Your UK Legalisation Desk

One team to manage UK document certification, notarisation, apostilles and embassy legalisation — for your business or your clients.

Send us one document, a large batch or an overseas document checklist. We’ll confirm what’s required, manage every stage and return the completed documents wherever you need them.

Send us your requirements

Prefer to talk? Call +44 (0) 207 0500 692
or email hello@apostillelondon.com

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Order #	Country	Route	Status	Fulfilment
LAS27114	China	Solicitor Certification + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — DHL International
LAS27091	Saudi Arabia	Notarisation + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Collected
LAS27162	Spain	Solicitor Certification + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — Royal Mail
LAS27078	South Korea	Solicitor Certification + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Emailed (Completed)
LAS27143	United Arab Emirates	FCDO Apostille + Embassy Attestation	Dispatched	Shipped — DHL International
LAS27055	Greece	Notarisation + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — Royal Mail
LAS27187	India	Solicitor Certification + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — Royal Mail
LAS27036	Brazil	Solicitor Certification + FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — DHL International
LAS27129	Portugal	FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Collected
LAS27170	Bulgaria	FCDO Apostille + Translation (Cert/Sworn)	Dispatched	Collected
LAS27063	Czech Republic	FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — Royal Mail
LAS27198	Philippines	FCDO Apostille	Dispatched	Shipped — DHL International

Documents back the next working day

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Trusted by businesses that need legalisation to just work

We already work regularly with more than 80 businesses in the UK and overseas — from international companies and professional firms to notaries, legalisation agencies, translation businesses and relocation specialists.

Some send us one document occasionally. Others send batches every week. Your Legalisation Desk can work around your needs, without forcing you into a fixed programme or volume commitment.

One-off or ongoing

Use us for a single complex requirement or for regular submissions.

Your documents or your clients’

The same Legalisation Desk works for both.

One team, every stage

Certification, notarisation, apostille and embassy legalisation.

Business terms available

Agreed pricing and monthly invoicing

Built for organisations that regularly need documents legalised

Whether you are legalising your own company documents or managing documents for clients, our Legalisation Desk gives you one reliable UK team to handle the process.

International businesses

For companies using UK documents overseas.

Corporate documents, powers of attorney, board resolutions, incorporation packs, director documents and other paperwork required for overseas operations, subsidiaries or transactions.

Document, mobility & education specialists

For notaries, translation businesses, recruitment and relocation companies, universities, training providers and similar organisations.

We can handle the legalisation stage while you continue managing the wider client or student relationship.

Professional advisers

For law firms, accountants, company-formation specialists and corporate-service providers.

Use LAS as your outsourced UK legalisation desk. Send us the requirements and we can manage the certification, notarisation, apostille and further legalisation for you.

Overseas firms

For legalisation agencies, law firms and professional service providers outside the UK.

Use LAS as your UK fulfilment partner for documents that need certification, notarisation, apostille, or embassy legalisation before you send them overseas.

Not on the list?

Don’t see your organisation type? If you regularly need UK documents legalised for use overseas, talk to us — the Legalisation Desk is designed to be flexible.

How the Legalisation Desk works

Send us the documents or the requirements. We’ll confirm what’s needed, manage the UK legalisation process, and return the completed documents where you need them.

1. Send us the documents or checklist

Email us the documents, send us the requirements you’ve received from an overseas authority, or forward the checklist from your lawyer or adviser.

2. We confirm the route

We review what you’ve sent and confirm the UK steps required — such as solicitor certification, notarisation, FCDO apostille, embassy legalisation or translation.

3. We manage the process

Once agreed, we coordinate the required stages, keep the job moving and update you as it progresses.

4. We return the completed documents

We can return the documents to your office, send them directly to your client or adviser, or arrange UK or international delivery.

Your documents or your clients’ — you decide how we work.

If you’re handling documents for a client, LAS can stay behind the scenes or communicate with them directly, as you prefer.

Why organisations use our Legalisation Desk

One team for the whole process

No need to coordinate multiple providers. We can arrange certification, notarisation, FCDO apostilles, embassy legalisation, translations and return delivery as required.

Agreed business pricing

Know what regular services will cost before the next job arrives. We can agree account pricing based on the services and volume your organisation typically requires.

Live tracking for every order

Follow each job without chasing us for updates. Every order has its own tracking link, so you can see its progress.

Flexible ways to work

Your documents, your clients’ documents — or both. Keep LAS behind the scenes, involve us directly with your client, or use us when a complex requirement comes up.

Business account facilities

Approved accounts can benefit from monthly invoicing, saved account preferences and other arrangements based on how they use the service.

Fast, practical support

Large batch, tight deadline or unusual requirement? Send us the details and we’ll help establish the most practical route before the job starts.

No fixed volume commitment. Use the Legalisation Desk for one complex job or make us part of your regular workflow.

Track every order from one simple link

Every Legalisation Desk order comes with its own tracking link, so you can check progress without emailing or calling for an update.

See where the documents are in the process, what’s been completed, and what happens next. If you’re managing documents for a client, you can keep them updated without chasing us first.

No account login required — just open the tracking link for that order.

We check documents before submission

Before we submit a document for certification, notarisation, apostille, or embassy legalisation, we check that it appears suitable for the required process and flag anything that may cause problems.

This can help prevent avoidable rejections, delays, and repeat submissions—especially with large batches or more complex overseas requirements.

Large document pack? Send us the checklist first.

We can review the requirements before you arrange signatures, certification or notarisation.

When the final requirements are set by an overseas authority, embassy, or recipient, we’ll follow the available information and flag anything that needs confirmation before we proceed.

Sending and receiving documents

Getting documents to us — and back where they need to go — is straightforward.

For next-day apostille orders, documents that are already FCDO-ready should reach us by 10:00 am. If we need to arrange solicitor certification first, the cut-off is 9:30am.

Once completed, we can return documents to your office, directly to your client or adviser, or to an address overseas. Regular business accounts may also have agreed collection or submission arrangements.

Example timeline

Documents received Monday morning → apostilled Tuesday.

For an eligible next-day order received before the relevant cut-off, we normally receive the apostilled documents back the following working afternoon. You can then collect them, or we can dispatch them or send them by London bike courier, as arranged.

Embassy legalisation and other additional services have their own turnaround times.

Send to

Send documents by post or courier to our Westminster office, or bring them to us in person.

London Apostille Services Ltd
3 Orchard Place
London SW1H 0BF

If we’re expecting a large batch or urgent delivery, let us know in advance so the team can identify it as soon as it arrives.

Return option

Choose whichever works best for the job:

Royal Mail Special Delivery for UK returns
DHL for UK or international delivery
London bike courier for urgent local delivery
Collection from our office by you, your client or another authorised person

We can also return different documents from the same matter to different recipients where required.

Embassy and consular legalisation

For some destinations, an FCDO apostille is only one stage of the process. The document may also need embassy or consular legalisation before you can use it overseas.

We can manage those additional stages as part of the same job, including the supporting paperwork and submission requirements for the relevant embassy.

Common routes we handle include:

View embassy attestation pages →

One job, one point of contact.

If the document needs certification, notarisation, an apostille and embassy legalisation, LAS can coordinate the stages for you.

Embassy turnaround times

Embassy processing times are set by the embassy or consulate and can vary by country and document type. We’ll confirm the expected timeframe before you proceed and keep you updated as the job moves through each stage.

Where an expedited service is available, we’ll tell you. Where it isn’t, we’ll give you a realistic timeframe rather than promise something the embassy cannot deliver.

Some attestations are now digital

Not every embassy returns a physical stamp. Some countries now issue part of the legalisation electronically. For example, the UAE embassy issues attestation digitally. We’ll explain what you and your client will receive and how to verify the completed attestation.

Legalisation Desk questions answered

Is there a minimum volume?

No. You can use the Legalisation Desk for one complex requirement, occasional jobs or regular submissions. There is no fixed volume commitment. We agree on business pricing and account arrangements based on how your organisation uses the service.

Can you review a document list before everything is ready?

Yes. If you have a checklist from an overseas lawyer, authority, client or adviser, send it to us before arranging signatures or certification.

We can review the UK requirements and help identify which documents may need certification, notarisation, an apostille or further legalisation.

Can you handle large batches or urgent requirements?

Yes. We regularly handle multi-document orders and can coordinate different document types and legalisation routes within the same matter.

If you have a large batch or a tight deadline, send us the requirements as early as possible so we can confirm capacity, turnaround and the most practical way to process it.

Can you deal directly with our clients?

Yes — but only if you want us to.

LAS can work entirely behind the scenes, communicate with you and your client together, or deal directly with the client once you introduce us. You decide what works best for each matter.

How do business pricing and invoicing work?

We can agree on business pricing based on the services and type of work your organisation regularly requires.

New accounts typically pay per order before processing. We can offer monthly invoicing to approved business accounts.

How do we send you new work?

We don’t have a separate business ordering system. Email us the requirements, call us, or use the Legalisation Desk enquiry form.

Once we are working together regularly, we can agree on the simplest submission process for your organisation.

We’re based outside the UK. Can we use the Legalisation Desk?

Yes. Overseas law firms, legalisation agencies, company-formation specialists and other professional firms can use LAS as their UK legalisation team.

Documents can be sent directly to our London office — including by the UK issuer or your client, where appropriate — and completed documents can be returned internationally.

Can you legalise documents issued outside the UK?

An apostille must normally be issued by the country whose competent authority can authenticate the original document.

In some circumstances, a UK solicitor or notary may be able to certify a copy for UK apostille purposes, but whether the receiving authority will accept it depends on the destination. Send us the document and destination, and we can explain the options.

What happens if a document cannot be apostilled or is rejected?

We check documents before submission to reduce the risk of avoidable problems.

If the FCDO or another authority raises an issue, we’ll explain what happened and the available options—for example, correcting the certification, obtaining a suitable signature, or replacing the document where necessary.

Make LAS your UK Legalisation Desk

Use us for one complex requirement or make LAS part of your regular workflow.

One-off or ongoing work
No fixed volume commitment.

Agreed business pricing
Based on the services and type of work you regularly require.

Flexible client handling
We can stay behind the scenes or deal directly with your client.

Business account options
Monthly invoicing and other account arrangements available for approved organisations.

UK and international support
From apostilles to embassy legalisation and worldwide return.

Email us: hello@apostillelondon.com
Call us: +44 (0) 207 0500 692
Or send an enquiry using the form

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