If no one in Canada asks for legalization now, we can accede to the Convention based on administrative agreements among federal / provincial / territorial governments to issue
apostilles under certain circumstances.
Instead, people here have to accept
an apostille under the Convention as sufficient authentication of the documents in question.
Not exact matches
The electronic
apostille (and register):
Under the Hague Conference on Private International Law's Convention on the Abolition of All Forms of Legalization, member states may authenticate public documents for use in other member states by use of a certificate called an
apostille.
All documents forwarded or delivered
under this Convention shall be exempt from legalisation or any analogous formality, including an
Apostille.
I am also aware of preliminary developments of electronic
apostilles (certificates of authenticity
under the Hague
Apostille / Legalization Convention), though they are not widespread yet, and the technology will not exist in every... [more]
The Hague Conference on Private International Law has been promoting electronic certificates of authenticity (
apostilles)
under its
Apostille (Legalization) Convention.
Adopting the Convention would also eliminate today's frequent duplication of provincial and federal authentication; any single
apostille will suffice
under the Convention.