What is legalisation?
Legalisation is the process of authenticating or certifying a document so that a foreign country’s legal system will recognize it as having full legal effect.
Often documents for use abroad may not only require to be notarised but also legalised by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by way of apostille and/or by the embassy or consulate of the country where the documents will be used.
If your documents need to be legalised or apostilled we use registered legalisation agents to liaise with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office or the embassy or consulate on your behalf.
What is an apostille?
An apostille is a stamp annexed to the back of your document which is often required by countries that have signed up to the Hague Convention 1961.
In the United Kingdom, apostilles are issued by the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office based in Milton Keynes.