The Apostille Convention Has Already Entered Into Force In Brazil

On  the 5th October 1961, it was signed at The Hague the Convention of the Elimination of the Requirement of Legalization of  Foreign Public Document,  also known as   Apostille  (The Haya Convention). 

On the 6th July 2015 (almost 54 years later),  the Brazilian National Congress approved of the adherence of Brazil  to the Convention, under terms of the Legislative Decree  no. 148, which became effective in the Federative Republic of Brazil  on the 14th August 2016.

The purpose of Apostille is to expedite and to simplify the legalization of documents among the  signatory countries, entitling the mutual recognition    of Brazilian documents overseas  and foreign documents  in Brazil  through a single  seal called Apostille.