Apostille or Certificate of Authentication? Hague Convention Country List
If your document is to be used outside of the US, it must be legally validated. To determine whether your documents need an Apostille or a Certificate of Authentication, follow these steps:
Check Destination Country: Refer to the list of countries below.
- If the destination country is listed, you will need an Apostille.
- If the destination country is not listed, you will need a Certificate of Authentication.
If you have any questions, please feel free to send us a message at nb@cflnp.com.
๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania
๐ฆ๐ฉ Andorra
๐ฆ๐ฌ Antigua and Barbuda
๐ฆ๐ท Argentina
๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia
๐ฆ๐บ Australia
๐ฆ๐น Austria
๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan
๐ง๐ธ Bahamas
๐ง๐ญ Bahrain
๐ง๐ง Barbados
๐ง๐พ Belarus
๐ง๐ช Belgium
๐ง๐ฟ Belize
๐ง๐ด Bolivia
๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
๐ง๐ผ Botswana
๐ง๐ท Brazil
๐ง๐ณ Brunei Darussalam
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria
๐ง๐ฎ Burundi
๐จ๐ฆ Canada
๐จ๐ป Cape Verde
๐จ๐ฑ Chile
๐จ๐ณ China, People’s Republic of (Including Hong Kong & Macao Special Administrative Regions)
๐จ๐ด Colombia
๐จ๐ฐ Cook Islands
๐จ๐ท Costa Rica
๐ญ๐ท Croatia
๐จ๐พ Cyprus
๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark
๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica
๐ฉ๐ด Dominican Republic
๐ช๐จ Ecuador
๐ธ๐ป El Salvador
๐ช๐ช Estonia
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji
๐ซ๐ฎ Finland
๐ซ๐ท France
๐ฌ๐ช Georgia
๐ฉ๐ช Germany
๐ฌ๐ท Greece
๐ฌ๐ฉ Grenada
๐ฌ๐น Guatemala
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana
๐ญ๐ณ Honduras
๐ญ๐บ Hungary
๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland
๐ฎ๐ณ India
๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel
๐ฎ๐น Italy
๐ฏ๐ต Japan
๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica
๐ฐ๐ฟ Kazakhstan
๐ฐ๐ท Korea, Republic of
๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo
๐ฐ๐ฌ Kyrgyzstan
๐ฑ๐ป Latvia
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho
๐ฑ๐ท Liberia
๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein
๐ฑ๐น Lithuania
๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg
๐ฒ๐ผ Malawi
๐ฒ๐น Malta
๐ฒ๐ญ Marshall Islands
๐ฒ๐บ Mauritius
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico
๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova, Republic of
๐ฒ๐จ Monaco
๐ฒ๐ณ Mongolia
๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro
๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco
๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia
๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand
๐ณ๐ฎ Nicaragua
๐ณ๐บ Niue
๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia, Republic of
๐ณ๐ด Norway
๐ด๐ฒ Oman
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan
๐ต๐ผ Palau
๐ต๐ฆ Panama
๐ต๐พ Paraguay
๐ต๐ช Peru
๐ต๐ญ Philippines
๐ต๐ฑ Poland
๐ต๐น Portugal
๐ท๐ด Romania
๐ท๐บ Russian Federation
๐ท๐ผ Rwanda
๐ฐ๐ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis
๐ฑ๐จ Saint Lucia
๐ป๐จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
๐ผ๐ธ Samoa
๐ธ๐ฒ San Marino
๐ธ๐น Sao Tome and Principe
๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Arabia
๐ธ๐ณ Senegal
๐ท๐ธ Serbia
๐ธ๐จ Seychelles
๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore
๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia
๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa
๐ช๐ธ Spain
๐ธ๐ท Suriname
๐ธ๐ฟ Swaziland
๐ธ๐ช Sweden
๐จ๐ญ Switzerland
๐น๐ฏ Tajikistan
๐น๐ด Tonga
๐น๐น Trinidad and Tobago
๐น๐ณ Tunisia
๐น๐ท Turkey
๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine
๐ฌ๐ง United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
๐บ๐พ Uruguay
๐บ๐ฟ Uzbekistan
๐ป๐บ Vanuatu
๐ป๐ช Venezuela
