Before the introduction of Apostille certificates the burden on worldwide courts and authorities to judge foreign papers as authentic was rather significant. On the 5 October 1961 the Hague Convention abolished the demand of legalisation for international public papers. The Convention lowers all of the rules of legalisation here to the basic shipment of a certification in a recommended form, entitled "Apostille", by the authorities of the State where the file stems.
The confirmation of its enrollment can be performed easily through a straightforward demand for info dealt with to the authority which provided the certificate. There are currently over 60 member states of the Hague convention, follow this link to a checklist of these apostille nations. In addition to those countries which are members of the Hague convention many various other countries will also acknowledge an Apostille certificate.
For countries that do not approve the apostille on its own we can normally offer a complete consular office attestation service. Papers being used in the UAE, Qatar or China need consular office attestation and also we can take care of this for you. Basically any official paper can be legalised via the Apostille procedure.
If the document you desire legalised for usage overseas is not detailed please do not be reluctant to call us to review the information. When ever before possible we will legalise your papers under one Apostille to keep your expenses to a minimum, this is nonetheless not constantly possible. Several Business Papers can be legalised under one Apostille yet 2 Birth Certificates would require two different Apostilles.