# Apostila em British Columbia

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- **Title:** Apostila em British Columbia — Canadá | Andrii Co.
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> Guia de apostilamento para British Columbia (Canadá): a autoridade competente é Ministry of Attorney General of British Columbia. Verificado em 2026-08-09.

Tudo o que se segue foi transcrito das próprias fontes publicadas por este órgão e reproduzido em suas palavras. Um valor que não conseguimos confirmar em uma página oficial recebe a marca "não verificado" — mas a ausência dessa marca não é garantia de que um fato foi verificado, e as próprias dúvidas da fonte permanecem nas notas aqui reproduzidas na íntegra. Confirme taxas, endereços e prazos com o órgão antes de enviar documentos ou dinheiro.

- **Manual de Apostilamento:** British Columbia, Canadá
- **Verificado em** August 9, 2026

## Quem emite a apostila

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

## Quais documentos este órgão aceita

- **Segundo a 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

## Certificações que você pode precisar antes

Nenhuma etapa adicional de certificação é exigida antes da apostila.

## O formulário de solicitação

Sem formulário em papel: a solicitação é feita pelo portal on-line. Onde obtê-lo: https://pay.gov.bc.ca/public/lsb/bcDocAuthRequest B.C. Document Authentication Request form (same PayBC URL as the online request)

## Solicitação on-line

Parte da solicitação é feita on-line; os documentos em si ainda precisam chegar ao órgão em papel. Onde: 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 custa

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

## Como pagar

- **Pelo correio:** vale postal, cheque administrativo, ou cheque
- **On-line:** pagamento com cartão
- **Emitir em nome de:** Minister of Finance — Copie exatamente como está escrito.
- 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"

## Para onde enviar seus documentos

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

## Quanto tempo leva

- **Pelo correio:** "2 to 4 weeks, not including mail time" (current published estimate)
- O envio de retorno está incluído.
- Fee includes return by regular Canada Post; courier return requires prepaid arrangements

## Checking status and verifying an apostille

- **Verificar uma apostila emitida:** 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

## Notarização on-line remota

- A notarização on-line remota é permitida aqui.
- **Base legal:** 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)
- **Como o signatário é identificado:** 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
- Nenhum valor máximo está registrado aqui para um ato remoto. A ausência de um teto não é o mesmo que “sem teto” — o motivo está nas notas abaixo.
- **Segundo a 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

## Outras informações da 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):** Não sou advogado habilitado para exercer a advocacia neste estado. Não tenho permissão para elaborar documentos jurídicos, dar orientação sobre questões legais, inclusive imigração, nem cobrar por essas atividades.

## Other Canada jurisdictions (Markdown)

- [Apostila em Federal](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/federal/index.md)
- [Apostila em Alberta](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/alberta/index.md)
- [Apostila em Manitoba](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/manitoba/index.md)
- [Apostila em New Brunswick](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/new-brunswick/index.md)
- [Apostila em Newfoundland and Labrador](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/newfoundland-and-labrador/index.md)
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- [Apostila em Nova Scotia](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/nova-scotia/index.md)
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- [Apostila em Ontario](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/ontario/index.md)
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- [Apostila em Saskatchewan](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/saskatchewan/index.md)
- [Apostila em Yukon](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/yukon/index.md)

## Browse the handbook (Markdown)

- [Requisitos de apostilamento no Canadá](https://andrii.co/pt/handbook/apostille/ca/index.md)
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