Apostille Countries list
The following 113 countries are members of the Hague Apostille Convention and will require an Apostille from the Secretary of the State or the US Department of State in Washington, DC.
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Albania |  |
Greece |  |
Oman |
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Andorra |  |
Grenada |  |
Panama |
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Antigua and Barbuda |  |
Honduras |  |
Paraguay |
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Argentina |  |
Hong Kong |  |
Peru |
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Armenia |  |
Hungary |  |
Poland |
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Australia |  |
Iceland |  |
Portugal |
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Austria |  |
India |  |
Romania |
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Azerbaijan |  |
Ireland |  |
Russia |
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Bahamas |  |
Israel |  |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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Bahrain |  |
Italy |  |
Saint Lucia |
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Barbados |  |
Japan |  |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
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Belarus |  |
Kosovo |  |
Samoa |
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Belgium |  |
Kazakhstan |  |
San Marino |
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Belize |  |
Kyrgyzstan |  |
Sao Tome and Principe |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina |  |
Latvia |  |
Serbia |
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Botswana |  |
Lesotho |  |
Seychelles |
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Brazil |  |
Liberia |  |
Slovakia |
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Brunei |  |
Liechtenstein |  |
Slovenia |
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Bulgaria |  |
Lithuania |  |
South Africa |
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Burundi |  |
Luxembourg |  |
South Korea |
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Cape Verde |  |
Macau |  |
Spain |
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Chile |  |
Macedonia |  |
Suriname |
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Colombia |  |
Malawi |  |
Swaziland |
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Cook Islands |  |
Malta |  |
Sweden |
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Costa Rica |  |
Marshall Islands |  |
Switzerland |
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Croatia |  |
Mauritius |  |
Tajikistan |
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Cyprus |  |
Mexico |  |
Tonga |
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Czech Republic |  |
Moldova |  |
Trinidad and Tobago |
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Denmark |  |
Monaco |  |
Turkey |
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Dominica |  |
Mongolia |  |
Ukraine |
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Dominican Republic |  |
Montenegro |  |
United Kingdom |
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Ecuador |  |
Morocco |  |
United States |
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El Salvador |  |
Namibia |  |
Uruguay |
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Estonia |  |
Netherlands |  |
Uzbekistan |
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Fiji |  |
New Zealand |  |
Vanuatu |
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Finland |  |
Nicaragua |  |
Venezuela |
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France |  |
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Georgia |  |
Norway | ||
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Germany |
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
More information can be found on the Hague Conference on Private International Law Apostille Section.
This list was last revised on August 2016.
Note: Guatemala will join the Hague Apostille convention on September 18, 2017