The HCCH authority page for Saint Kitts and Nevis sorts its signatories by island: one group for Saint Kitts, another for Nevis. For an office on either island receiving Turkish papers, and for Turks with business in the federation, this page explains the 1994 accession, the two sets of signatories, the online check run by the foreign ministry, the spelling of the country’s name on Turkish lists and the place of translation.
Accession in February 1994 and the start with Türkiye
Saint Kitts and Nevis deposited its instrument of accession on 26 February 1994; the HCCH table shows 14 December 1994 and marks the row A. During the objection period that followed, neither Türkiye nor any other state objected, so the start date between the two countries is the federation’s own. It has objected to no later accession and is not in the Kosovo note. Before 14 December 1994 there was no apostille route between the two; how a document from that period is treated today was not found in this site’s survey.
Saint Kitts signatories, Nevis signatories
The authority page, updated on 23 April 2024, divides the power by island. On Saint Kitts the Attorney General and the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sign. On Nevis the certificate is placed by the Permanent Secretary of the Nevis Ministry of Finance or by the Legal Adviser of the Legal Department. That a finance ministry holds the power on Nevis stands out, but the HCCH summary does not say which Nevis document goes to which office, and whether a Nevis document may also be certified on Saint Kitts was not verified here. The fee is stated in Eastern Caribbean dollars on the HCCH page and is not reproduced on this site.
foreign.gov.kn: an online check for the foreign ministry’s certificates
The HCCH e-APP chart of 13 August 2026 has a row for Saint Kitts and Nevis, while Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have none. The row ties the register to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs: a certificate is looked up through a link to the apostille-verified page on the foreign.gov.kn domain. No e-Apostille date appears on the same row, so what has been reported is an online register, not an electronic certificate. The chart names only the foreign ministry; whether certificates from the Attorney General or the Nevis offices can be found there was not checked, and which details the search asks for was not tested either. For a Turkish office or notary, this is the address offered for verification.
“St. Christopher (St. Kitts) ve Nevis” on Turkish lists
The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs page on visa regimes writes the country as “St. Christopher (St. Kitts) ve Nevis”, while the HCCH uses “Saint Kitts and Nevis”. Both names refer to the same state. A reader who meets different spellings in a petition to a Turkish institution or in a translation need not suspect two countries. A translator reproduces the spelling found in the document and in the certificate; the receiving institution may say which form it wants in the Turkish text.
Turkish documents for the federation, and translation
For a Turkish document sent to Saint Kitts and Nevis, a Turkish authority places the certificate. Administrative documents, an education certificate or a civil registry extract for instance, are handled by a valilik or kaymakamlık, the governor’s office of a province or district. For every notarial act, notarised translations and powers of attorney included, the certificate is the governor’s or district governor’s, with no provincial restriction since 30 November 2024. A criminal record extract and the original of a court judgment are taken to the adli yargı adalet komisyonu başkanlığı. How institutions in the federation accept a translation made in Türkiye, in what language and with what certification, and how they receive an e-Apostil file, was not found in this site’s survey. A document from Saint Kitts and Nevis is translated into Turkish from the certified copy; whether the certificate is included is stated by the Turkish institution. A translation office renders the text and takes no position on which island’s authority should have signed.