CHANGES IN THE LIST OF PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES OF THE HAGUE APOSTILLE CONVENTION

During 2022-2024, the list of the countries participating in the Hague Convention of 1961 on the abolition of the requirement of re-legalization of foreign official documents underwent drastic changes. Finally, the governments of a number of countries submitted their documents to the Hague Conference. So we decided to summarize which countries have recently joined the Convention and now use the apostille procedure.

As of January 11, 2024, legalization of documents has been canceled for the following countries:

- Indonesia requires an apostille from June 4, 2022

- Saudi Arabia requires an apostille from December 07, 2022

- China requires an apostille from March 8, 2023

- Canada requires an apostille from January 11, 2024

Thus, documents issued in Ukraine for use in Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, China and Canada are subject to an apostille, not legalization. Likewise, documents issued by the official bodies of these countries will be accepted in Ukraine with an apostille stamp. The requirement for legalization of official documents has been canceled for them. In addition, since December 27, 2022, the requirement of an apostille for official russian documents has been introduced in Ukraine.

Lawyers of "ENWOLT" LP will gladly help you in affixing an apostille for all countries of the Hague Convention and on any documents.