The Three Most Common Apostille Mistakes
Ranked by frequency: treating accession as entry into force before the date arrives, choosing the Foreign Affairs Office by residence rather than notary location, and overlooking the destination translation requirement.
Key Points
- Mistake 1: accession confused with entry into force
- Mistake 2: wrong Foreign Affairs Office selected
- Mistake 3: translation requirement overlooked
- All three can be prevented in ten minutes
- All three cost a wasted trip and a restart
Legal Basis
Hague Apostille Convention status table; Ministry of Foreign Affairs jurisdictional rules.