Interactive Form

Please fill out the form below in either English or French, the official languages of the Organisation. The use of any other language may result in your questions not being answered.

Due to a lack of resources and the need to further prioritise work relating to the International Judicial and Administrative Co-operation Conventions (Apostille, Service and Evidence Conventions), please note that until further notice, the Permanent Bureau will no longer respond to enquiries submitted by private persons or legal practitioners in relation to any of these Conventions. Please refer to the Apostille Section, the Service Section or the Evidence Section for information on these Conventions. Enquiries received from State authorities will continue to be answered.

Please note that the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference has no mandate to assist in individual adoption cases. If you have a question relating to intercountry adoption and your country is a Party to the 1993 Adoption Convention, please contact the Central Authority designated by your country.

Please note that the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference has no mandate to assist in individual child abduction cases. If you have a question relating to international child abduction and your country is a Party to the 1980 Child Abduction Convention, please contact the Central Authority designated by your country.

Permanent Bureau
Hague Conference on Private
International Law
Scheveningseweg 6
2517 KT THE HAGUE
Netherlands
fax: +31 (0)70 360 4867


Name	*
E-mail	*
Subject	*
Comments	*
Telephone	*
Telefax
Organisation
Department
Address 1	*
Address 2
Zip code
City	*
State/Province
Country	*
9-3=	* Please answer this question (to prevent spam)

* These fields are minimally required.