Apostille for a death certificate from China
A death certificate from China is apostilled by Ministry of Foreign Affairs or authorised provincial Foreign Affairs Offices (since 7 Nov 2023). We organise it for you – including the fresh original and any pre-certification – add a sworn translation if needed, and deliver worldwide.
Start your death certificate apostille
No payment before quote- Upload a scan, 2 min
- Verify with your phone
- Delivered by courier or download
Let us get this done for you
- Apostille from 8 hours
- Written quote before you pay
- Encrypted, no account needed
- 1Upload a scanWe pre-check it and confirm the route
- 2Verify with your phoneID + selfie, ~3 minutes, then your quote
- 3We obtain the apostilleCompetent authority + sworn translation
- 4DeliveredCourier worldwide or protected download
Who issues it, who apostilles it
Notarial certificate (公证书) based on the household register or hospital certificate
Ministry of Foreign Affairs or authorised provincial Foreign Affairs Offices (since 7 Nov 2023)
Chinese civil documents are usually first notarised, then the notarial certificate is apostilled.
Where a China death certificate with apostille is accepted
Not accepted in India (Article 12 objection) – documents for these countries are legalised or verified instead.
- China → United StatesApostille
- China → United KingdomApostille
- China → GermanyApostille
- China → SpainApostille
- China → ItalyApostille
- China → FranceApostille
- China → CanadaApostille
- China → AustraliaApostille
- China → United Arab EmiratesLegalisation required
- China → Saudi ArabiaApostille
- China → TürkiyeApostille
- China → NetherlandsApostille
What we need from you
- Recent original death certificate (we can order it with proof of your entitlement)
- Country of issue, destination and purpose
- Optional: inheritance documents for a joint apostille request
Sworn translation into the language of the probate court is almost always required outside the EU.
China death certificate apostille: questions
Ministry of Foreign Affairs or authorised provincial Foreign Affairs Offices (since 7 Nov 2023). Issued by: Notarial certificate (公证书) based on the household register or hospital certificate – Chinese civil documents are usually first notarised, then the notarial certificate is apostilled.
Yes. The apostille must be issued in China, but you do not have to be there: we organise a suitable original where possible, the submission to the competent authority and delivery of the apostilled death certificate anywhere. The notary reviews your application first.
An Article 12 objection is in force between China and India; documents for these countries are legalised or verified instead. Non-Convention countries such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait always need legalisation.
The HCCH record lists: $125 HKD currency (aprox. USD$16). Official fees are passed through 1:1 and shown separately in your quote.
In most countries only relatives in the direct line, spouses and persons with a legal interest can obtain it. With your authorisation and proof of kinship we order it from the registry and take it straight to the apostille authority.
Usually yes when it is used abroad. It is a court or notarial document, so it is apostilled by the authority responsible for judicial documents in the issuing country. We submit both documents in parallel to save time.
Where the registry issues certificates online and the country has e-apostilles, within days. Elsewhere the bottleneck is obtaining a fresh certificate, which we start on the day you order.
Death certificate from other countries
China death certificate, apostilled and delivered
Fresh original, authority, translation and courier in one request – quoted before you pay.
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