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The Hague Legalization Convention is in force in the following countries.

• ALBANIA*
• AMERICAN SAMOA
• ANDORRA
• ANGOLA
• ANGUILLA
• ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
• ARGENTINA
• ARMENIA
• ARUBA
• AUSTRALIA
• AUSTRIA
• AZERBAIJAN*
• BAHAMAS
• BARBADOS
• BELARUS
• BELGIUM
• BELIZE
• BERMUDA
• BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
• BOTSWANA
• BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
• BRUNEI
• BULGARIA
• CAYMAN ISLANDS
• CHINA (Hong Kong SAR)
• CHINA (Macau SAR)
• COLOMBIA
• COMOROS ISLANDS
• COOK ISLANDA
• CROATIA
• CYPRUS
• CZECH REPUBLIC
• DENMARK
• DJIBOUTI
• DOMINICA
• ECUADOR
• EL SALVADOR
• ESTONIA
• FALKLAND ISLANDS
• FIJI
• FINLAND
• FRANCE
• FRENCH POLYNESIA
• GEORGIA*
• GERMANY

• GIBRALTAR
• GREECE
• GRENADA
• GUAM (TERRITORY OF)
• GUERNSEY
• HONDURAS
• HONG KONG SAR (China)
• HUNGARY
• ICELAND
• INDIA*
• IRELAND
• ISLE OF MAN
• ISRAEL
• ITALY
• JAPAN
• JERSEY
• KAZAKHSTAN
• KOREA, REPUBLIC OF
• LATVIA
• LESOTHO
• LIBERIA*
• LIECHTENSTEIN
• LITHUANIA
• LUXEMBOURG
• MACAU SAR (China)
• MACEDONIA
• MALAWI
• MALTA
• MARSHALL ISLANDS
• MAURITIUS
• MEXICO
• MOLDOVA*
• MNACO
• MONTSERRAT
• MOZAMBIQUE
• NAMIBIA
• NETHERLANDS
• NETHERLANDS ANTILLES (Curacao, Bonaire, St. Martin, St. Eustatius and Saba)
• NEVIS
• NEW CALEDONIA
• NEW ZEALAND
• NIUE
• NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS (COMMONWEALTH OF)
• NORWAY
• PANAMA
• POLAND

• PORTUGAL
• PUERTO RICO
• ROMANIA
• RUSSIAN FEDERATION
• SAMOA
• SAN MARINO
• SERBIA
• SEYCHELLES
• SLOVAKIA
• SLOVENIA
• SOLOMON ISLANDS
• SOUTH AFRICA
• SPAIN
• ST. CHRISTOPHER (Kitts) AND NEVIS
• ST. GEORGIA AND SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS
• ST. HELENA
• ST. KITTS
• ST. LUCIA
• ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON
• ST. VINCENT
• ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES
• SURINAME
• SWAZILAND
• SWEDEN
• SWITZERLAND
• TONGA
• TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
• TURKEY
• TURKS AND CAICOS
• TUVALU
• U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS
• UKRAINE*
• UNITED KINGDOM
• UNITED STATES
• VANUATU
• VENEZUELA
• VIRGIN ISLANDS, BRITISH
• WALLIS AND FUTUNA
• YUGOSLAVIA

The following countries are not a party to the Convention and need "Embassy (Consular) Legalization" ( "Chain Authentication").

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Korea, North
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman