# Apostille: British Columbia

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> Apostille-Leitfaden für British Columbia, Kanada: Die zuständige Behörde ist Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia. Geprüft am 2026-08-09.

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- **Apostille-Handbuch:** British Columbia, Kanada
- **Geprüft am** August 9, 2026

## Wer die Apostille ausstellt

Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia

Administered by the Order in Council (OIC) Administration Office, "BC Authentication Program." Covers "B.C. public documents, submitted in the format required, for use outside Canada" and "certain federal Canadian public documents that have been notarized in B.C." Verifies signatures/seals of BC officials, lawyers and notaries. Cannot authenticate foreign documents; non-BC Canadian documents are referred to Global Affairs Canada or the issuing province

## Welche Dokumente diese Behörde akzeptiert

- **Laut der Quelle:** Depends on document type — some documents must be notarized by a B.C. Notary Public or lawyer first; "Some types of public documents should not be notarized before authentication" (e.g., vital statistics originals are authenticated directly). Non-English content requires translation per BC's translation requirements. Since Dec 18, 2023, every request must identify the destination country per document. No ID required from the applicant. Apostille attached to all documents authenticated in B.C. on or after Jan 11, 2024

## Beglaubigungen, die vorher nötig sein könnten

Vor der Apostille ist kein zusätzlicher Beglaubigungsschritt erforderlich.

## Das Antragsformular

Kein Papierformular: Der Antrag erfolgt über das Online-Portal. Wo Sie es erhalten: https://pay.gov.bc.ca/public/lsb/bcDocAuthRequest B.C. Document Authentication Request form (same PayBC URL as the online request)

## Online beantragen

Ein Teil des Antrags erfolgt online; die Dokumente selbst müssen die Behörde dennoch auf Papier erreichen. Wo: https://pay.gov.bc.ca/public/lsb/bcDocAuthRequest Online request form + payment (documents still sent by mail/courier); must be completed on desktop, not mobile

## Was es kostet

- **$20.00 CAD** pro Dokument — "There is a standard $20 fee for each document authentication"

## So bezahlen Sie

- **Per Post:** Zahlungsanweisung, beglaubigter Scheck / Bankwechsel, oder Scheck
- **Online:** Kartenzahlung
- **Zahlbar an:** Minister of Finance — Übernehmen Sie das genau in der geschriebenen Form.
- Online via PayBC form (Mastercard, Debit Mastercard, Visa, Visa Debit, American Express); by mail: money order, bank draft, personal or business cheque (CAD or USD) payable to "Minister of Finance"

## Wohin Sie Ihre Dokumente senden

- **Postanschrift:** Ministry of Attorney General, OIC Administration Office, Attention: BC Authentication Program, 1001 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 2C5
- **Laut der Quelle:** HCCH lists a PO Box 9280 Stn Prov Govt variant

## Wie lange es dauert

- **Per Post:** "2 to 4 weeks, not including mail time" (current published estimate)
- Der Rückversand ist inbegriffen.
- Fee includes return by regular Canada Post; courier return requires prepaid arrangements

## Checking status and verifying an apostille

- **Eine ausgestellte Apostille verifizieren:** https://apostille-gac.powerappsportals.com/en/eregister-eregistre/ — BC apostilles verifiable via the shared GAC tool (covers GAC, AB, SK, BC). No separate BC-run register found

## Online-Fernbeglaubigung

- Online-Fernbeglaubigung ist hier zulässig.
- **Rechtsgrundlage:** No BC statute expressly authorizes remote notarial certificates. Two pillars: (1) Attorney General's "Direction to Commissioners for Taking Affidavits" (originally COVID-19) — remote commissioning per the BC Courts' remote-commissioning direction; "The Provincial State of Emergency for COVID-19 ended... June 30, 2021. The direction continues until further notice" (page last updated Nov 26, 2025 — still active, no rescission). (2) Law Society of BC Code of Professional Conduct, Appendix A (annotated) — remote commissioning provisions added July 2024, amended Nov 2024 (permanent professional-conduct basis for lawyers)
- **Wie die unterzeichnende Person identifiziert wird:** LSBC Appendix A, verbatim: "the deponent must show the lawyer the front and back of the deponent's valid and current government-issued photo identification"; "The lawyer must compare the video image of the deponent and information in the deponent's government-issued photo identity document to be reasonably satisfied." No KBA
- Hier ist keine Höchstgebühr für einen fernbeglaubigten Akt erfasst. Eine fehlende Obergrenze bedeutet nicht „keine Obergrenze“ — der Grund steht in den Anmerkungen unten.
- **Laut der Quelle:** Permitted, ongoing (no sunset) but framed as guidance rather than statute. LSBC Appendix A: "a lawyer may discharge the lawyer's ethical and professional obligations regarding commissioning an affidavit or solemn declaration where the lawyer and deponent are not physically together through the use of electronic and video technology." Affidavit must include a paragraph "describing that the deponent was not physically present before the lawyer as commissioner, but was in the lawyer's electronic presence linked with the lawyer utilizing video technology." Commissioner must "confirm that the recipient of the affidavit or declaration will accept a document that has been commissioned remotely." BC Land Title & Survey Authority separately allows remote witnessing of land title affidavits (Practice Bulletin 01-20, 2020). Who can do it: commissioners for taking affidavits (Evidence Act s. 56 appointees; lawyers and BC notaries are commissioners), BC notaries public (Society of Notaries Public of BC members), lawyers. Fee rules: no statutory cap; BC notaries set their own fees (Society publishes no mandatory tariff). Market rate (as of Aug 2026): Canada Notary (canadanotary.ca) offers BC virtual commissioning of affidavits/statutory declarations via video (fee via calculator). Apostille interplay: GAC and provincial competent authorities require original/wet-ink signatures and seals — remotely executed, purely electronic notarizations are generally unusable for apostille unless printed/wet-signed by the commissioner

## Weitere Angaben der Quelle

In-person offices: none. "All authentication requests must be sent by mail or by courier." "Rush, walk-in, drop off and while-you-wait services are not available."

> **RCW 42.45.230(5):** Ich bin kein in diesem Bundesstaat zugelassener Anwalt. Ich darf keine Rechtsdokumente verfassen, keine Rechtsberatung — auch nicht zu Einwanderung — geben und keine Gebühren für solche Tätigkeiten erheben.

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