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You have a document issued outside Vietnam and you wish to use it in Vietnam. You then make a search on google for what you should do. Some results show that you need to get an apostille stamp, some suggest you to get it legalized. What you should do then. This post will give you the exact answer.<\/p>\nApostille Vietnam<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/span><\/span>1. What is Apostille?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\nAn \u201capostille\u201d is a form of authentication\/certificate issued to documents for use in countries that participate in The Hague Convention of 1961 which is the convention on abolishing the requirements of legalization for foreign public documents. As such, it is also called as \u201cHague Apostille\u201d<\/p>\n
It certifies the authenticity of the signature and the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted and, where appropriate, the identity of the seal or stamp which it bears.<\/p>\n
When a document is sealed with an Apostille stamp, it can be used in one of the Hague Convention countries without carrying out any further acts.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span>How does an Apostille stamp look?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nAn Apostille stamp (certificate) is normally a square and formatted into numbered fields. It is often stamped on the back of a document. However, when a document has print on both sides, it may be placed in the most suitable position, which may be on the front.<\/p>\n
A typical Apostille certificate shows the following information:<\/p>\n
Country of issue<\/li>\n Name of person who signed the document<\/li>\n The capacity in which the person signed the document<\/li>\n Details of any seal on the document<\/li>\n Place of issue of Apostille certificate<\/li>\n Date of issue<\/li>\n Issuing authority<\/li>\n Apostille Certificate number<\/li>\n Stamp of issuing authority<\/li>\n Signature of representative of issuing authority<\/li>\n<\/ol>Sample Apostille stamps<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/span><\/span>List of Hague Convention Apostille countries<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nAs last updated on the website of The Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH), there are, up to now, up to 120 contracting countries to the Apostille Convention (Hague Treaty Convention) as follows:<\/p>\nAlbania \nAndorra \nAntigua and Barbuda \nArgentina \nArmenia \nAustralia \nAustria \nAzerbaijan \nBahamas \nBahrain \nBarbados \nBelarus \nBelgium \nBelize \nBolivia \nBosnia and Herzegovina \nBotswana \nBrazil \nBrunei Darussalam \nBulgaria \nBurundi \nCape Verde \nChile \nChina, People\u2019s Republic of (Hong Kong & Macao Only) \nColombia \nCook Islands \nCosta Rica \nCroatia \nCyprus \nCzech Republic \nDenmark \nDominica \nDominican Republic \nEcuador \nEl Salvador \nEstonia \nEswatini (Swaziland) \nFiji \nFinland \nFrance \nGeorgia<\/td>\n Germany \nGreece \nGrenada \nGuatemala \nGuyana \nHonduras \nHungary \nIceland \nIndia \nIreland \nIsrael \nItaly \nJamaica \nJapan \nKazakhstan \nKorea (Republic of Korea) \nKosovo \nKyrgyzstan \nLatvia \nLesotho \nLiberia \nLiechtenstein \nLithuania \nLuxembourg \nMalawi \nMalta \nMarshall Islands \nMauritius \nMexico \nRepublic of Moldova \nMonaco \nMongolia \nMontenegro \nMorocco \nNamibia \nNetherlands \nNew Zealand \nNicaragua \nNiue \nRepublic of North Macedonia<\/td>\n Norway \nOman \nPalau \nPanama \nParaguay \nPeru \nPhilippines \nPoland \nPortugal \nRomania \nRussian Federation \nSaint Kitts and Nevis \nSaint Lucia \nSaint Vincent and the Grenadines \nSamoa \nSan Marino \nSao Tome and Principe \nSerbia \nSeychelles \nSingapore \nSlovakia \nSlovenia \nSouth Africa \nSpain \nSuriname \nSweden \nSwitzerland \nTajikistan \nTonga \nTrinidad and Tobago \nTunisia \nTurkey \nUkraine \nUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland \nUnited States of America \nUruguay \nUzbekistan \nVanuatu \nVenezuela<\/td>\n<\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>List of 120 Apostille countries<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/span><\/span>Who can issue an Apostille?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nIn most\u00a0cases, the competent authority which can issue an apostille stamp is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the document\u2019s issuing country.<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/span>Which documents are eligible for an Apostille certificate?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\nAccording to The Hague Convention 1961, an Apostille stamp is issued for\u00a0public documents<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0of Apostille countries which are:<\/p>\n