“THE APOSTILLE”: The Convention of The Hague, part 2

Moreover on the Apostille, The Hague treaty’s main objective was to ease administrative & governmental procedures for clienteles from foreign & international countries. This outlook, that started in the Netherlands, in 1961, 16 years after the Second World War, ended up being shared with the majority of European countries, respectively. Also its outlook reflected very positively on the rest of the world’s countries.

Soon, foreign countries started to follow up suit on the application of The Hague treaty’s “Apostille” inside their sovereign nations, by implementing its factorization into proceedings for nationals of said nation wishing to initiate a business, personal migration into a foreign country with documentations necessitated from the country of origin & for any other purpose regarding administrative procedures that require an “Apostille”.

Our law firm, in Marbella, Spain & of Mercury “Abogados & Lawyers”, understand that the select countries, worldwide, that have accepted the treaty of The Hague are subject to its formalities inside Spanish territory. Our offices work with the technicalities of the administrative details that require sending, receiving, or, manufacturing an “Apostille” for our respective clients.

For our respective clients, the necessary information for you to know is, an “Apostille” is a formally attached document, or, certificate attached on top, or, with, the original documentations from the country of origin, regarding the necessary documents that a foreign nation will require.

All of this is provided that both countries of origin & recipient country of said documents are members of The Hague treaty of 1961, the treaty that gave birth to the necessitation of an “Apostille” in official proceedings to make cases of documentation, filing & processing easier for said recipient countries.

These files & documentations has to be done in front of a public notary from the country of origin, to be sent to the recipient country, to be accepted, finalized & processed legally. In certain countries, it is granted by a public notaries, in other countries, it is granted in front of other members of the authorities, relevant to that country.