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Use the online service to get a UK document legalised.
You can get certain official UK documents ‘legalised’ by submitting them…
Apply online for a paper-based apostille or an e-Apostille. To apply,…
Contact the Legalisation Office if you have: a question about how the…
This guidance is an introduction to the Open Document Format (ODF) standard and how you can select ODF-compliant solutions.
Find a list of document status codes for Data Element 2/3 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 5B).
Form DL: list of documents that accompany a first registration application.
A collections page for framework documents between sponsor departments and their arm’s length bodies.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
Certify a document as a true copy of the original by getting it signed and dated by a professional person, like a solicitor
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
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