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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 page lists businesses that can provide a next-day service to legalise a document.
This Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office privacy notice outlines how the Legalisation Office processes personal data when legalising a document.
There are three steps that you need to follow to have any document issued in the United Kingdom legalised for use in the State of Qatar
New fees will be introduced from 1 January 2024.
Documents, certificates, letters, and notes available at the British Embassy Hanoi and the British Consulate-General Ho Chi Minh City.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British embassy in Thailand.
How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
How someone in Germany can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British embassies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
How someone in Austria can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes on UK naming law
How someone in Switzerland can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath, make an affirmation or affidavit and obtain informative notes.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Kuwait.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British Consulate-General Hong Kong and in Macao.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission in Singapore.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Harare.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British consulates in Angola.
How someone in Bulgaria can get documents certified, united or legalised, have a document prepared in English or the local language and view informative notes.
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