MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS משרד החוץ
JERUSALEM ירושלים
Circular Note No. 73/2025
Subject: Israel’s Electronic Apostille Program
The Consular Department presents its compliments to the Diplomatic and Consular
Missions in Israel and has the honor to refer to the enclosed notification by the Hague
Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) of 9 May 2025 regarding Israel’s
E-Apostille program.
The Consular Department is pleased to inform that Israel has recently completed the
full implementation of the E-Apostille program for the following public documents:
1. Criminal record certificates;
2. Birth certificates;
3. Death certificates;
4. High school diplomas;
5. Marriage certificates;
6. Inheritance orders;
7. Certificates issued by the Companies Registrar (e.g., incorporation, name
changes, etc.);
8. Land registration extracts;
9. Patent Office Priority document;
10. Patent Office Certificate of Trademark Registration;
11. All types of notarized documents.
E-Apostilles are issued by the Israel Ministry of Justice, which serves as the
Competent Authority for Israel for that purpose.
All e-Apostilles issued by Israel are available for verification on the e-Register at:
[https://eregister.justice.gov.il].
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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS משרד החוץ
JERUSALEM ירושלים
Technical explanation for viewing the electronic Apostille
The electronic Apostille is attached to the underlying public document it
authenticates.
To view the electronic Apostille issued by Israel, open the PDF file sent by the
applicant. Upon opening the file, the Apostille will appear. On the left side, there is a
paper clip icon. Click on this icon, and the digital certificate to which the Apostille is
attached will appear under the list of attachments. Clicking on the certificate's name
will open the certificate.
Please note that in some cases the "paper clip icon" would appear only after enabling
the options menu.
It important to emphasize that the files are issued through the secure systems of the
Israel Ministry of Justice. The files are secure, protected and cannot be altered once
they have been issued.
A detailed version of these instructions, including screen shots, can be found in the
attached guidance.
The Consular Department kindly requests that the respective authorities of the
receiving States recognize Israel’s e-Apostille and the certified public documents
listed above, in accordance with the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention.
The Consular Department also kindly requests that the Missions bring the content of
this circular to the attention of their respective Ministries of Foreign Affairs and
Ministries of Justice and other relevant authorities.
The Consular Department avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Diplomatic
and Consular Missions in Israel the assurances of its highest consideration.
Jerusalem, 11 June 2025
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E-Apostille Certification and Validation by
the Israeli Ministry of Justice
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader
1. 1
Search your device for Adobe Acrobat
Reader, if you do not have the software,
download it using the button above. 2.
After making sure the After Adobe Acrobat
saving the file to our computer
Reader is installed on
weyour
will device, saveright
Click the the mouse button on the option
e-apostille file you’ve received.
"Open with" And select Adobe Acrobat Reader4.
then we will Double-click the attachment
And the file will open in another tab.
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2.
After saving the e-apostille file to your
device, long press (for mobile) or click the
right mouse button, and under the "Open
with" tab select Adobe Acrobat Reader.
3. 3
After opening the file on Adobe Acrobat
Reader, press (for mobile) or click on the
attachment icon that appears on the left
hand side of the file.
4. 4
double-click, or press (for mobile) the
attachment link.
the official certificate will then open in a tab on
your internet browser.
5.
In order to verify an e-apostille issued by
the Israeli Ministry of Justice, use the following
2.
link: After saving the file to our computer
we will Click the right mouse button on the option
https://eregister.justice.gov.il/
"Open with" And select Adobe Acrobat Reader4.
then we will Double-click the attachment
Enter the e-apostille number and its date of
issue. And the file will open in another tab.
Click on Apostille Verification.
A copy of the official document issued by
the Israeli Ministry of Justice will then be
displayed.
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6.
The official e-apostille authorizer on behalf of the
Israeli Ministry of Justice is one of the two names
listed below.
Yonit Rosnfeld Meital Katz
Director of the Notary Director of the Notary
Department & Foreign Law Department & Foreign Law
Degree Recognition Degree Recognition
Notification regarding the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP)
Israel: e-Apostille available for additional categories of public documents
In February 2022, the Permanent Bureau of the HCCH informed Competent Authorities designated under
the Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public
Documents (Apostille Convention) that Israel had officially launched its e-Apostille and e-Register services
as of 21 December 2021, for certain public documents. This notification can be found here.
The Permanent Bureau has the pleasure to provide the following update regarding Israel’s
implementation of the electronic Apostille Programme (e-APP).
An e-Apostille may now also be issued for the following public documents in Israel, effective January 2025:
1. Criminal record certificates;
2. Birth certificates;
3. Death certificates;
4. High school diplomas;
5. Marriage certificates;
6. Inheritance orders;
7. Certificates issued by the Companies Registrar (e.g., incorporation, name changes, etc.);
8. Land registration extracts;
9. Patent Office Priority document;
10. Patent Office Certificate of Trademark Registration;
11. All types of notarized documents.
All e-Apostilles issued by Israel are available for verification on the e-Register
at https://eregister.justice.gov.il.
For more information on Apostilles in Israel, please visit: https://www.gov.il/he/service/electronic-
apostille.
The Hague, 9 May 2025
No. 1 of 2025
Hague Conference on Private International Law www.hcch.net
Conférence de La Haye de droit international privé
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