e-Apostille: Electronic Apostille
e-Apostille known as the Electronic Apostille Certificate is the digital version of a paper apostille. It serves the same purpose of legalising a UK document for use in another country that is part of the Hague Apostille Convention. However, instead of being attached to the document as a physical stamp, it is embedded within the electronic document itself and secured with a digital signature.
Can be uploaded only on pdf with an Advanced Electronic Signature (AES), or a Qualified Electronic Signature (QES) by a UK Solicitor or Notary.
What documents cannot be legalised with E-Apostille?
- Birth, death, marriage, civil partnership, and adoption certificates,
- Document from the General Register Office
- ACRO police certificates for England and Wales
- Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) certificates for England and Wales
- Disclosure certificates for Scotland and Northern Ireland
- Fingerprint certificates
- Membership certificates for the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
What documents CAN be legalised with E-Apostille
- P60, P45 issued digitally
- Court Documents issued digitally
- Decree Absolute, Decree Nisi issued digitally
- Degree Certificates, Degree, TEFL Certificates
- Employment letters, contracts, Payslips
- Driving licence, Passport
- HMRC Documents – issued digitally
Certificate of Residence (we need to see the original) - Academic Certificates and Awards –
Professional Qualifications and Membership Certificates
Verification may be required for some of the above documents.
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Memorandum and Articles of Association
- CS01 – Confirmation Statement
- Companies House Documents
- Company Registers
- Company Accounts and Minutes
- Change of Address Documents
- Share Certificates
- Certificate of Residence (original required)
- HMRC Documents – issued digitally
- Certificate of Free Sale
Before you apply for an e-Apostille
- Check that documents are eligible for the e-Apostille
- The overseas recipient will accept the proposal.
- Are prepared corectly and electronically signed by a UK notary or solicitor.
Warning!
Please note that if the intended overseas recipient declines a legalised document (E-Apostille from UK), we will be unable to provide a refund. This is important to keep in mind and must be checked before appying.
Order online the E-Apostille
Email your documents
We legalise your documents
E-Apostille and send them back to your requested email address.
We will email you when your application has been processed. If it is successful, you will have 21 days to download PDFs containing your legalised documents and e-Apostille certificates before they are deleted for data privacy reasons.
You can then digitally share your PDFs (containing legalised documents and e-Apostille) with the intended recipient by email)
E-Apostille and E-Legalisation
All our Hague Apostille are issued by UK Government through FDCO (Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office) and recognised anywhere in the world.
The price includes the Gov Tax, Admin, and Solicitor Advance Electronic Signature (AES)
Benefits of using an electronic apostille:
Faster processing times: E-Apostille can be issued much faster than traditional paper apostilles, often within a few days or even hours.
Increased security: E-apostilles are digitally signed and tamper-proof, which makes them less susceptible to fraud.
Environmental friendliness: E-apostilles eliminate the need for paper and postage, which is better for the environment.
Convenience: You can submit your documents and receive your digital apostille, without having to leave your home or office.
e-Apostille
(2 Working days)- GOV FEE
- ADMIN FEE
- NO SOLICITOR CERTIFICATION INCLUDED (Customer provide their own electronicaly certified document)
e-Apostille + Solicitor
2 Working Days- GOV & ADMIN FEE
- DIGITAL SOLICITOR CERTIFICATION INCLUDED (Customers need to provide only the electronic document)
- BUNDLE DOCUMENTS ACCEPTED (PDF Max 25GB)
University Degree with e-Apostille
e-Apostille emergency for degree in 24h.
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE FOR E-APOSTILLE
After the UK’s departure from the EU (Brexit), the eIDAS Regulation was incorporated into UK legislation and modified by The Electronic Identification and Trust Services for Electronic Transactions to create the UK eIDAS Regulations. These regulations outline guidelines for trust services in the UK and establish a legal structure governing electronic signatures. While based on the EU regulation, the UK eIDAS Regulations have been adapted for use specifically in the UK.
The e-Apostille require AES or QES signature.
The signature must be uniquely linked and capable of identifying the signer, and the signature creation data must be under their control and verifiable.
This type of electronic signature is accepted for e-Apostille.
An EU-trusted service provider and qualified signature creation devices (QSCD) are used in this form or electronic signature.
This type of electronic signature is accepted for e-Apostille.
This is defined as “data in electronic form that is attached to or logically associated with other data in electronic form
This type of electronic signature is not accepted for e-Apostille.
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