Since Canada joined the Hague Apostille Convention, a single apostille now does what used to take notarization, provincial authentication and consular legalization.
Since the Hague Apostille Convention came into force for Canada in early 2024, documents going to other member countries are certified with a single apostille instead of the old multi-step legalization chain. For families and businesses dealing with China and elsewhere, this is a major simplification, when it is done correctly.
In Ontario, apostilles and certificates of authentication are issued by Official Documents Services (ODS), which checks the signature and seal on your document against its records before certifying. Certain documents, including those only commissioned by a commissioner for taking affidavits, and some religious documents, cannot be authenticated at all.
We prepare and notarize documents so they qualify for an apostille, and guide them through the correct route for the destination country, the first time.
Immigration, family, corporate or cross-border. We will tell you honestly what can be done, and what cannot.
Book a Consultation自加拿大加入海牙认证公约起，一份海牙认证(apostille)，就取代了过去需要公证、省级认证与领事认证的整条链。
自海牙认证公约于2024年初对加拿大生效起，送往其他成员国的文件，用一份海牙认证取代了旧的多步“领事认证链”。对往来中国及他国的家庭与企业而言，这是一次重大简化，前提是做对。
在安省，海牙认证与认证证书由“官方文件服务处(Official Documents Services, ODS)”签发；签发前，ODS 会将你文件上的签名与印章与其记录比对。某些文件无法被认证，包括仅由监誓专员“监誓”的文件，以及部分宗教文件。
我们起草并公证文件，使其符合办理海牙认证的条件，并按目的国的正确流程，一次性把它办妥。