Apostille : British Columbia
Quels documents cet organisme accepte
- D'après la source
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
Certifications éventuellement nécessaires au préalable
Aucune certification supplémentaire n'est requise avant l'apostille.
Le formulaire de demande
- Formulaire
Aucun formulaire papier : la demande se fait via le portail en ligne.
- D'après la source
B.C. Document Authentication Request form (same PayBC URL as the online request)
Faire une demande en ligne
- Filière en ligne
Une partie de la demande se fait en ligne ; les documents eux-mêmes doivent tout de même parvenir à l'organisme sur papier.
- D'après la source
Online request form + payment (documents still sent by mail/courier); must be completed on desktop, not mobile
Où se présenter en personne
La source ne mentionne aucun bureau pour un service en personne.
Ce que cela coûte
- Frais
$20.00 CAD par document
"There is a standard $20 fee for each document authentication"
Comment payer
- Par courrier
Mandat postal, chèque certifié / traite bancaire, ou chèque.
- En ligne
Paiement par carte.
- À libeller à l'ordre de
Minister of Finance
Recopiez cela exactement tel qu'écrit.
- D'après la source
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"
Où envoyer vos documents
- Adresse postale
- Ministry of Attorney General, OIC Administration Office, Attention: BC Authentication Program, 1001 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 2C5
- D'après la source
HCCH lists a PO Box 9280 Stn Prov Govt variant
Combien de temps cela prend
- Par courrier
"2 to 4 weeks, not including mail time" (current published estimate)
Comment récupérer vos documents
Les frais de retour sont inclus.
Fee includes return by regular Canada Post; courier return requires prepaid arrangements
Vérifier le statut et authentifier une apostille
- Vérifier une apostille délivrée
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
- Vérifier le statut d'une demande
Aucune page de suivi de statut n'est publiée pour cet organisme.
Notarisation en ligne à distance
- Statut
La notarisation en ligne à distance est autorisée ici.
- Fondement juridique
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)
- Comment l'identité du signataire est vérifiée
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
- Plafonds de frais
Aucun frais maximal n'est enregistré ici pour un acte à distance ou un acte notarié standard. L'absence de plafond n'équivaut pas à « aucun plafond » — la raison figure dans les notes ci-dessous.
- D'après la source
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
Autres précisions apportées par la source
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."