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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.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British embassy in Thailand.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British Consulate-General Hong Kong and in Macao.
How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British consulates in Lebanon.
Documents, certificates and letters available at British embassy in Egypt.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British consulates in Angola.
Documents, certificates, letters, and notes available at the British Embassy Hanoi and the British Consulate-General Ho Chi Minh City.
Patients can be prescribed medicinal cannabis by specialist doctors from 1 November 2018.
The UK Legalisation Office will now be able to receive documents digitally and will issue electronic ‘e-Apostille’ certificates.
Please read this article to know more about the legalisation of UK degree certificates
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