Apostilles
Apostilles are essentially "international certified copy's". The treaty authorization comes out of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and 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. The word Apostille means "certification" in French. The european equivalent is notarisation. European notarizations are significantly different from US notarizations. US notarizations must be certified by the State prior to certification via apostille.
We can obtain apostilles for many documents through the notary process. State certified documents can be certified via apostille as well. Please call for service pricing as each states' process varies.
Apostille Signatory Countryies:
Albania
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Andorra
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Antiqua and Barbuda
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Argentina
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Armenia
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Australia
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Austria
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Azerbaijan
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Bahamas, The
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Barbados
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Barbuda
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Belarus
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Belize
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Benelux (abbreviation for Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg)
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Belgium
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Bosnia-Herzegovina
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Botswana
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Brunei Darussalam
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Bulgaria
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Cape Verde
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Colombia
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Cook Islands
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czech Republic, The
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Denmark
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Dominica
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Dominican Republic
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Ecuador
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El Salvador
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Estonia
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Fiji
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Finland
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Georgia
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Germany
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Greece
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Honduras
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Hong Kong (special Administration Region Only)
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Hungary
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Iceland
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India
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Ireland
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Israel
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Italy
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Japan
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Kazakhstan
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Latvia
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Korea, Republic of South
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Lesotho
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Liechtenstein
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Macedonia
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Malawi
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Malta
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Marshall Islands
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Mauritius
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Monaco
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Mongolia
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Moldova, Republic of
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Montenegro
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Mexico
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Namibia
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New Zealand
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Niue (Savage Island)
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Norway
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Panama
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Peru
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Poland
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Romania
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Samoa
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Russian Federation, The
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San Kitts & Nevis
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San Marino
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Seychelles
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Serbia and Montenegro
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Slovak Republic
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Slovenia
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South Africa
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Spain
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Suriname
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Swaziland
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Sweden
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Switzerland
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Tonga
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Trinidad and Tobago
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Turkey
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Ukraine
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United States of America
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Venezuela
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Yugoslavia
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Territories to which Extended:
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France
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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 Miquelon Wallis and Futuna
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Netherlands
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The Kingdom in Europe, Netherlands Antilles (Bonaire, Curaçao, St.Marten), and Aruba
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Portugal
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Macau, Macao (and other overseas department) |
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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Anquilla 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 Saint Vincent* Turks and Caicos Islands
British Virgin Islands *Now independent and no confirmation issued by the newly independent country that the Convention is deemed to apply. |
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