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Apostille Certificates - Non Apostille Countries
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Non-Apostille countries

If the country your document is being sent to is not on the list above, your document will have to be sent to the Cook Islands High Commission in Wellington, New Zealand for verification.  The Cook Islands High Commission will send the document to a Notary Public before sending to the New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) who will sign and seal your document.  The document will in turn be sent to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade to verify the signature and seal of the DIA.  Finally, your document will then be forwarded to the diplomatic mission of the country for their verification.  The Cook Islands High Commission will return the authenticated documents to you by your self-addressed envelope or prepaid (international) courier pack. 

Contact the foreign overseas mission to enquire about fees plus arrangements for payment and return of documents.

Check List

  1. The document to which the Apostille is to be attached.  If there is more than one document you may need to check with the end-user whether the documents can be processed as a set or whether they must be treated separately.  If they have been issued by different agencies they must be processed separately.
  2. Payment - $20.00 per Apostille Certificate.  Send your documents into us including a cheque or payment of $20 per document.  Please also provide a note of any specific instructions for us (please indicate clearly where supporting papers belong when you submit more than one set of documents).
  3. Return of documents – Outside New Zealand: Add $5.00 to your fee to cover airmail postage.
  4. Then send everything to us.

If you are not sure what documents you need to legalise, you should contact the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration on telephone: (682) 29 347, Fax: (682) 21 247 or Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or the relevant diplomatic mission in New Zealand.

For further information on the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents please see  http://www.hcch.net


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