Effective as of June 4, 2022, Indonesia has officially acceded to the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, more commonly known as the Apostille Convention. In simple terms, Indonesia is now a member of the Hague Apostille Convention of 1961 and now accepts Indonesia Apostilles. The Apostille Convention facilitates the use of public documents abroad by eliminating the frequently long and costly legalization process with the issuan

Updated October 2026. Indonesia joined the Hague Apostille Convention, effective June 4, 2022. US documents going to Indonesia no longer need embassy or consulate legalization. They need an apostille instead, which is a single certificate attached by the US authority that oversees the document. Which office issues the apostille? It depends on who issued the document. State-issued documents, such as birth, marriage and death certificates, divorce decrees, court records and not