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List of Countries Participating Hague Convention

Albania Belize Estonia India Luxembourg Norway South Africa Venezuela
Antigua Bosnia Fiji Italy Macedonia Panama Suriname Yugoslavia
Argentina Botswana Finland Ireland Malawi Portugal Swaziland  
Armenia Bulgaria France Israel Malta Poland Sweden  
Australia Colombia Georgia Japan Marshall Isl. Romania Switzerland  
Austria Croatia Germany Kazakhstan Mauritius Russia Tonga  
Azerbaijan Cyprus Greece Korea Mexico Serbia Montenegro Trinidad  
Bahamas Czech Honduras Latvia Moldova Slovakia Turkey  
Belarus Ecuador Hong Kong Lesotho Netherlands Slovenia Ukraine  
Belgium El Salvador Hungary Lithuania New Zealand Spain U.K.  
 

Most of the countries listed above accept an apostille. No embassy stamp is required.

Documents Issued by a Federal Entity
Any document for use in these countries requires an apostille.  US Legalization will apostille federal documents from the US Department of State, i.e.; documents issued from the FDA, USDA, USPTO, EPA, US Dept. of Homeland Security, or the Federal Court. The turn around time is one business day.Our service fee is $37.00 per apostille for most countries. Please click on the desired country for complete details.
Corporate Documents Notarized by a Notary Public :
It is preferable for corporations to obtain an apostille from their local Secretary of State. (Click here for a list of the Secretaries of State).
In urgent cases, US Legalization will apostille the corporate document from the Maryland Secretary of State. The document must be signed and notarized. The name of the signer most be typed or printed legibly on the document. 
US Legalization will certify the document, notarize this certification from a MD notary public and the MD Circuit Court, and then obtain an apostille from the MD Secretary of State. The turn around time is one business day. Our service fee is $35.00 per apostille for most countries. Please click on the desired country for complete details.
Educational Documents
US Legalization can apostille educational documents issued by accredited U.S. schools, colleges and universities. All of these apostilles will be issued from the MD Secretary of State. The turn around time is one business day. Our service fee is $35.00 per apostille. Please click on the desired country for complete details.
Certified U.S. Passport Copy
US Legalization can apostille a copy of a current U.S. Passport through a special program  called "Copy of My Passport". Please visit:
http://www.copyofmypassport.com for more information. 
All other types of Personal Documents
US Legalization does not apostille personal documents. Personal documents must be certified directly from the state where they were issued (Click here for the contact information of all US Secretaries of State ).
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