Documents Legalization

Documents issued in one country and need to be used in another country, must be "authenticated" or "legalized" before they can be recognized in a foreign country.
This is a process in which various seals and signatures are placed on the document.

Regular Documents (Non-Participating Hague Convention)
Afghanistan	Denmark	Malaysia	Sudan
Algeria	Dominican	Mali	Syria
Angola	Egypt	Mauritania	Taiwan
Bahrain	Eritrea	Morocco	Tajikistan
Bangladesh	Ethiopia	Myanmar	Tanzania
Benin	Ghana	Nepal	Thailand
Bolivia	Guatemala	Nicaragua	Tunisia
Brazil	Guinea	Niger	Turkmenistan
Burkina Faso	Haiti	Nigeria	United Arab Emirates
Burma	Indonesia	Oman	Uganda
Burundi	Iran	Pakistan	Uruguay
Cambodia	Iraq	Guyana	Uzbekistan
Cameroon	Jamaica	Paraguay	Vietnam
Canada	Jordan	Peru	Yemen
Chad	Kenya	Philippines	Zambia
Chile	Kuwait	Qatar	Zimbabwe
China	Kyrgyzstan	Rwanda
Congo Republic	Laos	Saudi Arabia
Congo Democratic	Lebanon	Senegal
Costa Rica	Libya	Sierra Leone
Cote d'Ivoire	Macedonia	Singapore
Cuba	Madagascar	Sri Lanka

Apostille

Apostille is a special kind of document and requires the shortest process of legalization.
An apostille can be used if both countries (the country issuing the document and the country in which the document will be used) are part of the international "The Hague Convention".
Documents that are issued and have been certified "Apostille" in a "Hague Convention" country are entitled to recognition in any other "Hague Convention" country without any further authentication.

Apostille (Countries that participated in the "Hague Convention")
Albania	El Salvador	Lithuania	Slovenia
Antigua	Estonia	Luxembourg	Spain
Argentina	Fiji	Macedonia	South Africa
Armenia	Finland	Malawi	Suriname
Australia	France	Malta	Swaziland
Austria	Georgia	Mashall Isl	Sweden
Azerbaijan	Germany	Mauritius	Switzerland
Bahamas	Greece	Mexico	Tonga
Belarus	Honduras	Moldova	Trinidad
Belgium	Hungary	Netherlands	Turkey
Belize	India	New Zeland	Ukraine
Bosnia	Italy	Norway	United Kingdom
Botswana	Ireland	Panama	Venezuela
Bulgaria	Israel	Portugal	Yugoslavia
Colombia	Japan	Poland
Croatia	Kazakhstan	Romania
Cyprus	Korea	Russia
Czech	Latvia	Serbia Montenegro
Ecuador	Lesotho	Slovakia

Personal Documents

Birth, Death, Marriage and Divorce Certificates require special handling. These documents MUST be certified by the Secretary of State of where it was originally issued.

Please contact us at 202-277-1669 for further requirements and details.