The first phase of e-Apostille will cover documents issued by the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA), such as Business Profiles (BP) and Business Certificates (BC) (Incorporation/Registration). The new system taps on ACRA’s trustBar verification service to verify the authenticity of BPs/BCs before the legalisation of the documents and the issuance of the e-Apostille certification. Plans to support documents issued by other public agencies will be announced in due course.
It will take less time to authenticate public documents for overseas use from next year. This is due to an effort by the Singapore Academy of Law, in collaboration with the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), to apply verifiable credential technology to the apostille process to enhance the efficiency, security, and reliability of document authentication.
Members of the public can upload documents online for digital verification at the SAL Legalisation Portal directly at their convenience. After verification, an e-Apostille, which is a digital certificate of authenticity, will be emailed to them within minutes.
