Where to get an apostille in Argentina: competent authority and Apostille Convention status

Source: HCCH, Convention 12 status table and competent authority pageRetrieved 5 November 2026Independent information site: we are not the Hague Conference, nor an apostille authority, nor the source of the data.

Argentina is a party to the Apostille Convention, in force since 18 February 1988 (accession). HCCH lists as competent authority, among others: Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto; the different Bodies of Notaries Public of Argentina.

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Convention

Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (HCCH Convention No. 12)

Status

Contracting Party in the HCCH status table

Type

Accession (A)

Ratification, accession or succession, as printed

8-V-1987

Entry into force (EIF), as printed

18-II-1988 (18 February 1988)

Competent authority (Art. 6), as printed by HCCH

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto "(...) the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs has signed an Agreement with the Federal Board of Notariat, by which the different Bodies of Notaries Public of Argentina have been authorised to authenticate signatures with the Apostille legalisation. This designation has become in force on 1 December 2003. The Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs remains being the Authority of Application of the Convention." [sic]

Address (first one listed by HCCH)

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores y Culto, Esmeralda 1212, C1007ABR, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina

HCCH competent authority page

Argentina - Competent Authority (Art. 6) (page last updated 03 July 2020)

Region (UN M49)

Americas, Latin America and the Caribbean

Sources

HCCH status table, Convention 12, retrieved 5 November 2026; HCCH competent authorities of Argentina, retrieved 5 November 2026; UN M49 regions