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Whether you need a DFAT Apostille or a DFAT Authentication depends entirely on which country your document is going to and whether that country is part of the Hague Apostille Convention.

Here is the simplest rule:

✅ You need a DFAT Apostille if:

Countries that accept Apostille as of 2025:

✅ You need a DFAT Authentication if:

• The document is going to a country NOT in the Hague Convention.
• Authentication = Two-step process.
  1. DFAT issues an Authentication Certificate.
  2. Then you take it to the foreign embassy/consulate for legalisation.

Examples:
Vietnam, Thailand (depending on purpose), Taiwan and some Middle Eastern or African countries.

⭐ Important note:

Only the overseas authority (government, school, court, employer) can confirm what they require.
DFAT cannot decide for you — they only follow what the receiving authority demands.

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