Originally Posted by
elite.flyer.VN
Hong Kong is a member of the Hague Apostille convention. If you apostille a copy of the original document, it will be accepted as a legal doc. If you don't prefer to travel with the original, this will ensure that you have an internationally accepted legal document.
Seriously? Beside - I don't believe you know exactly how this works:
1. The purported "original" document is a copy by itself, i.e. a true copy or certified copy of the record on file with the entity.
2. The cost of authenticating a copy of the true/certified copy is usually higher than getting another true/certified copy.
3. The Apostille does not actually certifies the authenticity of the document. Instead, it certifies the person's signature working on the document. For example, the Apostille for a court judgement (court document) is actually authenticating the signature of the Clerk of the Court who certify the judgement as the true copy on file.
4. The accepting entity always has the final determination to accept a document or not, Apostille or not.
Does it have to be that complicated?