In order to invest in and register a company in South Korea, the investor must obtain his or her documents apostilled in his own country. For those who reside in a country where non-signatory of the Apostille Convention exists, he or she can alternatively get the documents notarized by the Embassy.
If the country where the foreign company’s headquarters is based is a signatory of the Hague Convention Abolishing the requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, or the Apostille Convention., the company may receive an Apostille certification on the documents certified by the competent government authority of the respective country.
If the home country of a foreign company is not a signatory of the Apostille Convention, a consul’s notarization is required after obtaining a general notarization.
All the relevant documents must be certified by a competent government authority of the foreign company’s home country.
Country name | |
Albania |
Liechtenstein |
Andorra |
Lithuania |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Luxembourg |
Argentina |
Macau |
Armenia |
Macedonia |
Australia |
Malawi |
Austria |
Malta |
Azerbaijan |
Marshall Islands |
Bahamas |
Mauritius |
Bahrain |
Mexico |
Barbados |
Moldova |
Belarus |
Monaco |
Belgium |
Mongolia |
Belize |
Montenegro |
Bolivia |
Morocco |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Namibia |
Botswana |
Kingdom of the Netherlands |
Brazil |
New Zealand |
Brunei |
Nicaragua |
Bulgaria |
Niue |
Burundi |
Norway |
Cape Verde |
Oman |
Chile |
Panama |
Columbia |
Paraguay |
Cook Islands |
Peru |
Costa Rica |
Poland |
Croatia |
Portugal |
Cyprus |
Romania |
Czech Republic |
Russia |
Kingdom of Denmark |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Dominica |
Saint Lucia |
Dominican Republic |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Ecuador |
Samoa |
El Salvador |
San Marino |
Estonia |
Sao Tome and Principe |
Fiji |
Serbia |
Finland |
Seychelles |
France |
Slovakia |
Georgia |
Slovenia |
Germany |
South Africa |
Greece |
South Korea |
Grenada |
Spain |
Guatemala |
Suriname |
Honduras |
Swaziland |
Hong Kong |
Sweden |
Hungary |
Switzerland |
Iceland |
Tajikistan |
India |
Tonga |
Ireland |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Israel |
Tunisia |
Italy |
Turkey |
Japan |
Ukraine |
Kazakhstan |
United Kingdom |
Kosovo |
United States |
Kyrgyzstan |
Uruguay |
Latvia |
Uzbekistan |
Lesotho |
Vanuatu |
Liberia |
Venezuela |
Non-signatories: China, Canada, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Philippines, etc.
Contact us for more information on obtaining the apostilled documents for Korea company registration.