Birth, Marriage Certificate Apostille Apostille Country List

Apostille Country List

Last update: 8-Mar-2023
Number of Contracting Parties to this Convention: 124

Listed below are the countries that are participants of the Apostille Convention (Hague Treaty Convention 12) and the convention is in force with the United States of America. The official list can be found at The Hague Conference on Private International Law's website:

Hague Apostille Member Countries/Apostille Convention Countries

Flag	Countries	Entry into Force	Apostille not recognised in
	Albania	09-May-04	Belgium (until 2015), Germany, Greece, Italy (until 2011) and Spain
	Andorra	31-Dec-96
	Antigua and Barbuda	01-Nov-81
	Argentina	18-Feb-88	Kosovo
	Armenia	14-Oct-94	Kosovo
	Australia	16-Mar-95
	Austria	13-Jan-68	Burundi, Dominican Republic, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
	Azerbaijan	02-Mar-05	Germany, Hungary (until 2005), Kosovo, Netherlands (until 2010)
	Bahamas	10-Jul-73
	Bahrain	31-Dec-13
	Barbados	30-Nov-66
	Belarus	31-May-92	Kosovo
	Belgium	09-Feb-73	Albania (until 2015), Dominican Republic, India (until 2008), Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Ukraine (until 2004), Uzbekistan
	Belize	11-Apr-93
	Bolivia	07-May-18
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	06-Mar-92
	Botswana	30-Sep-66
	Brazil	14-Aug-16
	Brunei	03-Dec-87
	Bulgaria	29-Apr-01
	Burundi	13-Feb-15	Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Poland
	Cape Verde	13-Feb-10
	Chile	30-Aug-16
	China	30-Aug-16
	Colombia	30-Jan-01
	Cook Islands	30-Apr-05
	Costa Rica	14-Dec-11
	Croatia	08-Dec-91
	Cyprus	30-Apr-73	Kosovo
	Czech Republic	16-Mar-99
	Denmark	26-Dec-06
	Dominica	03-Nov-78
	Dominican Republic	30-Aug-09	Austria, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands
	Ecuador	02-Apr-05
	El Salvador	31-May-96
	Estonia	30-Sep-01
	Eswatini	06-Sep-68
	Fiji	10-Oct-70
	Finland	26-Aug-86
	France	24-Jan-65
	Georgia	14-May-07	Germany (until 2010), Kosovo and Greece (until 2015)
	Germany	13-Feb-66	Albania, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Dominican Republic, Georgia (until 2010), India, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Paraguay, Peru (until 2014), Tajikistan, Ukraine (until 2010) and Uzbekistan
	Greece	18-May-85	Albania, Georgia (until 2015), Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Peru, Uzbekistan
	Grenada	07-Apr-02
	Guatemala	18-Sep-17
	Guyana	18-Apr-2019
	Honduras	30-Dec-04
	Hong Kong	25-Apr-65
	Hungary	18-Jan-73	Azerbaijan (until 2005),
	Iceland	27-Nov-04
	India	14-Jul-05	Belgium (until 2008), Finland (until 2009), Germany,[11] Netherlands (until 2008) and Spain (until 2008), Kosovo
	Indonesia	04-Jun-2022
	Ireland	14-Aug-78	Kosovo
	Israel	09-Mar-99
	Italy	11-Feb-78	Albania (until 2011),
	Japan	27-Jul-70
	Kazakhstan	30-Jan-01
	Netherlands	08-Oct-65	Azerbaijan (until 2010), Dominican Republic, India (until 2008),
	Kosovo	14-Jul-16	Argentina, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, China (for Hong Kong and Macao), Cyprus, Germany, Georgia, Greece, India, Israel, Mauritius, Nicaragua, Mexico, Moldova, Namibia, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Russia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela
	Kyrgyzstan	31-Jul-11	Austria, Belgium, Germany, and Greece
	Latvia	30-Jan-96
	Lesotho	04-Dec-66
	Liberia	08-Feb-96	Belgium, Germany, and the United States (until 2015)
	Liechtenstein	17-Sep-72
	Lithuania	19-Jul-97
	Luxembourg	03-Jun-79
	Macau	04-Feb-69	Kosovo
	Malawi	02-Dec-67
	Malta	03-Mar-68
	Marshall Islands	14-Aug-92
	Mauritius	12-Mar-68	Kosovo
	Mexico	14-Aug-95	Kosovo
	Moldova	16-Mar-07	Germany and Kosovo
	Monaco	31-Dec-02
	Mongolia	31-Dec-09	Austria, Belgium, Finland, Germany and Greece
	Montenegro	03-Jun-06
	Morocco	14-Aug-16	Germany
	Namibia	30-Jan-01	Kosovo
	New Zealand	22-Nov-01
	Nicaragua	14-May-13	Kosovo
	Niue	02-Mar-99
	North Macedonia	17-Nov-91
	Norway	29-Jul-83
	Oman	30-Jan-12
	Pakistan	09-Mar-2023
	Palau	23-Jun-2020
	Panama	04-Aug-91
	Paraguay	30 Aug 2014	Germany, Kosovo
	Peru	30-Sep-10	Germany (until 2014), Greece, Kosovo
	Philippines	14-May-2019
	Poland	14-Aug-05	Kosovo
	Portugal	04-Feb-69
	Macedonia	17-Nov-91
	Romania	13-Mar-01	Kosovo
	Russia	31-May-92
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	14-Dec-94
	Saint Lucia	31-Jul-02
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27-Oct-79
	Samoa	13-Sep-99
	San Marino	13-Feb-95
	Sao Tome and Principe	13-Sep-08
	Saudi Arabia	07-Dec-2022
	Senegal	23-Mar-2023
	Serbia	27-Apr-92	Kosovo
	Seychelles	31-Mar-79
	Slovakia	18-Feb-02	Kosovo
	Slovenia	25-Jun-91
	South Africa	30-Apr-95
	South Korea	14-Jul-07
	Spain	25-Sep-78	Albania, India (until 2008) and Kosovo
	Suriname	25-Nov-75
	Swaziland	06-Sep-68
	Sweden	01-May-99
	Switzerland	11-Mar-73
	Tajikistan	31-Oct-15
	Tonga	04-Jun-70
	Trinidad and Tobago	14-Jul-00
	Tunisia	30-Mar-18
	Turkey	29-Sep-85
	Ukraine	22-Dec-03	Belgium (until 2004), Greece (until 2010) and Kosovo
	United Kingdom	24-Jan-65
	United States	15-Oct-81	Liberia (until 2015)
	Uruguay	14-Oct-12
	Uzbekistan	15-Apr-12	Austria, Belgium, Germany, Greece, Kosovo
	Vanuatu	30-Jul-80
	Venezuela	16-Mar-99	Kosovo

Hague Apostille Non-Member Countries/ Non-Apostille Convention Countries

The following countries are not members of the Apostille Convention and any document requested by these countries will receive a certification. Please note that some of the countries listed below may require additional legalization by a Consulate or Embassy office. Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma Myanmar, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Congo Republic, Congo Democratic, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar Burma, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Note: Guatemala will join the Hague Apostille convention on September 18, 2017

* Last Revised August, 2016