Last year, the government ratified the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the Convention)*, and as a follow-up, the government has recently issued New Regulations** regarding the apostille legalisation service on public documents.

Apostille legalisation usually takes the form of a government certificate, attached to a document, to certify that the document is genuine and allows the document to be recognised as genuine in another country. The New Regulations set out the detail on which documents may be apostilled.

Applications for apostille may be made online, through the Directorate General of Public Law Administration website. Generally, apostille takes 3 days. Successful applicants must pay a fee to pick up their certificate.

This New Regulation will take effect on 4 June 2022.

*Regulation of the President No. 2 of 2021 on the Ratification of the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

**Regulation of the Minister for Law and Human Rights No. 6 of 2022 on Apostille Legalization Services for Public Documents.