Which Countries Recognise the Apostille Certificate

The following states/countries are all members of the Hague Convention and recognise apostilles. The apostille certificate will be legally recognised and no further legalisation or embassy certification should be required.

Member Countries of the Hague Convention

A
Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan

B
Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria

C
China (Hong Kong), China (Macao), Colombia, Cook Islands, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic

D
Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic

E
Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia

F
Fiji, Finland, France, FYR of Macedonia

G
Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada

H
Honduras, Hungary

I
Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy

J
Japan

K
Kazakhstan, Korea (Republic of)

L
Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg

M
Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro

N
Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Norway

P
Panama, Poland, Portugal

R
Republic of Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation

S
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland

T
Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey

U
Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA

V
Vanuatu, Venezuela

If the country you intend to present the documents in is not listed please check with the entity you intend to accept the apostille. They very often recognise an Apostille certificate.