This is the first step in a process leading to authentication or an apostille.

There is a fee of £30 per apostille that we issue.

All of your documents should have an "apostille" stamp from the government office where you got the document.

What is the legal effect of an apostille?

When paying online you must use the "Apostille fee only" option (opens in new window).

Our apostille will therefore confirm the authenticity of the court's seal/stamp only.

There is no official expiration date for an apostille.

How can the issuance of an apostille be verified with the issuing authority?

We cannot issue an apostille against a scanned, printed, or photocopied signature.

The apostille itself is a stamp or printed form consisting of 10 numbered standard fields.

How long are records of the issuance of an apostille maintained?

What are the designated authorities competent to issue an apostille for other countries where the treaty has entered into force?

An apostille does not imply that the contents of the document are correct."

We can only issue an apostille to the hard copy of a UK public document.

Under no circumstances should customers detach the apostille to photocopy the documents.

In particular, the effect of an Apostille does not extend to the content of the public document to which it is attached."

Can multiple signatures be printed on an apostille?

The apostille is a stamp on which standard validating information is supplied.

The document, translation, and apostille can then be presented to immigration officers at the airport when the child travels.

If apostilles are required on several pages within a single document then each apostille must be paid for.

We are only able to legalise or provide an apostille service for UK public documents.

We are unable to attach an apostille to a document that has been laminated or mounted on card.

See a model Apostille.

What is an Apostille?

Likewise, courts in the Netherlands are eligible of placing an apostille on all municipal civil status documents directly.

Marginalia (or apostil) are scribbles, comments and illuminations in the margins of a book.

Marginalia (or apostil) are scribbles, comments and illuminations in the margins of a book.