Apostille on Power of Attorney FAQs

Frequently asked questions relating to using a power of attorney overseas.

Power of Attorney documents are commonly used by people that are involved in legal matters overseas. Here we answer some of the most frequently asked questions regarding power of attorneys.

FAQs

A Power of Attorney is a document which is created by one person or a company giving the rights to another person/company to act on their behalf during legal matters. These documents are typically created when matters are taking place overseas when the person ‘giving the power’ is unable to attend in person. Usually, these documents are signed in the presence of a UK Notary Public or Solicitor before being sent to our office for the apostille.

When a Solicitor or Notary Public are signing a Power of Attorney, typically they should witness you sign this and leave a statement on the document to this effect. When documents are signed in the presence of a Solicitor/Notary the statements which are often used are either ‘Signed in my presence’ or ‘Signed Before Me’ as well as stating their name & date. Also, the Solicitor/Notary should sign the document with their personal signature and place their firms stamp on the document.

In many circumstances you will be provided with a Power of Attorney from a legal firm overseas that needs to act on your behalf. If you have not been given one, and need your Power of Attorney to be written up professionally, then you can contact a UK Solicitor/Notaries firm who will be willing to do this for you. To prepare the document you will need to provide points to the Solicitor/Notary of what information needs to be included in the document. They will then be able to create this for you. An alternative option to this is using a template you can find on the internet. On some sites you can find examples or sample Powers of Attorneys which you can follow and on some sites you are able to edit these with your own information.

To legalise a power of attorney (POA) with an apostille certificate it must be signed by a UK solicitor or notary public before the document is sent to us for the apostille to be issued. The notary is signing the POA as a witness so the person issuing the power of attorney will need to visit a local notary in the UK to sign the document.

When the POA has been witnessed by the notary or solicitor it can then be sent to us for issue with the apostille. We simply need you to post the document to us together with our order form available here.

We can also arrange for the document to be attested with many of the embassies in London. This is only required for countries that are not members of the Hague Convention.

Ordering is Simple!

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Get your POA witnessed.

Send Your Document

Send your signed and witnessed document to us.

Apostille Issued

We will correctly legalise the document with the apostille.

Receive Your Completed Order

Your completed order will be returned to you as quickly as possible.

Simple to Order

Order and pay online, then simply post your documents to us.

Complete Service

One stop service solicitor certification, UK apostille and embassy attestation.

Apostille Service

FCDO apostille included in the service, saving your weeks in processing.

Experienced Team

With over 20 years experience we have a team of trained legalisation experts.

Solicitor Certification

Using our recognised FCDO solicitor we can certify your documents to save you time and money.

International Delivery

On completion we can ship the documents anywhere in the world.

Need advice?

Contact our legalisation team for expert advice.

Legalising a power of attorney can save a lot of money travelling overseas. Using an apostille service will expedite the legalisation of the document so you can get on with legal matters.

Do not hesitate to contact our legalisation team for advice on getting an apostille for a power of attorney.