What Documents Cannot be Applied for Apostille?

2025-01-08

Singapore's documents, which need to be returned to China for use, have already cancelled consular authentication. You only need to go to the Singapore Academy of Law to handle the additional certificate (i.e. Apostille) for official documents issued in Singapore.

Types of Documents

01 Government documents: Official documents issued by Singapore government departments (such as marriage certificates, birth certificates, court documents, notaries, etc.) can be directly applied for Apostille from the Singapore Academy of Law.

02 Private documents: Private documents issued in Singapore (such as declarations, power of attorney, etc.) need to be notarized by Notary Public in Singapore before applying for Apostille from the Singapore Academy of Law.

We Can Help You:

1. We can provide you with Chinese translations, English translations, and other third-party country translations issued by qualified translation agencies.

2. We can assist you in obtaining Apostille from the Singapore Academy of Law.

3. We can assist you in obtaining notarization from a Singaporean notary lawyer.

Which Documents Cannot be Applied for Apostille?

1. Documents sent to non contracting states of the Convention.The list of contracting states to the Convention can be found on the Chinese Consular Service website（ http://cs.mfa.gov.cn/ ）Related column search；

2. The seal and signature on the document；

3. The seal and signature of the document have not been filed or do not match the filing;

4. The seal, signature, binding, and timeliness of the document do not comply with the regulations and requirements of the issuing and using institutions;

5. May harm China's national interests and social public interests;

6. Other situations where the issuing authority deems it inappropriate to handle additional certificates.

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