In short, apostilles do not expire! An apostille may be accepted for many years after it has been attached to a document. All apostilles have an issue date, but they do not have an expiry date.
However, there are occasions when the apostille must be issued within a defined period of time.
For example, criminal records (background checks) and the attached apostille are normally only accepted up to 3 months from the date they were issued.
Some embassies will only recognise and accept an apostille that is up to 90 days old.
It is reasonable to suggest some documents should only be 3 months old as they are only correct at the time they are issued and the facts/circumstances may have changed since. Examples include background checks, statutory declarations, affidavits, certificates of no impediments and more.
