#Vienna convention of 1961 verification#

#Vienna convention of 1961 verification#

Many states require the verification of the authenticity of foreign documents in a procedure called legalization, for the document to be legally valid there. This apostille is sufficient to certify the document for any state where the Apostille Convention is in force. If the Convention applies between two states, an apostille issued by the state of origin is sufficient to certify the document, and removes the need for further certification by the destination state.Īpostille issued by the U.S. An apostille is an international certification comparable to a notarisation, and may supplement a local notarisation of the document. A certification under the Convention is called an apostille or Hague apostille (from French apostille, meaning a marginal or bottom note, derived from Latin post illa, meaning 'after those '). The Apostille Convention is intended to simplify the procedure through which a document, issued in one of the contracting states, can be certified for legal purposes in the other contracting states of the Convention. The Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, also known as the Apostille Convention, is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlandsįrench (prevailing in case of divergence)