Updated October 2026. Saudi Arabia joined the Hague Apostille Convention, effective December 7, 2022. US documents going to Saudi Arabia 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 recor