Document authentication and Apostille certification
Different processes apply for different countries
If you need a New Zealand issued document authenticated or Apostille certified for use overseas use this list to find the country you are using the document in.
Please ensure that you check with the overseas authority as to their document authentication requirements first.
An Apostille certificate can be verified online through our e-Register
Fresh new authentication website
A small amount of document authentication information was already available on Govt.nz. On 26 April 2017, it was extended to include full and complete information. Customers trying to access document authentication information after 17 May 2017 on the DIA website will automatically be redirected to Govt.nz.
Select the letter corresponding to the name of the country in which your document is being used.
- Afghanistan (Category B)
- Albania (Apostille)
- Algeria (Category A)
- American Samoa (Apostille)
- Andorra (Apostille)
- Angola (Category A)
- Anguilla (Apostille)
- Antigua and Barbuda (Apostille)
- Argentina (Apostille)
- Armenia (Apostille)
- Aruba (Apostille)
- Australia (Apostille)
- Austria (Apostille)
- Azerbaijan (Apostille)
- Bahamas (Apostille)
- Bahrain (Apostille)
- Bangladesh (Category A)
- Barbados (Apostille)
- Belarus (Apostille)
- Belgium (Apostille)
- Belize (Apostille)
- Benin (Category B)
- Bermuda (Apostille)
- Bhutan (Category B)
- Bolivia (Category A)
- Bosnia-Herzegovina (Apostille)
- Botswana (Apostille)
- Brazil (Apostille)
- British Antarctic Territory (Apostille)
- British Guyana (Apostille)
- British Virgin Islands (Apostille)
- Brunei Darussalam (Apostille)
- Bulgaria (Apostille)
- Burkina Faso (Category B)
- Burundi (Apostille)
- Cambodia (Category A)
- Cameroon (Category B)
- Canada (Category A)
- Cape Verde (Apostille)
- Cayman Islands (Apostille)
- Central African Republic (Category B)
- Chad (Category B)
- Chile (Apostille)
- China (Category A)
- Colombia (Apostille)
- Comoros Islands (Apostille)
- Cook Islands (Apostille)
- Costa Rica (Apostille)
- Croatia (Apostille)
- Cuba (Category A)
- Cyprus (Apostille)
- Czech Republic (Apostille)
- Democratic Republic of Congo (Category B)
- Denmark (Apostille)
- Dominica (Apostille)
- Dominican Republic (Apostille)
- Ecuador (Apostille)
- Egypt (Category A)
- El Salvador (Apostille)
- Equatorial Guinea (Category B)
- Eritrea (Category A)
- Estonia (Apostille)
- Ethiopia (Category B)
- Falkland Islands (Apostille)
- Fiji (Apostille)
- Finland (Apostille)
- France (Apostille)
- French Polynesia (Apostille)
- Iceland (Apostille)
- India (Apostille)
- Indonesia (Category A)
- Iran (Category A)
- Iraq (Category B)
- Ireland (Apostille)
- Isle of Man (Apostille)
- Israel (Apostille)
- Italy (Apostille)
- Ivory Coast (Category B)
- Kazakhstan (Apostille)
- Kenya (Category A)
- Kiribati (Category A)
- Korea (North) (Category B)
- Korea (South) (Apostille)
- Kuwait (Category A)
- Kyrgyzstan (Apostille)
- Laos (Category A)
- Latvia (Apostille)
- Lebanon (Category A)
- Lesotho (Apostille)
- Liberia (Apostille)
- Libya (Category B)
- Liechtenstein (Apostille)
- Lithuania (Apostille)
- Luxembourg (Apostille)
- Macao (Apostille)
- Macedonia (Apostille)
- Madagascar (Category B)
- Malawi (Apostille)
- Malaysia (Category A)
- Mali (Category A)
- Malta (Apostille)
- Marshall Islands (Apostille)
- Mauritania (Category B)
- Mauritius (Apostille)
- Mexico (Apostille)
- Moldova (Apostille)
- Monaco (Apostille)
- Mongolia (Apostille)
- Montenegro (Apostille)
- Montserrat (Apostille)
- Morocco (Apostille)
- Myanmar (Category A)
- Namibia (Apostille)
- Nauru (Category A)
- Nepal (Category A)
- Netherlands (Apostille)
- Netherlands Antilles (Apostille)
- New Caledonia (Apostille)
- Nicaragua (Apostille)
- Niger (Category B)
- Nigeria (Category A)
- Niue (Apostille)
- North Korea (Category B)
- Northern Mariana Islands (Apostille)
- Norway (Apostille)
- Oman (Apostille)
- Pakistan (Category A)
- Panama (Apostille)
- Papua New Guinea (Category A)
- Paraguay (Apostille)
- Peru (Apostille)
- Philippines (Category A)
- Poland (Apostille)
- Portugal (Apostille)
- Puerto Rico (Apostille)
- Qatar (Category A)
- Romania (Apostille)
- Russian Federation (Apostille)
- Rwanda (Category B)
- Samoa (Apostille)
- Saudi Arabia (Category A)
- Senegal (Category B)
- Serbia (Apostille)
- Seychelles (Apostille)
- Sierra Leone (Category B)
- Singapore (Category A)
- Slovakia (Apostille)
- Slovenia (Apostille)
- Solomon Islands (Category A)
- South Africa (Apostille)
- South Korea (Apostille)
- Spain (Apostille)
- Sri Lanka (Category A)
- Sri Lanka (Category A)
- St Georgia and South Sandwich Islands (Apostille)
- St Helena (Apostille)
- St Kitts and Nevis (Apostille)
- St Lucia (Apostille)
- St Pierre and Miquelon (Apostille)
- St Vincent and the Grenadines (Apostille)
- Sudan (Category A)
- Suriname (Apostille)
- Swaziland (Apostille)
- Sweden (Apostille)
- Switzerland (Apostille)
- Syria (Category B)
- Taiwan (Category A)
- Tajikistan (Category B)
- Tanzania (Category B)
- Thailand (Category A)
- Togo (Category B)
- Tonga (Apostille)
- Trinidad and Tobago (Apostille)
- Tunisia (Category B)
- Turkey (Apostille)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (Apostille)
- Tuvalu (Category A)
- Uganda (Category B)
- Uzbekistan (Apostille)
- Ukraine (Apostille)
- United Arab Emirates (Category A)
- United Kingdom (Apostille)
- United States of America (Apostille)
- Uruguay (Apostille)
- Vanuatu (Apostille)
- Venezuela (Apostille)
- Viet Nam (Category A)
- Virgin Islands (Apostille)
- Virgin Islands of the United States (Apostille)
- Wallis and Futuna (Apostille)
- Yemen (Category A)
