Apostille is one of the ways of foreign certification. Apostille is based on the "Convention on the Cancellation of Certification Requirements for Foreign Official Documents" issued by the Hague Conference on Private International Law in 1961. It is a mutual recognition between Hague member states, signed by a specific official agency on its certified official documents, A specific certification of the authenticity of the stamp to confirm the behavior process and results.
Apostille generally requires a local international notary to notarize the document, and then the local competent authority will "signature". Compared with consular authentication, the step of embassy authentication is simplified, and the overall authentication time is greatly shortened.
At present, 124 countries/regions around the world have acceded to the "Convention on Removing the Requirements for Authentication of Foreign Official Documents".
Documents between Hague member states/regions can be handled through apostille, while non-Hague member states/regions need to follow the procedure of consular authentication.
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