Washington, D.C., August 13, 2003

THE LEGALIZATION OF THE FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS 

 
The Republic of Croatia and the U.S. request the legalization of foreign public documents according to the rules of the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of legalization for Foreign Public Documents of 1961. This means that documents for use in  both countries should be legalized by a Notary Public and by the Hague Apostille. The Hague Apostille must be obtained from the office in the state which issued the public document (certificate). If the documents  will be used in the Republic of Croatia, they must be translated in to the Croatian language.

If the applicants are Croatian citizens, the legalization also may be done at the Embassy of the Republic of Croatia, or by the Croatian Consulates General in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Legalization must be done in person at the Croatian diplomatic and consular offices in U.S. The fee is 14.00 USD and can be paid by personal check or money order.

Please be advised that the Embassy no longer accepts legalization of the U.S. Notary Public seals.