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Apostille & Legalization for Indonesia
How to authenticate a U.S. document for use in Indonesia: whether it needs an apostille or embassy legalization, translation requirements, and how we handle the whole process.
As a Hague Convention member, Indonesia recognizes a single apostille certificate from the U.S. Department of State. No embassy legalization step is required. The Apostille Convention has been in force for Indonesia since 4 June 2022. Before that date, U.S. documents for Indonesia needed embassy legalization, so older instructions are out of date.
If you are sending a U.S. document to Indonesia — for work permits, marriage, retirement visas, or another purpose — it must be authenticated before Indonesia authorities will accept it. This page explains exactly what Indonesia requires and how we handle it end to end.
- Route
- Apostille
- Official language
- Indonesian
- Translation
- Certified Indonesian translation required.
- Common uses
- work permits, marriage, retirement visas
The process for Indonesia
- Confirm your document is federal (or Florida state, where applicable) and send us the details.
- Ship the document to our processing office with tracking — or to any of our U.S. offices.
- We submit it to the U.S. Department of State for apostille and monitor progress.
- The apostilled document returns to you or your recipient in Indonesia with tracking.
Translation for Indonesia
Certified Indonesian translation required. Where a certified translation is required, we coordinate it as part of your order so the document and its translation move through authentication together.
Documents for Indonesia
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