Apostilă în British Columbia
Ce documente acceptă acest birou
- Din sursă
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
Certificări de care s-ar putea să aveți nevoie mai întâi
Nu este necesar niciun pas de certificare suplimentar înainte de apostilare.
Formularul de cerere
- Formular
Fără formular pe hârtie: cererea se depune prin portalul online.
- De unde se obține
- Din sursă
B.C. Document Authentication Request form (same PayBC URL as the online request)
Depunerea cererii online
- Variantă online
O parte din cerere se depune online; documentele propriu-zise trebuie totuși să ajungă la birou pe hârtie.
- Din sursă
Online request form + payment (documents still sent by mail/courier); must be completed on desktop, not mobile
Unde mergeți personal
Sursa nu indică niciun birou pentru servicii cu prezență personală.
Cât costă
- Taxă
$20.00 CAD pe document
"There is a standard $20 fee for each document authentication"
Cum se plătește
- Prin poștă
Mandat poștal, cec bancar, sau cec.
- Online
Plată cu cardul.
- Se completează ca beneficiar
Minister of Finance
Copiați exact așa cum este scris.
- Din sursă
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"
Unde trimiteți documentele
- Adresă poștală
- Ministry of Attorney General, OIC Administration Office, Attention: BC Authentication Program, 1001 Douglas Street, Victoria, BC V8W 2C5
- Din sursă
HCCH lists a PO Box 9280 Stn Prov Govt variant
Cât durează
- Prin poștă
"2 to 4 weeks, not including mail time" (current published estimate)
Cum vă recuperați documentele
Returul este inclus în preț.
Fee includes return by regular Canada Post; courier return requires prepaid arrangements
Verificarea stadiului și a unei apostile
- Verificați o apostilă emisă
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
- Verificați stadiul unei cereri
Nu este publicată nicio pagină de urmărire a stadiului pentru acest birou.
Autentificare notarială online la distanță
- Status
Autentificarea notarială online la distanță este permisă aici.
- Temei 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)
- Cum este identificat semnatarul
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
- Plafoane de taxe
Nu este înregistrat aici niciun plafon de taxă pentru un act notarial la distanță sau un act notarial standard. Absența unui plafon nu înseamnă „fără plafon” — motivul se află în notele de mai jos.
- Din sursă
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
Alte informații oferite de sursă
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."