How to order:
Step one:
Check that your passport is valid long enough for the requesting authorities (usually 6 months +). If you hold dual citizenship and need both passports legalised, check both passports for the same.
Step two:
Get the passport(s) certified.
Since only a photocopy of a passport can be legalised, the solicitor or notary must see your original passport before they can certify a photocopy. Therefore, you cannot send them a photocopy.
Usually, customers post or drop off their passports at our London office.
In some cases, for example, if customers are overseas, it might be possible to certify your passport remotely via a live video call.
Step three:
Contact our office. Please provide the following information:
- How many passports need an apostille?
- Is your passport already certified?
- In which country will your certified passport copy be used?
- How soon do you need the apostille?
- Will you be mailing or dropping off the documents?
- Any other information that we need to know about
When we have all the information, the team will assess your enquiry and give you are personalised and detailed quotation.
If you accept the quotation, we send an invoice to be paid, and the process of getting an apostille for your birth certificate starts.
Step four:
As soon as your birth certificate has been apostilled, we will send you a scanned copy via email to inform you that the process has been completed successfully and your certificate is on its way or ready to be collected.
If you are not collecting your apostilled certificate from our London office – we will provide you with the DHL tracking number given by the courier.
Note that we return documents with DHL and Royal Mail. DHL return deliveries – both national and international require the following details:
- A full name
- Full return address
- Contact phone number
How much does it cost?
- 3-4 day UK apostille service from £120
- 1 day (next business day) from £135
- 5-48 hours e-Apostille from £97
Our fee covers:
- Solicitor certification
- FCDO (Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office) Fees
- Administration
- VAT
There could be additional costs depending on your chosen service and how many documents you wish to have apostilled.
We will always provide a full breakdown to see precisely what you’re paying for.
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