Apostille and Certificate of Good Standing
Apostille certification + Certificate of Good Standing bundle. Required for international banking applications. One all-in price; we handle the authentication end to end.
- Tier
- ATTACH
- Type
- Attach service
- KYC
- Tier 0
- Settlement
- BitSettle
What is the Apostille and Certificate of Good Standing and what does it cost?
Apostille + Good Standing for international banking. It is $189 all-in / ₿0.00237437 / 237,437 sats, paid in Bitcoin or USDT.
- Tier
- Attach to any entity
- All-in price
- $189 all-in / ₿0.00237437 / 237,437 sats
- Year-2 renewal
- None
- KYC tier
- Tier 0
What's included
- Certificate of Good Standing (also called a Certificate of Existence or Certificate of Incumbency, depending on the jurisdiction): we request it from the registry that holds your entity and confirms the company is validly registered and current on its fees
- Apostille on the certificate under the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention: the single-step legalization that foreign banks, registrars, and counterparties accept in place of full embassy legalization
- Coordination with the issuing authority and the competent apostille authority in the formation jurisdiction, including the government legalization fee, which we pay on your behalf
- Courier of the physical apostilled set where a wet-ink original is required, plus a digital scan for your records
- Sanctions screen on the order and Tier 0 KYC (email, country of residence, and a free-text intended-use statement)
- Engagement letter
What's NOT included
- Apostille for a country outside the Hague Apostille Convention: those need consular or embassy legalization, a longer and separate process we quote case by case
- Certified translation of the apostilled documents (some banks require it; sold separately on referral)
- Bank account opening itself: the apostille is an input to the bank file, not the account (see the banking introduction for matched rails and a prepared application)
- Formation of the underlying entity: this attaches to a company you already hold or are forming with us
- Any tax filing, tax advice, or bookkeeping
- Mail forwarding
We list what's not included on every product page so there are no checkout surprises.
Operator-grade use case
The apostille is what a foreign bank asks for after you form offshore. The registry filing proves the company exists; the apostilled Certificate of Good Standing proves it still exists, is in compliance, and that the proof itself is genuine under a convention 120-plus countries recognize. This is the default add-on for anyone taking an offshore entity to a bank, payment provider, or registrar in another country.
Most appropriate for operators opening accounts for a Seychelles IBC, a Nevis LLC, a Cayman company, or a UAE free-zone entity, and for anyone a counterparty or second registry has asked to produce a legalized good-standing certificate. If a compliance desk has sent you a document checklist, the apostille line item is almost always on it.
Less ideal for a domestic-only operator who will never present the entity outside its formation jurisdiction; a plain Certificate of Good Standing with no apostille is cheaper and enough, and most registries issue one directly. It is also the wrong starting point if your real blocker is finding a bank that will onboard your jurisdiction at all: the banking introduction matches the rail and prepares the file, then this attaches when a chosen rail requires legalized documents.
What you'll need to hand us
- Email address
- Country of residence
- Intended use statement (free-text)
- Government-issued photo ID (passport or national ID)
- Proof of address (utility bill, bank statement, or government letter, dated within 90 days)
- Source-of-funds attestation (drop-down + free text)
- Optional: PEP and adverse-media screening consent
- Everything in Tier 1
- Beneficial owner declaration for every party with 25%+ ownership
- Source-of-wealth documentation (tax return, employment letter, salary, asset proof)
- Manual enhanced-due-diligence reviewer notes from our KYC partner
Common questions
- What is an apostille, and why does my bank want one?
- An apostille is a single-step legalization under the 1961 Hague Apostille Convention that certifies a public document is genuine for use in another member country. Foreign banks and registrars ask for an apostilled Certificate of Good Standing so they can trust your company documents without running their own verification with the issuing registry.
- What is the difference between a Certificate of Good Standing and an apostille?
- The Certificate of Good Standing is issued by the registry and states your entity is validly registered and current on its fees. The apostille is a separate certification attached on top that makes that certificate accepted abroad. International banking usually needs both, which is why we bundle them at $189 all-in.
- Does this work for any country?
- It works for any country in the Hague Apostille Convention, which is 120-plus jurisdictions. For a country outside the convention, the documents need consular or embassy legalization instead, a longer and separate process we quote case by case rather than include here.
- Will an apostille get me a bank account?
- No. The apostille is an input to the application, not the decision. The bank still runs its own onboarding and makes its own call. If the blocker is finding a rail that will take your jurisdiction at all, the banking introduction matches the rail and prepares the file; this attaches when that rail requires legalized documents.
Operators usually pair this with
Banking Introduction
Account-opening introductions + application prep. No guarantees, better odds.
Seychelles IBC
Classic offshore IBC.
Nevis LLC
The asset-protection moat.
Cayman Exempted Company (Standard)
Cayman Exempted Company. Mid-market filing agent. KYC Tier 2.