Sentences with phrase «electronic apostilles»

In recent years the Hague Conference has been advocating the use of electronic apostilles.

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 has been doing a lot of work on electronic apostilles too, with some success, especially for the registry of apostilles that can be readily verified from the country of destination.

Some US states now allow for electronic notarization, and electronic apostilles, which are the equivalent of notarial seals for some purposes, are becoming used more broadly.

The Hague Conference has been working (with the National Notary Association in the US) to develop a system of electronic apostilles, and a few countries have started producing them.

Since Canada is considering acceding to this Convention, this column will review some of the issues involved in that process and in particular the technological frontiers of authentication that The Hague Conference on Private International Law is exploring with respect to electronic apostilles.

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.

The Hague Conference has been collaborating for several years with the National Notary Association (NNA) in the United States on the creation and use of an electronic apostille.

That said, it is not clear on the face of the Convention or in the supporting documents whether a state that received an electronic apostille could refuse to give it legal effect because of concerns about the security of the method by which it was signed.

Not exact matches

An electronic version promises much easier use and is likely to change the practice of apostille - based authentication as a result.

The Hague Conference on Private International Law has been promoting electronic certificates of authenticity (apostilles) under its Apostille (Legalization) Convention.

This could be done for a public document that was never printed, or for a scanned version of the electronic document (though the competent authority might well insist on seeing the original paper version, if there was one, before putting his or her apostille on an electronic version of it.)

The challenge is to have the widespread apostille system go electronic while maintaining its half - century of trust.

The e-apostille program also includes an electronic register in which competent authorities record all apostilles they issue.