How to legalise a document & notarial services
We list the most common notarial acts and other consular services below. You can find the relevant costs for each service in the FEES Table. For further information on services, please contact us.
Notarial Acts
Legalising signatures:
As a result of the 1961 Hague Convention (Apostille) Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, which came into force on 4 April 2005. (*), it is no longer necessary to legalise documents that have been legally certified by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Supplying witness
We can provide a witness if required.
Waiting time: 1 working day
Certifying a copy of a document
We can certify that a copy of a document is a true copy.
Waiting time: 1 working day
Preparing a certificate or document
In standard or non-standard forms
Waiting time: 1 working day
Administering an oath
Waiting time: 1 working day
Attesting or legalising a signature on documents
We can legalise documents that have been issued by some Commonwealth countries.
We can also legalise documents issued in Ecuador and need to be sent to certain Commonwealth countries that do not form part of the Apostille Hague Convention.
Waiting time: 1 working day
Receive Notice of Marriage and issue of Certificate of No Impediment
Birth & Death Registrations - We can register a birth or death and supply certified copies.
(*) As an additional service, we can arrange for some documents issued in the UK to be legalised (with the Apostille) by The Legalisation Office of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London, as these documents may be mandatory for some local legal procedures. This service attracts FEES
and charges, and you should allow at least 3 weeks for any documents to be returned to you. We will need the original document(s) issued in the UK as we cannot accept copies or certified copies.
