<P> The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents , the Apostille Convention , or the Apostille Treaty , is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law . It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states . A certification under the terms of the convention is called an apostille ( from Latin post illa and then French : a marginal note ) . It is an international certification comparable to a notarisation in domestic law , and normally supplements a local notarisation of the document . If the convention applies between two countries , such an apostille is sufficient to certify a document 's validity , and removes the need for double - certification , by the originating country and then by the receiving country . </P>
<P> The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents , the Apostille Convention , or the Apostille Treaty , is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law . It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states . A certification under the terms of the convention is called an apostille ( from Latin post illa and then French : a marginal note ) . It is an international certification comparable to a notarisation in domestic law , and normally supplements a local notarisation of the document . If the convention applies between two countries , such an apostille is sufficient to certify a document 's validity , and removes the need for double - certification , by the originating country and then by the receiving country . </P>
hague convention abolishing the requirement of legalization countries
hague convention abolishing the requirement of legalization countries
Apostille Convention
Apostille Convention