Apostille Request Requirements

A few things that you may want to keep in mind after placing your apostille order from us so you can ensure it's processed promptly and without any setbacks are the following.

For Original documents that require an apostille we can only obtain apostilles for documents issued inside of the United Kingdom. 
  1. Shipping of the original documents:
    Once you have paid for your order, we will need you to post the documents to the following address and include the reference number of your order so we can obtain the apostille in the documents.

    You can request this address from our customer support team via email, chat, or phone. 
  2. Apostille process timeline: 
    The process of apostilling an original document takes usually 3 to 4 business days once we have received the original documents at our site in those scenarios where there are no delays in the process.

    The same timeframe applies for legalized translations, it will take 3 to 4 business days to complete the process once you have approved the translation submitted by our translator.
  3. FCO Signature Verification:
    In most cases, most of the UK issued documents that contain signatures have the signatures already registered within the UK government system, but there are some cases where the signatures are not yet registered, in those cases (seen quite often in medical documents) the FCO will email the signature issuer to verify their signature. 

    If the document you need apostle is a medical document, please make sure you post an original document that contains a wet ink signature. And regardless of the type of document, if the document wasn't issued by an official institution (i.e a police certificate), please inform the issuer that he may be contacted by the FCO through email to verify his signature.
  4. Legalized Overseas documents: 
    All grade certificates issues outside of the United Kingdom can not be apostilled through the FCO without previously having gone through a notarization process in the UK. Please keep in mind that this will be important if you need a legalized translation of your overseas grade certificate.