Embassy / Consulate Legalization

Do you need your documents certified and legalized for another country?

At USA Apostille, Inc., we can legalize your documents through select Embassy offices in Washington, D.C., and Consulate offices located throughout the United States including California (San Francisco & Los Angeles), Texas, Florida, New York, Illinois and Colorado.

Documents certified by the State and destined for countries who are not members of the Hague Apostille Convention require State certification, U.S. Department of State certification, and Embassy or Consulate legalization.  Also, documents issued by the U.S. Federal Government can only be processed through the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. before being presented to the Embassy or Consulate office for legalization.

Here is an illustration to help explain the process better:
Document Legalization

The following countries are not members of the Hague Apostille Convention and any document requested by these countries will receive a certification.  Please note that some of the countries listed below may require additional legalization by a Consulate or Embassy office. This list was last revised on July 20, 2019.

Afghanistan, Algeria, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burma Myanmar, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, China, Congo Republic, Congo Democratic, Ivory Coast, Cuba, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Haiti, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar Burma, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Taiwan, Tanzania, Togo, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE (United Arab Emirates), Uganda, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

The following 117 countries are members of the Hague Apostille Convention and will require an Apostille from the Secretary of the State or the US Department of State in Washington, DC.

This list was last revised on July 20, 2019.

Albania Greece Oman
Andorra Grenada Panama
Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala Paraguay
Argentina  Honduras Peru
Armenia Hong Kong Philippines
Australia Hungary Poland
Austria Iceland Portugal
Azerbaijan India Romania
Bahamas Ireland Russia
Bahrain Israel Saint Kitts and Nevis
Barbados Italy  Saint Lucia
Belarus Japan Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Belgium Kosovo Samoa
Belize Kazakhstan San Marino
Bolivia Kyrgyzstan Sao Tome and Principe
Bosnia and Herzegovina Latvia Serbia
Botswana Lesotho Seychelles
Brazil Liberia Slovakia
Brunei Liechtenstein Slovenia
Bulgaria Lithuania South Africa
Burundi Luxembourg South Korea
Cape Verde Macau Spain
Chile Macedonia Suriname
Colombia Malawi Swaziland
Cook Islands Malta Sweden
Costa Rica Marshall Islands Switzerland
Croatia Mauritius Tajikistan
Cyprus Mexico Tonga
Czech Republic Moldova Trinidad and Tobago
Denmark Monaco Tunisia
Dominica Mongolia Turkey
Dominican Republic Montenegro Ukraine
Ecuador Morocco United Kingdom
El Salvador Namibia United States
Estonia Netherlands Uruguay
Fiji New Zealand Uzbekistan
Finland Nicaragua Vanuatu
France   Niue Venezuela
Georgia Norway
Germany