WHICH COUNTRIES REQUIRE AN APOSTILLE?
The following 107 countries are members of the Hague Apostille Convention and will require an Apostille from the California Secretary of State…
Antigua and Barbuda Honduras Paraguay
Azerbaijan Ireland Russia
Bahamas Israel Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bahrain Italy Saint Lucia
Barbados Japan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Belarus Kazakhstan Samoa
Belgium Kyrgyzstan San Marino
Belize Latvia Sao Tome and Principe
Bosnia and Herzegovina Lesotho Serbia
Botswana Liberia Seychelles
Brunei Liechtenstein Slovakia
Cape Verde Luxembourg South Africa
Colombia Macau South Korea
Cook Islands Macedonia Spain
Croatia Malta Swaziland
Cyprus Marshall Islands Sweden
Czech Republic Mauritius Switzerland
Dominica Moldova Trinidad and Tobago
Dominican Republic Monaco Turkey
El Salvador Montenegro United Kingdom
Estonia Namibia United States
Fiji Netherlands Uruguay
Finland New Zealand Uzbekistan
Germany Norway
The following countries below are NOT members of the Apostille Convention and will require a certification… Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burma Myanmar, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Congo Republic, Congo Democratic, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar Burma, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe