
Apostille information in Samoa
Designated competent authority(
The Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade*)
Samoa joined the Hague Apostille Convention on September 13, 1999. (Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents).
In
Public documents include:
- Documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the state, including those emanating from a public prosecutor, a clerk or a process server;
- Administrative documents;
- Notarial acts; and
- Official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official; and notarial
authentication’s of signatures.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade charges $30USD per apostille stamp. If further certification is required (document to be sent out to other Missions like the
Address
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
PO Box L1859
Apia, SAMOA
Telephone
+685 21171 / 25313
General Website
Fax
+685 21 504
Useful Links
http://www.mfat.gov.ws/political-international-relations-protocol/apostilles/
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