WHAT IS THE APOSTILLE?
An apostille is a legal certification that makes a document from one country valid in another. It is an international certification comparable to a notarization and may supplement a local notarization of the document. The certification is called an Apostille or Hague apostille.
For example, if you have a birth certificate from the UK and you want to use it in another country, you may need to get it “legalized” by submitting it to the Legalization Office. The Legalization Office will check the document and see if any signatures, stamps, or seals match their own records. If they do match, they’ll legalize the document by attaching an ‘apostille’ certificate and official Government stamp.
What is the Apostille in UK?
An apostille is a simplified form of authentication for public documents used in international transactions. It is a certificate attached to a public document that is issued by the competent authority of the country where the document was issued.
The apostille in the UK certifies that the signature, seal, or stamp on the document is genuine and that the public official who signed the document is authorised to do so.
The Apostille Convention, which was adopted in 1961, is an international treaty that establishes the apostille as the standard form of authentication for public documents in countries that are party to the convention. There are currently 119 countries that are party to the Apostille Convention, including the United Kingdom, India, and most countries in Europe.
In order to get an apostille for a document, you will need to take the document to the competent authority in the country where the document was issued. The competent authority will verify the authenticity of the document and issue the apostille. The apostille is usually attached to the back of the document.
An apostille is valid in all countries that are party to the Apostille Convention. This means that if you have a document that has been apostilled in the Great Britain, it will be accepted as a genuine document in India without the need for further authentication.
Here are some of the documents that may require an apostille for use overseas:
Birth certificates
Marriage certificates
Death certificates
Educational transcripts
Police clearance certificates
Power of attorney documents
Affidavits, Passport, Attorney
If you are not sure whether a document requires an apostille for use in India, you should contact the Indian embassy or consulate in the country where the document was issued.
Here are some of the benefits of using an apostille:
- It is a simplified form of authentication that is accepted in all countries that are party to the Apostille Convention.
- It is a faster and more efficient way to authenticate documents than traditional methods of authentication, such as legalization.
- It is a more cost-effective way to authenticate documents than traditional methods of authentication.If you need to get an apostille for a document, I recommend that you contact a professional apostille service. They can help you with the entire process and make sure that your document is apostilled correctly.
Apostille for the Birth certificate, Marriage certificate, Death certificate, DBS Discosure, ACRO cannot be legalised on the copy, certified copy or pdf – the original must be sent to our office to attach the Bolton Apostille
Business documents, Company House, Home Office electronic documents: Tax Records, Residency etc, P60, P45, Incorporation can be scanned and sent to our email. Some time we may ask you to ‘forward’ the email to prove the sender.
SWORN SPANISH EMBASSY TRANSLATION
- Spanish Visa Sworn Translation can only be done by a Sworn Translator appointed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAEC) and aprooved by Spanish Embassy. Be sure to order the translation to an Official Translator, or the translation will not be valid.
- Specialised in the certified translation of official documents such as birth certificates, criminal record certificates, academic transcripts, vaccination records, certificates of single status and/or non-divorced, marriage certificates or certificates of common-law unions, naturalisation certificates, bank letters of financial solvency, and apostilles.