Fiji is bound by the Convention not through an accession of its own but as the continuation of an extension made before independence. This page is for institutions in Fiji receiving Turkish papers and for Turks with Fijian documents. It explains the two dates on the HCCH row, the start date with Türkiye, the single signatory, the gaps left by an authority page unchanged since 2014 and the place of translation.
A 1965 extension and a 1971 notification: Fiji’s row
The HCCH notifications page records that the United Kingdom extended the Convention to Fiji on 24 February 1965, and it applied there from then. After independence Fiji notified succession; the HCCH table dates that notification 29 March 1971, and the “Su” marker means succession. The effective date comes before the notification: 10 October 1970. In succession, effect reaches back to independence; the gap of about five and a half months is thus the form of the record, not a contradiction.
Fiji and Türkiye: a start on 29 September 1985
As Fiji’s commitment reaches back well before 1985, its record already existed when Türkiye ratified that year. The start between the two is therefore Türkiye’s date, not Fiji’s: 29 September 1985. The full status report shows no objection or declaration between them; no objection by Fiji to later accessions appears, and Fiji is not in the Kosovo note. How a Fijian document reached Türkiye before 1985 is not the subject of this page.
A single signatory in the Fijian foreign ministry
The HCCH authority page, updated on 3 December 2014, gives the power not to a unit but to one office holder: the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. That is the only signatory title notified to the HCCH. Whether the Permanent Secretary may delegate the power, or whether documents are divided by type, is not stated in the summary and could not be verified on this site. A Turkish institution will therefore see this title on a Fijian certificate.
Unchanged since 2014: fee and register
Fiji’s authority page has not been updated for more than a decade and carries no fee; none could be found on this site. For the same reason, whether the ministry’s name or its Permanent Secretary structure has changed since 2014 remains an open question. The e-APP chart of 13 August 2026 has no Fiji row and the authority page shows no online register; a missing row does not by itself prove that no electronic service exists. Fiji has not acceded to ETS 063, CIEC 16 or CIEC 17, and it does not appear on the list of Members of the Hague Conference.
Turkish documents for Fiji and the Turkish translation
For a Turkish document used in Fiji, the certificate is obtained in Türkiye: a valilik or kaymakamlık, the provincial or district governor’s office, for administrative documents; a governor or district governor for every notarial act; and the adli yargı adalet komisyonu başkanlığı at a high criminal court seat for the original of a court judgment. e-Apostil offers an electronic route for six document types, and according to the HCCH notice of 1 July 2026 a validly issued e-Apostille cannot be refused merely for being electronic; how institutions in Fiji apply that notice in practice was not measured. What Fijian institutions expect regarding translation language and certification was not found in this site’s survey. A Fijian document carries the Fijian certificate on its original; its Turkish translation is made in Türkiye and certified by a notary, and the receiving Turkish institution says whether it wants the certificate translated too. A translation office’s part ends with the translation.