# Apostilla: British Columbia

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> Guida all'apostilla per British Columbia, Canada: l'autorità competente è Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia. Verificato il 2026-08-09.

Tutto quanto segue è trascritto dalle fonti pubblicate proprie di questo ufficio e riportato con le sue stesse parole. Un valore che non siamo riusciti a confermare su una pagina ufficiale reca il contrassegno "non verificato" — ma l'assenza di questo contrassegno non garantisce che un fatto sia stato verificato, e i dubbi espressi dalla fonte stessa restano nelle note qui riportate testualmente. Verificare tariffe, indirizzi e scadenze con l'ufficio prima di inviare documenti o denaro.

- **Guida alle apostille:** British Columbia, Canada
- **Verificato il** August 9, 2026

## Chi rilascia l'apostilla

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

## Quali documenti accetta questo ufficio

- **Secondo la fonte:** 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

## Certificazioni eventualmente necessarie in anticipo

Prima dell'apostilla non è richiesto alcun passaggio di certificazione aggiuntivo.

## Il modulo di richiesta

Nessun modulo cartaceo: la richiesta si effettua tramite il portale online. Dove ottenerlo: https://pay.gov.bc.ca/public/lsb/bcDocAuthRequest B.C. Document Authentication Request form (same PayBC URL as the online request)

## Richiesta online

Parte della richiesta si effettua online; i documenti veri e propri devono comunque raggiungere l'ufficio su carta. Dove: 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

## Quanto costa

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

## Come pagare

- **Per posta:** vaglia postale, assegno certificato / vaglia bancario, o assegno
- **Online:** pagamento con carta
- **Intestare a:** Minister of Finance — Copiare esattamente come scritto.
- 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"

## Dove inviare i documenti

- **Indirizzo postale:** Ministry of Attorney General, OIC Administration Office, Attention: BC Authentication Program, 1001 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 2C5
- **Secondo la fonte:** HCCH lists a PO Box 9280 Stn Prov Govt variant

## Quanto tempo richiede

- **Per posta:** "2 to 4 weeks, not including mail time" (current published estimate)
- La spedizione di ritorno è inclusa.
- Fee includes return by regular Canada Post; courier return requires prepaid arrangements

## Checking status and verifying an apostille

- **Verificare un'apostilla rilasciata:** 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

## Notarizzazione online a distanza

- Qui la notarizzazione online a distanza è consentita.
- **Base giuridica:** 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)
- **Come viene identificato il firmatario:** 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
- Qui non è registrata alcuna tariffa massima per un atto a distanza. L'assenza di un limite non equivale a «nessun limite» — il motivo è indicato nelle note sottostanti.
- **Secondo la fonte:** 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

## Altre informazioni riportate dalla fonte

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):** Non sono un avvocato abilitato in questo Stato. Non sono autorizzato a redigere atti legali, dare consulenza legale — incluso in materia di immigrazione — né a richiedere compenso per tali attività.

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- [Apostilla: Federal](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/federal/index.md)
- [Apostilla: Alberta](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/alberta/index.md)
- [Apostilla: Manitoba](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/manitoba/index.md)
- [Apostilla: New Brunswick](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/new-brunswick/index.md)
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- [Apostilla: Nova Scotia](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/nova-scotia/index.md)
- [Apostilla: Nunavut](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/nunavut/index.md)
- [Apostilla: Ontario](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/ontario/index.md)
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- [Apostilla: Quebec](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/quebec/index.md)
- [Apostilla: Saskatchewan](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/saskatchewan/index.md)
- [Apostilla: Yukon](https://andrii.co/it/handbook/apostille/ca/yukon/index.md)

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