Hague Appostille services London in UK
Legalisation Service Hague Apostille in London And UK
General Info
Legalisation is the official confirmation that a signature, seal or stamp on the document is genuine. It does not authenticate the content of the document.
Legalisation is usually required by foreign authorities before they will allow a UK document to be used for official purposes in their country.
Many documents that originate in the UK and are be used in another country must first be “authenticated” or “legalized”. This is a process in which various seals are placed on the document so they will be recognized as legal documents in the other countries.
In UK different levels of authentication and have different procedures.
UK institutions or authorithy does not require any documents to be legalised for use within the UK.
A number of countries are part of the “Hague Convention” which requires a document called an “Apostille”.
It is available if both the origin country of the document and the destination country are party to the treaty.
The apostille is a stamp on which standard validating information is supplied. It is available from the competent authority of the origin country, and often the document has to be notarized before it can be apostilled.
What I need for Apostille?
You will need to provide us with an original or a legalised copy of your document from a registered solicitor.