Parties to Hague Convention #12The Hague Conference on Private International Law is an intergovernmental organization, the purpose of which is to work for the progressive unification of the rules of private international law. There are presently 36 conventions (or agreements) among countries which are both members states and non-members of the Hague Conference. Hague Convention #12 abolishes the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents. Parties to Hague Convention #12 accept an apostille as certification of a document and do not require legalization.If you have a public document from a country which is party to Hague Convention #12 and you need this document legalized for use in another country that is party to convention #12, the document requires only an apostille. In the United States, the apostille is affixed to the document by the Secretary of State or its equivalent in the jurisdiction in which the document originates. To view a Status Table of countries that are Party to Hague convention #12, click here and scroll down through the lists of Member States and Non-Member States. The effective date of a country's acceptance of apostilles is listed in the column EIF (entry into force) with a date depicted as follows: Day of Month-Month (in Roman numerals)-Year. |
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