Where to get an apostille in South Korea: 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.

South Korea is a party to the Apostille Convention, in force since 14 July 2007 (accession). HCCH lists as competent authority: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (administrative documents); Ministry of Justice; National Court Administration; Overseas Koreans Agency.

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Name in the HCCH table

Republic of Korea

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

25-X-2006

Entry into force (EIF), as printed

14-VII-2007 (14 July 2007)

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

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (administrative documents) Ministry of Justice (1) documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the State, including those emanating from a public prosecutor, a clerk of a court or a process-server ("huissier de justice"), 2) notarial acts, 3) official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.) National Court Administration Overseas Koreans Agency

Address (first one listed by HCCH)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sajikro 8-gil 60, Jongno-gu, Seoul(03172), Republic of Korea

Website, as printed by HCCH

www.0404.go.kr

HCCH competent authority page

Republic of Korea - Competent Authorities (Art. 6) (page last updated 15 October 2026)

Region (UN M49)

Asia, Eastern Asia

Sources

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