Documents that do NOT require Certification


List of documents that do not require Solicitor/Notary Public certification
- ACRO Police Clearance
- Adoption Certificates
- Birth Certificates
- Certificate of No Impediment (CNI)
- Court Documents
- Death/Coroner Certificates
- Divorce Letters
- HMRC Letters
- Home Office Documents
- Marriage Certificates
- Medical Documents: Doctor member of GMC
- Pet Export document from DEFRA
Please note, only the originals will be accepted by the Foreign Office
Personal Documents that require certification
True Copies or Originals
- AS and A Levels
- Certificate/Award/Diploma
- DBS - Criminal Records Check
- Degrees: Associate, Bachelors, Masters & Doctoral
- Experience Letter
- Financial Report/Document
- GCSEs, O-Levels, National 5s
- Higher National Diploma/Certificates
- International Baccalaureate
- Medical Report/Document
- Membership Certificate
- Passport & Power of Attorney
- PGCE & Teaching certificates
Please note, ACCA certificates will need to be processed on the original


Commercial Documents that require certification

List of commercial documents that will require Solicitor Certification/Notary Public
- Articles of Association
- Board Resolution
- Certificate of Incorporation
- Certificate of Good Standing
- Certificate of Incumbency
- Contracts, Reports, and Accounts
- Guarantee Agreement
- Memorandum of Association
- Other Business Documents
- Power of Attorney
- Shareholder Agreement
- Shareholder Register
Please note, documents such as Board Resolutions and Power of Attorneys, must be original for embassy legalisation
Documents issued from UK Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas territories:
UK Crown Dependencies (Documents issued from UK Crown Dependencies and UK Overseas territories: UK Crown Dependencies (CD) includes Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey UK Overseas territories (OT) includes Anguilla, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena and Dependencies, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands and Turks and Caicos Islands.
If your document is from one of the UK Crown Dependencies or British Overseas territories mentioned above, we will notarise your document by a UK Notary Public, which will incur an additional fee. The Hague Convention extends to Crown Dependencies (CD) and Overseas Territories (OT). Each CD or OT can issue their own apostilles. Documents with apostilles affixed from UK Crown Dependencies or Overseas Territories will still require a UK FCDO Apostille stamp to be accepted for embassy legalisation.
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