Document Legalisation

In today's fast-paced world, we understand the importance of efficiency and convenience when it comes to document legalisation. Whether you're planning to study abroad, get married overseas, or conduct business internationally, having your documents properly authenticated can be a time-consuming process. That's where HagueApostille.co.uk comes to the rescue with our lightning-fast next day apostille service. In this article, we will dive into the benefits of our expedited apostille service and how it can simplify your document legalisation journey.

The process of adding an apostille to a document is an essential step for individuals and organisations when dealing with international transactions or legal matters. An apostille is a specific type of certification that verifies the authenticity of a document and ensures its acceptance in foreign countries that are part of the Hague Apostille Convention. However, there can be confusion regarding whether one should add an apostille to individual documents or add one apostille to a set of documents.

Every effort is made by the legalisation team to complete orders as quickly as possible.

We provide estimated processing times on our website, and within email communications, based on experience and recent orders that we process. In general, these are a good guide to the expected time to legalise documents. If your order is time sensitive, we kindly advise that our processing times are approximate and not the essence of the contract when ordering a service.

In the UK the apostille is issued by a government office. This is the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). It was previously called the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) before merging with the Department for International Development to create the FCDO.

Many people also refer to the FCDO as the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or just the Foreign Office.

Apostilles from the FCDO

To ensure your documents can be legalised with the apostille they must be certified correctly by a recognised legal official under the Hague apostille convention. With overseas authorities requesting the apostille for different types of documents it can be confusing to know who is able to provide certification. The following is a list of the most common officials and the types of documents they can certify for the apostille process.

Doctors

Many people dream of owning their own overseas holiday home and do not consider which documents are required for the process. When purchasing a property overseas you will need to provide proof of identity, proof of earnings and you may need to appoint someone to act on your behalf if you cannot be present to sign all documents. You will also need to consider what will happen after you have purchased the property if the worst should happen. Who will be left to deal with your estate and what will happen to the property?

Under the British Nationality Act 1981 it is possible for individuals from a non-UK country to apply for British nationality. Individuals can apply for a certificate Naturalisation which is issued by the UK Border Agency if they meet strict criteria set by the UK government. Once the certificate has been issued it grants the individual the same rights as an individual who was born as a British national. This means the certificate can be used by individuals to apply for a UK passport.

What Information is Included in the Certificate?

When planning to work overseas you should consider any supporting documentation you may need before making any permanent decisions. Depending on the type of job you are applying for it is possible you will require a number of documents which need to be legalised. It is vitally important to ensure they are legalised correctly before moving overseas as this can delay your visa in some circumstances. From our experience the following 5 documents are the most common we legalise for employment overseas.

Are you are planning to get married on a white sandy beach or another far away location? With so many things to plan it’s likely you have not considered which documents you may need to take with you. In addition to this, do the documents need to be legalised with the apostille?

Overseas authorities may request a variety of different documents before they will conduct your overseas marriage. Below we discuss the 5 most common documents we process for clients who are getting married abroad.