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Apostille service and Legalisation

UK GRO Certificates provides a fast and simple service to obtain an Apostille stamp on your documents.

Legalisation is the process by which attaches an apostille (certificate) to a UK public document. Legalisation is the official confirmation that a signature, seal or stamp on a public document is genuine. The legalisation does not certify the authenticity of a document or give Foreign and Commonwealth Office approval of its content.

If you already have Original or original official copies of Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Adoption Certificate, Decree Absolute, Court Documents OR other document photocopies certified by a practising solicitor or notary public then click issuing country/region of document below and place apostille order.

If you are ordering a Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Marriage Certificate,  Adoption Certificate, Decree Absolute Certificate or Will/Probate from us, please select option to request an Apostille Stamp on order form.

Why do I need to legalise?

If you need to use a UK or Irish public document in an overseas country, then you may find that the local authorities require it to be legalised document before they will accept it. Each foreign country will have its own legalisation requirements.

What information is contained on the Apostille?

The certificate contains the following information:

1. Country of origin
2. Name of signatory on the document
3. The capacity in which that signatory has acted
4. If the document has been sealed/stamped instead of signed then the details of the authority
5. Place of certification
6. Date of certification
7. Issuing authorities details
8. Certificate number
9. Stamp of issuing authority
10. Authorised signature of authority

Documents signed by a solicitor or notary public

Some documents may require the certification of a UK notary public or solicitor before they can be submitted to us for legalisation. Please refer to the ‘TIP’ that relates to the type of document you wish to legalise (listed below). If the document requires the certification or signature of a notary public or solicitor, the UK practising notary public/solicitor MUST do this whilst in the UK.

If a UK notary public or solicitor practising within the UK is signing a document, they should state clearly what exactly it is they are certifying in relation to the document. They must sign in their own name and not use a company signature. They should clearly print their name and their firm's name under the signature. We have highlighted (under ‘TIPS’) when a document needs to be signed by a UK notary public or solicitor before it is sent to us in the links below.

Customers should be aware that some countries only recognise documents notarised by a qualified notary public. Some countries, such as the USA, Canada and Australia contain individual States, and each has its own system of law.

Laminated documents

We are unable to legalise any document that has been laminated.

Countries which accept the Apostille Certificate

The following countries are all members of the Hague conference and have entered into force Convention 12 of 5 October 1961, Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

These countries will therefore accept the Apostille Certificate in place of any further legalisation.

Countries not listed will often still require an Apostille but will then also require further legalisation via their embassy. Please contact us for guidance on this.

Countries A to G A Albania Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Austria Australia Azerbaijan B Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria C China (Hong Kong) China (Macao) Colombia Cook Islands Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic D Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic E Ecuador El Salvador Estonia F Fiji Finland France FYR of Macedonia G Georgia Germany Greece Grenada

Countries H to P H Honduras Hong Kong Hungary I Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy J Japan K Kazakhstan Korea, Republic of L Latvia Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg M M Malawi Macao (China) Macedonia (FYR of) Malta Marshall Islands Mauritius Mexico Monaco Mongolia Montenegro N Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Niue Norway P Panama Poland Portugal Pakistan

Countries R to Z R Republic of Moldova Romania Russian Federation S Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Serbia Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland T The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey U Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America (USA) V Vanuatu Venezuela

Embassies we provide servies for include:

• U.A.E
• QATAR
• SAUDI ARABIA
• OMAN
• KUWAIT
• VIETNAM
• BAHRAIN
• PHILIPPINES
• EGYPT
• CHINA
• BRAZIL
• CANADA
• USA

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