UK Apostille Services for Documents

Apostille.org.uk provide an apostille service to assist you in acquiring official UK Apostille Certificates for UK documents. The Apostille Certificate is normally requested by foreign authorities and organisations so that the document can be used for official purposes outside of the UK. It is also referred to as legalisation.

It may be the first time you have ever had to request an Apostille Certificate and it may quite possibly be the last. An Apostille Certificate is only ever required if you have dealings outside of the UK which involve some form of official paperwork. Apostilles are required for work, business, legal issues and personal matters. The most common requirements for an Apostille Certificate are overseas marriage, registering births, working or teaching abroad, foreign property purchases and business transactions or contracts.

This website has been produced to help you obtain the Apostille Certificate and stamp from the the correct government office in an efficient manner and to provide you with more information. Please use this site as a resource but should you need to speak to an advisor do not hesitate to contact us.

It typically only takes only 2 working days to arrange for the UK Apostille Certificate to be attached to your document. We pride ourselves on offering an expert service ensuring your document is legalised in the appropriate way. There are often several ways to legalise a document but often only one will be accepted by the country the document is intended for. This is where our service really comes into its own, our vast experience ensures your document is accepted by the authority you intended to present it to.

We are able to provide Apostilles for virtually all UK documents and certificates. For a guide to some of the documents that we regularly process please see our apostille documents page.

The process of issuing an Apostille Certificate varies from one document to another. The key to our service is ensuring your document is presented to the FCO with the appropriate seals and signatures to ensure the Apostille Certificate is issued without delay and that ultimately your documents are accepted when presented to any interested parties outside of the UK.

We can also translate your documents. Visit our translation page for more information.

We have been providing this legalisation service since 1998 and have a wealth of experience so can deal with virtually any UK document and also offer further legalisation via individual embassies in the UK if needed. While your documents are in our possession we take the greatest of care to ensure the security of your often valuable paperwork. Do not leave your documents to chance when ordering an apostille.

To order an apostille certificate simply print out this order form and send the document to the address provided on the form with the correct payment. We will arrange for the document to be issued with the official certificate and apostille stamp before returning the apostilled documents back to you.