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Legalisation and Consular Service
What documents may be legalised?
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About MyNotary.co.uk

Legalisation and Consular Service

Your local MyNotary Notary will advise as to what is the best course of action for you. The MyNotary Network offers a fast-turnaround legalisation and consular service to notaries outside of London. For personal service at a reasonable cost; email details to admin@mynotary.co.uk

What documents may be legalised?

If you want to legalise a certified photocopy of a document you should check with the end users of the document that this is acceptable to them; some documents must be originals.

As a guide, here is a list of some of the documents that may be legalised.

Document in connection with getting married abroad. For example UK Certificates of No Impediment (CNI) or 'No Trace' letters. Note only original CNIs and letters issued by the General Register Office confirming that there is no trace of an individual currently being married can be legalised.

The legal paperwork you need to complete for an overseas wedding can be confusing. Fortunately help can be found on the Foreign Office web site.

UK birth, death, marriage and civil partnership certificates: only original or certified copies of certificates issued by the General Registry Office (GRO) or local Registry Offices in the UK, or British Diplomatic Missions overseas can be legalised.

Only original death certificates issued by a UK coroner can be legalised.

UK Educational Documents. Educational documents which are not degrees, diplomas, certificates, qualifications or other awards may be legalised if they have been issued by an educational establishment in the UK. This includes school reports and letters concerning enrolling, attendance, fees and grades.

Documents which are degrees, diplomas, certificates, qualifications or other awards can be legalised if they were issued by a recognised educational establishment – we can advise in individual cases.

British passports: Only notarised photocopies of the bio data page of British and foreign passports may be legalised; original passports of any nationality may not be legalised.

Change of Name Deed Poll: originals as well as copies

Religious documents: the notary public will certify original documents as being genuine, and photocopies as being true copies of the original documents such as Islamic Marriage and Divorce Certificates issued by UK mosques, Jewish Divorce Certificates issued by a Jewish Court, Baptismal Certificates of any denomination.

UK County Court documents: certified photocopies or original documents issued by UK courts can be legalised.

Powers of attorney:

Wills: if you own property overseas it is a good idea to have your Will specifically mention the property and have the Will notarised. Many European countries have an official Registry of Wills; some property owners have separate Wills for their foreign estates. – we can advise in individual cases.

Affidavits, declarations and notarial acts

Certificates of incorporation and other documents issued by Companies House.

Export certificates.

Documents from HM Revenue and Customs: photocopies or original documents.

National Identification Certificates, Association of Chief Police Officer certificates and Disclosure documents: only original with an official signature can be legalised.

Medical documents, medical reports and letters issued by UK hospitals and NHS Trusts may be legalised as long as they have been signed by a UK doctor who is registered with the General Medical Council.

Foreign language translations of UK documents.  Foreign documents which require legalisation may be appended to a notarial coversheet, only the notarial certificate is legalised. Alternatively photocopies of foreign documents can be legalised as being true copies of the original document.

MyNotary Translation Services

The MyNotary Network offers an efficient and professional translation services to and from English.  We work with the following languages: -

French, Spanish, Italian, German, Dutch, Flemish, Portuguese, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Welsh, Greek, Turkish, Finnish, Russian, Other Eastern European…. Arabic, Hebrew, Indian Languages, Chinese, Japanese and Korean 

Turnaround time can be just a few days. 

Charges are plus VAT per thousand words: example

French to English £115

English to French £125

Minimum charge (300 words) from £40 depending on the language

For full terms and condition see MyNotary Translation Service

MyNotary Currency services
Buying property overseas?

Whether you are in the process of buying an overseas property, or you have already made the purchase, you may need to make a number of overseas payments. Timing is crucial when you are exchanging large amounts of currency – and trading at the right time will mean your money goes a lot further.

Already bought?

Even if you have already bought your overseas property and need to make a series of smaller regular transfers or you're selling your property and need to send funds back to the UK – changes in the exchange rates will affect the amount you receive from your international transfers. Below are some articles about foreign exchange and how you can make the most of your currency transfers.

For

see MyNotary Money Matters