Warning: If you have a document with an apostille from Bangladesh or Pakistan, you cannot use your document in the Netherlands. The Netherlands does not recognise apostilles issued by these countries. You will need to have your document legalised in a different way. Find out how to have foreign documents legalised for use in the Netherlands.
Countries that are party to the Apostille Convention
Apostilles are valid in the following countries:
A
- Albania
- Andorra
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Austria
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
B
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh. Please note: The Netherlands does not recognise apostilles issued by this country. Find out how to have a document from Bangladesh legalised for use in the Netherlands
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Brunei Darussalam
- Bulgaria
- Burundi
C
- Cabo Verde
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
D
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
E
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Estonia
- Eswatini
F
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
G
- Georgia
- Germany
- Grenada
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Guyana
H
- Honduras
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
I
- Iceland
- Ireland
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Italy
J
- Jamaica
- Japan
K
- Kazakhstan
- Kosovo
- Kyrgysztan
L
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
M
- Macau SAR
- Malawi
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
N
- Namibia
- Nederland
- New-Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Norway
O
- Oman
P
- Pakistan. Please note: The Netherlands does not recognise apostilles issued by this country. Find out how to have a document from Pakistan legalised for use in the Netherlands.
- Palau
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
R
- Roemenia
- Russia
- Rwanda
S
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- St Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- San Marino
- Sao Tomé en Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
T
- Tajikistan
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisa
- Türkiye
U
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Uruquay
V
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
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