China Joined the Apostille Convention in November 2023. Here Is What Changed
Since 7 November 2023 a document from another Contracting Party goes to mainland China on an apostille, not an embassy chain — with one country-pair exception.
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How to Check Whether a Country Is in the Apostille Convention — and Why Last Year's Answer May Be Wrong
Reading the HCCH status table: accession date against entry into force, an objection that suspends the Convention between two countries, and what a list misses.
Apostille, Consular Legalisation, or Neither: How to Tell Which One Your Document Needs
The three answers a public document can get, and the order to work through them: both countries' Convention status, the exemptions, then the chain.