Use your NZ documents overseas

• 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 – Apostille
• Bosnia and Herzegovina – Apostille
• Botswana – Apostille
• Brazil – Apostille
• British Antarctic Territory – Apostille
• British Guyana – Apostille
• British Virgin Islands – Apostille
• Brunei – Apostille
• Bulgaria – Apostille
• Burkina Faso – Category B
• Burundi – Apostille
• Cambodia – Category A
• Cameroon – Category B
• Canada – Apostille
• Cape Verde – Apostille
• Cayman Islands – Apostille
• Central African Republic – Category B
• Chad – Category B
• Chile – Apostille
• China – Apostille
• Colombia – Apostille
• Comoros – 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
• Gabon – Category B
• Gambia – Category B
• Georgia – Apostille
• Germany – Apostille
• Ghana – Category A
• Gibraltar – Apostille
• Greece – Apostille
• Grenada – Apostille
• Guam – Apostille
• Guatemala – Apostille
• Guernsey – Apostille
• Guinea – Category B
• Guinea-Bissau – Category B
• Haiti – Category B
• Honduras – Apostille
• Hong Kong SAR China – Apostille
• Hungary – Apostille
• Iceland – Apostille
• India – Apostille
• Indonesia – Apostille
• Iran – Category A
• Iraq – Category B
• Ireland – Apostille
• Isle of Man – Apostille
• Israel – Apostille
• Italy – Apostille
• Ivory Coast – Category B
• Jamaica – Category B
• Japan – Apostille
• Jersey – Apostille
• Jordan – Category A
• Kazakhstan – Apostille
• Kenya – Category A
• Kiribati – Category A
• Kosovo – 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
• Macau SAR China – 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 [Burma] – 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 – Apostille
• Panama – Apostille
• Papua New Guinea – Category A
• Paraguay – Apostille
• Peru – Apostille
• Philippines – Apostille
• Poland – Apostille
• Portugal – Apostille
• Puerto Rico – Apostille
• Qatar – Category A
• Romania – Apostille
• Russian Federation – Apostille
• Rwanda – Apostille
• Saint Georgia and South Sandwich Islands – Apostille
• Saint Helena – Apostille
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Apostille
• Saint Lucia – Apostille
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon – Apostille
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Apostille
• Samoa – Apostille
• San Marino – Apostille
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Apostille
• Saudi Arabia – Apostille
• Senegal – Apostille
• Serbia – Apostille
• Serbia and Montenegro – Apostille
• Seychelles – Apostille
• Sierra Leone – Category B
• Singapore – Apostille
• Slovakia – Apostille
• Slovenia – Apostille
• Solomon Islands – Category A
• South Africa – Apostille
• South Korea – Apostille
• Spain – Apostille
• Sri Lanka – Category A
• 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
• Timor-Leste – Category A
• Togo – Category B
• Tonga – Apostille
• Trinidad and Tobago – Apostille
• Tunisia – Apostille
• Turkey – Apostille
• Turks and Caicos Islands – Apostille
• Tuvalu – Category A
• Uganda – Category B
• Ukraine – Apostille
• United Arab Emirates – Category A
• United Kingdom – Apostille
• United States – Apostille
• Uruguay – Apostille
• Uzbekistan – Apostille
• Vanuatu – Apostille
• Venezuela – Apostille
• Vietnam – Category A
• Virgin Islands of the United States – Apostille
• Wallis and Futuna – Apostille
• Yemen – Category A
• Zambia – Category A
• Zimbabwe – Category A

Apostille and authentication categories

Authentication Unit requirements

Before you send any documents, check the Department of Internal Affairs Authentication Unit's requirements. You may need to provide either an original or a copy that has been notorised.

Authentication Unit document requirements

The Authentication Unit does not provide an urgent service.

Check document requirements with the overseas organisation

You should also check if the organisation asking for the document has specific requirements. For example, they may:

• only accept documents that were recently issued
• want the documents translated
• accept multiple original documents, and not notarised copies
• accept electronic e-apostilles or paper apostilles.