What is the Apostille Convention?
To have a document from one country recognized in another, it’s necessary to verify its use abroad. To reduce the time and cost involved in this process, if the issuing country’s authoritative body verifies the document, then countries that are part of the Apostille Convention acknowledge it without further verification, allowing its direct use in their own country.
In other words, as a convention that abolishes the requirement for legalization of foreign public documents, Korea has designated the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice as the authorities for Apostille certification. The process of verifying and issuing a document by comparing the seal or signature according to the Apostille Convention regulations by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Justice is known as Apostille certification.  Our public documents that receive this Apostille certification can be recognized for their validity in Convention member countries without the need for consular verification by foreign diplomatic missions in Korea.

KTS provides Apostille issuance services and performs related issuance and necessary translation and notarization services.

<Issuance Procedure>
Issuance of official documents – confirmed by government
Confirmation by the host embassy – recognized as an official document in the relevant country
Issuance of an official document – Confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Recognized as an official document by the contracting countries

<Work processing sequence>
Level 1: Consultation, request, and reception
Step 2: Translation and notarization
Step 3: Apostille verification (Consular confirmation of Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Step 4: Dispatch (Sending to the client after receiving documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade)  
<Issuance Time>  
1 night and 2 days after application  

<Required Documents>  
Individual:  Copy of resident registration card, driver’s license, or passport
Company: Email a copy of business registration

Contact: +82-2-2636-2707

<Apostille Convention Countries (2024)>

Asia, Oceania

New Zealand, Niue, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mongolia, Vanuatu, Brunei, Samoa, Singapore, Australia (Australia), India, Indonesia, Japan,

China (including Macau and Hong Kong), Cook Islands (Cook Islands), Tajikistan, Tonga, Pakistan, Palau, Fiji, Philippines, Korea

Europe

Georgia/Georgia, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Latvia, Russia, Romania, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, Moldova, Malta, Belgium, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cyprus/Cyprus, San Marino, Serbia, Sweden, Switzerland, Spain, Slovakia, Slovenia, Armenia, Iceland, Ireland, Azerbaijan, Andorra, Albania, Estonia, United Kingdom, Austria, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Italy, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Croatia, Kyrgyzstan, Tyr Kiye, Portugal, Poland, France, Finland,Hungary

North America

United States (including Guam, Maury Islands, Saipan, Puerto Rico), Canada

Latin America

Guyana, Guatemala, Grenada, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Barbados, Bahamas, Venezuela, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil,Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Argentina, Antigua and Barbuda, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Uruguay, Chile,Costa Rica, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Peru, Paraguay, Jamaica

Africa

Namibia, South Africa, Liberia, Lesotho, Malawi, Botswana, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Eswatini, Cape Verde, Burundi, Tunisia

Middle East

Morocco, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Israel