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Advice on legalising documents, getting married, and registering a birth or death abroad, and information on services available at UK embassies and consulates worldwide.
Documents, certificate, letters, and notes available from the British embassy and consulates in the USA.
How someone in Italy can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
List of English-speaking lawyers and notary publics for British nationals in Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
How someone in Belgium can get an informative note, or take an oath of British citizenship.
Information on notarial and documentary services for South Africa, and how to access informative letters relating to these services.
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 the British High Commission in Canada.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission in Kingston.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission and Deputy High Commissions in India.
How someone in Slovakia can get documents certified, have an oath, affirmation or affidavit administered and obtain informative notes.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at British Consulate-General Hong Kong and in Macao.
List of documentary services we provide and information about why we cannot provide notarial services in Pakistan.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British Embassy Harare.
How someone in France can get documents certified, united or legalised, have a document prepared in English or the local language and view informative notes.
Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at the British High Commission in Singapore.
Commonwealth countries have no powers under the Commissioners for Oaths Act 1889 to undertake notarial acts, administer oaths or take affidavits.
How someone in the Czech Republic can get documents certified, take an oath of British citizenship and view informative notes.
Documents, certificates and letters available at the British Embassy Quito.
How someone in Spain can get documents legalised, witnessed or certified, take an oath of British citizenship and obtain informative notes.
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