Apostille

Since 2005, Ecuador became part of the “Apostille” Convention. The apostille is a modern way of legalizing documents to be effective in Ecuador (and other signatory countries). With the apostille, the legalization of documents in the consulates of Ecuador was eliminated, and with it, the cumbersome and tedious procedures in the consulates were abolished.

By means of Executive Decree 1700-A, published in Official Gazette Number 357 on June 16, 2004, Ecuador adhered to the “XII Hague International Convention Abolishing the Legalization of Foreign Public Documents”(Hague Apostille Convention), signed in The Hague, The Netherlands, on October 5, 1961.

The main objective of the convention is precisely to exonerate, suppress or “…abolish the requirement of diplomatic or consular legalization for foreign public documents…”(Text of the convention).

Ecuadorian consulates do NOT apostille documents, as people mistakenly think.

If you need to obtain birth certificates, marriage certificates, divorce decrees, death certificates, diplomas and other academic documents correctly legalized through apostille, do not hesitate to call or write us.

We put at your disposal our offices in New York City, from where we serve the entire tri-state area(New York, New Jersey and Connecticut), with a team of proven professionals with experience in legalization of documents so that they take full legal and juridical effect in Ecuador, whether in the Civil Registry, Courts of Justice and/or any administrative agency.

We serve in all areas of Family Law, together with a staff of attorneys that seeks to offer a service that is distinguished from what is commonly offered by other lawyers, notaries or improvised persons.