| Barbados | 30 Nov 1966 | ||
| Belarus | 31 May 1992 | ||
| Belgium | 9 Feb 1973 | ||
| Belize | 11 Apr 1993 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6 Mar 1992 | ||
| Botswana | 30 Sep 1966 | ||
| Brunei | 3 Dec 1987 | ||
| Bulgaria | 29 Apr 2001 | ||
| Cape Verde | 13 Feb 2010 | ||
| Colombia | 30 Jan 2001 | ||
| Cook Islands | 30 Apr 2005 | ||
| Costa Rica | 14 Dec 2011 | ||
| Croatia | 8 Dec 1991 | ||
| Cyprus | 30 Apr 1973 | ||
| Czech Republic | 16 Mar 1999 | ||
| Denmark | 26 Dec 2006 | does not apply for Greenland and the Faroe Islands | |
| Dominica | 3 Nov 1978 | ||
| Dominican Republic | 30 Aug 2009 | Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands | |
| Ecuador | 2 Apr 2005 | ||
| El Salvador | 31 May 1996 | ||
| Estonia | 30 Sep 2001 | ||
| Fiji | 10 Oct 1970 | ||
| Finland | 26 Aug 1986 | ||
| France | 24 Jan 1965 | ||
| Georgia | 14 May 2007 | Greece | |
| Germany | 13 Feb 1966 | ||
| Greece | 18 May 1985 | ||
| Grenada | 7 Apr 2002 | ||
| Honduras | 30 Dec 2004 | ||
| Hong Kong | 25 Apr 1965 | The convention is still applicable to Hong Kong despite thetransfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong on 1 July 1997. | |
| Hungary | 18 Jan 1973 | ||
| Iceland | 27 Nov 2004 | ||
| India | 14 Jul 2005 | Germany | |
| Ireland | 9 Mar 1999 | ||
| Israel | 14 Aug 1978 | ||
| Italy | 11 Feb 1978 | ||
| Japan | 27 Jul 1970 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 30 Jan 2001 | ||
| Kyrgyzstan | 31 Jul 2011 | Austria, Belgium, Germany and Greece | |
| Latvia | 30 Jan 1996 | ||
| Lesotho | 4 Dec 1966 | ||
| Liberia | 8 Feb 1996 | Belgium, Germany and the United States | |
| Liechtenstein | 17 Sep 1972 | ||
| Lithuania | 19 Jul 1997 | ||
| Luxembourg | 3 Jun 1979 | ||
| Macau | 4 Feb 1969 | The convention is still applicable to Macau despite the transfer of sovereignty over Macau on 20 Dec 1999. | |
| Macedonia | 17 Nov 1991 | ||
| Malawi | 2 Dec 1967 | ||
| Malta | 3 Mar 1968 | ||
| Marshall Islands | 14 Aug 1992 | ||
| Mauritius | 12 Mar 1968 | ||
| Mexico | 14 Aug 1995 | ||
| Moldova | 16 Mar 2007 | Germany | |
| Monaco | 31 Dec 2002 | ||
| Mongolia | 31 Dec 2009 | Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany and Greece | |
| Montenegro | 3 Jun 2006 | ||
| Namibia | 30 Jan 2001 | ||
| Netherlands | 8 Oct 1965 | Aruba, Curaçao,Netherlands and Sint Maarten | |
| New Zealand | 22 Nov 2001 | ||
| Niue | 2 Mar 1999 | ||
| Norway | 29 Jul 1983 | ||
| Oman | 30 Jan 2012 | ||
| Panama | 4 Aug 1991 | ||
| Peru | 30 Sep 2010 | Germany and Greece | |
| Poland | 14 Aug 2005 | ||
| Portugal | 4 Feb 1969 | ||
| Romania | 13 Mar 2001 | ||
| Russia | 31 May 1992 | ||
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14 Dec 1994 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 31 Jul 2002 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27 Oct 1979 | ||
| Samoa | 13 Sep 1999 | ||
| San Marino | 13 Feb 1995 | ||
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 13 Sep 2008 | ||
| Serbia | 27 Apr 1992 | ||
| Seychelles | 31 Mar 1979 | ||
| Slovakia | 18 Feb 2002 | ||
| Slovenia | 25 Jun 1991 | ||
| South Africa | 30 Apr 1995 | ||
| South Korea | 14 Jul 2007 | ||
| Spain | 25 Sep 1978 | ||
| Suriname | 25 Nov 1975 | ||
| Swaziland | 6 Sep 1968 | ||
| Sweden | 1 May 1999 | ||
| Switzerland | 11 Mar 1973 | ||
| Tonga | 4 Jun 1970 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 Jul 2000 | ||
| Turkey | 29 Sep 1985 | ||
| Ukraine | 22 Dec 2003 | ||
| United Kingdom | 24 Jan 1965 | including Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories | |
| United States | 15 Oct 1981 | ||
| Uruguay | 12 Dec 2012 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 15 Apr 2012 | Germany and Belgium | |
| Vanuatu | 30 Jul 1980 | ||
| Venezuela | 16 Mar 1999 |
