What Is Embassy Legalisation?
Many countries are signatories to The Hague Convention, an international agreement which allows foreign governments to accept documents with an apostille from the F.C.D.O for use abroad.
See below for which countries have signed the Hague Convention, and which countries require additional embassy legalisation.
Countries within the Hague Convention
Documents only require legalisation by the F.C.D.O before use. The official list can be found at The Hague Conference On Private International Law.
List of Signatories:
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China, People's Republic of
(Including Hong Kong & Macao Special Administrative Regions) - Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jamaica
- Kazakhstan
- Korea, Republic of
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Namibia
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- North Macedonia, Republic of
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Tajikistan
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Northern Ireland - Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
Countries not part of the Hague Convention
Documents require separate legalisation via a foreign embassy (this may be in addition to apostille by the F.C.D.O)
Embassies We Visit:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- Brunei
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Comoros
- Congo (Brazzaville)
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini (fmr. “Swaziland”)
- Ethiopia
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guinea-Bissau
- Haiti
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malaysia
- Malawi
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Micronesia
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Solomon Islands
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Papua New Guinea
- Qatar
- Rwanda
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
- UAE
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Vatican State
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe