International Paperwork: The Apostille Process

An apostille is an international certification process that validates a document’s authenticity so that it can be accepted in countries, which are participants of the Hague Convention of 1961. The term ‘apostille’, derived from French, denotes a “certification.” It is essentially a special seal applied by an authority to certify a document for use in another country. The apostille itself is a small, square-shaped document or sticker, attached to the front or back of your original document. It consists of standardized features such as the issuing country, who has signed the document, the capacity in which the person signing the

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