Range of Notary Services for Individuals
Our notaries have extensive experience between them to advise you on the correct completion and notarisation of all types of documents you need to use abroad. We can assist you in notarising the full range of documents, including, but not limited to :
- Powers of Attorney for worldwide use
- Bank Instruction Letters
- International Affidavits, Sworn Statements, and Depositions
- Notarising Private Agreements for Worldwide use
- Certified Translations
- Copyright documentation for worldwide use
- Property Documents for worldwide use
- Fingerprinting confirmation
- Lottery Conduct Notarisations
- Education Certificates for Worldwide Use
- Doctors and Dentists Examination Submission
- Lost Passports & Birth Certificates
- Change of Name
- Marriage Certificates & Confirmation of Single Status
- Certified Copy Documents
- Statutory Declarations
- Permission for Children to Travel with a lone Parent
- Retirement Life Certificates
- Certified Copy Passports
- Certificates as to Loss of Credit Cards
- Tax Declarations
- Adoption Papers and Verifications
- University Certificate and School Qualification Verifications
- Certificates as to Residency
- Immigration Invitation Support Forms
- Overseas Car Purchases or Sales Documentation
- Passport Photos and True Likeness Certificates
Legalisation Services
In order for most documents to be accepted in the relevant Foreign jurisdiction, some countries will insist that further formalities be undertaken after Notarising the document. You will find explanations of the processes of obtaining an Apostille or Consular Legalisation below. For country specific information, please click on the link below which gives further details on the country’s particular requirements. Please note that this information is given for guidance only, and that detailed specialist advice should be sought from us and the information is given without liability for reliance thereon without formal advice being given by us to you.
Apostille
Some countries insist that the document is “Apostilled”. This is the process whereby the United Kingdom Foreign & Commonwealth Office verify the credentials of the Notary concerned. This involves presenting the document to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and paying a fee to them for placing an Apostille Certificate on the document.
We visit the Foreign Office to obtain this stamp two or three times daily, in order to provide a fast turnaround of this process.
Consular Legalisation
Other countries require the document to be “Consularised”. This is the process whereby the notarised document is prepared and presented to the correct Consulate for them to check and affix their “approval stamp” to the document, so that once the document reaches the International destination where it is to be used, the authorities there recognise the validity of the document in that country.
Depending on the country of destination of the notarised document, the requirements are different. Some Consulates require certified copies to be attached, others require all papers to be bound together in a certain way, and others have odd requirements such as the correct colour of ink or the way payment of their fee is made. If these requirements are not met, your document will be delayed.
Our Legalisation Department consists of Notarial Clerks experienced in the requirements of the various International Legal Jurisdictions, together with a large team of couriers and messengers who visit the Consulate departments nearly every week, and have over the years got to know the offices, their staff and their peculiarities.
In fact, every week, our Legalisation service is trusted by over two hundred other Notaries across the United Kingdom who send us their clients’ documents to handle the Legalisation for them for a speedier turnaround than sending the document directly to the Consulate concerned by post themselves.
For advice on the particular requirements of your document, you can refer to our Guide to Legalisation Table.
Translation of Legal Documents for Individuals
Our Translation Department can provide legal translation services for your legal documents. We can translate documents such as Marriage Certificates, Death Certicates and Birth Certificates. These translations are carried out either in-house by us, or by using up to two Professional Translators who have been independently assessed for competency by strict translations bodies.
For these purposes, we are currently the only Notaries who are Associate members of the Association of Translation Companies.
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