KuwaitDoes not use apostilles

Process

What applies instead

The Kuwaiti embassy in Japan asks that documents are first authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan before they are brought to the embassy, and commercial documents other than invoices and certificates of origin have needed this since 22 June 2023.²

Contacts

Who to contact

• Embassy of the State of Kuwait in Japan, Consular Section²

Status

How to check whether Kuwait has joined

Countries join the Apostille Convention from time to time. The Hague Conference keeps the list of members in its status table. We last checked it on 18 October 2026, when Kuwait was not on it.¹

Other direction

If your document comes from a member country

An apostille from a contracting party does not by itself make a document usable in Kuwait. Ask the authority in Kuwait that will receive the document which steps it requires. An apostille only confirms the signature, the role of the person who signed and any seal or stamp on the document. It does not confirm what the document says. The office that receives the document decides what it accepts.

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