COUNTRIES-PARTIES TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON LEGALIZATION OF FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

As of SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 the following countries have signed up to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization of Foreign Documents:

Andorra

Angola

Anguilla

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Aruba

Australia

Austria

Bahamas

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bermuda

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

British Virgin Islands

Brunei

Bulgaria

Cayman Islands

China (Hong Kong Special Administrative Region ONLY)

Columbia

Comoros Islands*

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Djibouti*

Dominica

El Salvador

Falkland Islands

Fiji

Finland

France

   Extended to:  New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, and French Polynesia

Germany

Gibraltar

Greece

Grenanda*

Guernsey

Hong Kong

Hungary

Ireland

Isle of Man

Israel

Italy

Japan

Jersey

Kazakhstan

Kiribati*

Latvia

Lesotho

Liberia (Convention not in force between US and Liberia)

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macao

Macedonia

Malawi

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritius

Mexico

Monserrat

Mozambique* 

Namibia

Netherlands

        Extended to:  Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, and Suriname

Niue 

Norway

Panama

Portugal

       Extended to:  Angola, Mozambique

Romania

Russian Federation

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Georgia and South Sandwich Islands

Saint Helena

Saint Lucia

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

Seychelles

Slovenia

Solomon Islands*

South Africa

Spain

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Turkey

Tuvalu*

United Kingdom

      Extended to:  Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Antigua, Bahamas. Barbados, Bermuda, Brunei, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Fiji, Gibraltar, Grenada, Hong Kong, Mauritius, Montserrat, St. Helena, St. Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Seychelles, Turks and Caicos, British Virgin Islands

United States of America

      Extended to:  50 States, The District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

Vanuatu*

Venezuela

Yugoslavia

Zimbabwe*

*No confirmation issued by independent country that convention is deemed to apply.