Papers heading overseas
Apostille Translation UK With Notary And FCDO Steps Arranged For You
An office abroad wants your translated document to carry a government check it can trust. We translate it, have a notary confirm the translator's signature, then send it to the FCDO for an apostille. One apostille translation order covers everything.
- One £129.99 fee per document pays for both notary and FCDO
- Translation, notary and FCDO handled in one order
- Fixed quote within one hour, agreed before you pay
Apostilled Translation Quote For Your Destination
Name the destination country. It decides the route.
Sent On To
- Consulates and embassies
- Civil registries abroad
- Immigration offices abroad
- Foreign universities
- Notaries and land registries abroad
- Foreign company registries
- Teaching and licensing bodies
- Courts outside the UK
Moving Abroad
Translation With Apostille For Moves Overseas
Apostille requests nearly always mean a big change in another country. A new home, job, marriage or passport. These are the moves where apostille and translation come up most in our enquiries.
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Residence And Long-Stay Visas
Residency and long-stay visas abroad often ask for a UK criminal record check carrying legal proof. A translated police certificate for residency abroad can travel with the apostille layer in the same order.
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Citizenship By Descent
Italian citizenship files can hold three generations of records. A birth certificate translation and apostille is usually needed for each ancestor, ready for the consulate or the comune.
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Marrying Abroad
Town halls in Greece, Spain or Italy want proof you are free to marry. If you were married before, a divorce decree translation for remarrying abroad often needs the apostille layer too.
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Teaching And Study Abroad
Overseas employers and universities often want degrees apostilled before they accept them. We translate the degree and transcript, then add the apostille layer so the set travels as one.
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Business And Property Abroad
Selling property or setting up a company abroad may need apostilled powers of attorney and board papers. Our company document translation for foreign registries can carry the apostille layer.
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Jobs And Residence In The Gulf
Employers in the UAE, Qatar or Kuwait usually want degrees and marriage certificates attested. The route runs notary, FCDO, then that embassy in London. Some Gulf offices prefer an Arabic version made locally, so we check before translating.
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Registering A UK Birth Abroad
Parents from Spain, Italy or Portugal often register a child born here with their own consulate. The UK birth certificate usually needs an apostille and a translation, and the consulate's checklist decides which one carries it.
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Estates Settled Abroad
A UK death certificate, will or grant of probate may be needed to release a bank account or property overseas. Foreign notaries usually ask for these with an apostille and a translation into their language.
The Finished Set
Apostilled Translation Services: Every Layer In The Finished Set
A certified translation with apostille is built in three layers, each one checking the layer below. Here is what each part adds, and what it does not. Everything arrives fixed together as one set.
- 01Layer One: TranslationThe full text in the new language, plus a signed and dated accuracy statement, our stamp and a reference number.
- 02Layer Two: Notarial CertificateA UK notary public confirms the translator's identity and signature, then adds a certificate and seal.
- 03Layer Three: ApostilleThe FCDO checks the notary's signature and attaches an apostille. It confirms the signature, not the wording of the translation.
- 04Copy Of The OriginalWhere the country asks for it, a copy of your original is joined to the set so the reader sees both together.
- 05Paper Set And ScanThe official set is on paper and comes by post. We also email a scan you can share while the paper travels.
EXAMPLEApostille Certificate Fields
1. Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. This public document has been signed by [notary name]
3. Acting in the capacity of Notary Public
Certified by the FCDO on [date] · No. [reference]
Signed, translator
Ref · date · contact details
TRANSLATORS
Illustration of the layout only.
Common Documents
Legalised Documents Translation Across Family, Study And Business Paperwork
Any paper a notary can sign for can carry an apostille. Each set starts as an ordinary certified document translation, then gains its extra layers. These legalised translations are the ones people request most.
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Family Records
- Birth certificates
- Marriage certificates
- Divorce decrees
- Death certificates
- Adoption orders
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Study And Career
- Degree certificates
- Transcripts
- Police certificates
- Teaching certificates
- Employer references
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Business And Property
- Powers of attorney
- Certificates of incorporation
- Board resolutions
- Property contracts
- Wills
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Identity And Status
- Passport copies
- Single status statements
- Deed poll documents
- Proof of address
Not Sure Your Country Uses Apostilles?
Tell us where the document is going. We check whether an apostille or another form of legalisation applies, then price the right route.
Choosing A Route
Legalised Translation UK Routes Matched To The Destination Country
Start with where the document is going, not with the strongest option. Some readers accept a notary alone, others want an apostille, and a few want embassy legalisation. Legalised translation services cover all three.
| Feature | Notarised Only | Notarised + ApostilleThis page | Embassy Legalisation |
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| Typical destination | Readers happy with a UK notary's seal | Countries in the Apostille Convention | Countries outside the Apostille Convention |
| Example readers | Overseas banks and some consulates | Registries in Spain, Italy, Greece and Mexico | Ministries in the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Vietnam and Thailand |
| Layers added to the translation | Notarial certificate and seal | Notary, then the FCDO apostille | Notary, FCDO, then the country's embassy |
| Extra time after translation | Shortest of the three | Longer, as the FCDO stage is added | Longest, as the embassy stage follows |
| Price from | £69.99 a document beyond the page rate | Pages, plus £129.99 per document for notary and FCDO together | Quoted per country, plus embassy fees |
| Choose it when | The request names a notary only | The request says apostille | The request says legalised by the embassy |
Order Route
Translation And Apostille Services UK, Stage By Stage
You send one scan and we deal with three offices. Translation, notary and FCDO happen in that order, and you hear from us at each hand-over. This is how a translation and apostille order runs.
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1
Name The Country
Upload a clear scan and tell us the destination. We check the route and quote every layer within the hour.
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2
Translation And Checks
A translator works through every page. A second linguist then reads it beside the original before any signature goes on.
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3
Notary, Then Apostille
A UK notary signs and seals the set. It then goes to the FCDO, which attaches the apostille.
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Posted To You Or Abroad
The finished set is posted to your UK address or straight to the office abroad. A scan comes by email first.
Itemised Costs
Apostille Certified Translation Costs: Page Rate Plus One Document Fee
A certified translation apostille order has two parts: the translation, priced per page, and the apostille, priced per document. The apostille price already covers the notary, so the two fees never stack.
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Certified Translation
£24.99 per page
The first layer, priced by page
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Notarised Translation
£69.99 per document
Notary step only, for readers who want no apostille
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Apostille
£129.99 per document
Covers both the notary and FCDO stages
What moves the final figure
- Number Of DocumentsNotary and apostille fees are per document. Two certificates need two apostilles, even if each is only one page.
- Pages To TranslateTranslation is charged by the page. A twelve-page deed takes far more translator time than a one-page birth record, so its translation line is higher.
- Destination RulesApostille countries need one government stage. Countries outside the convention add an embassy stage with its own fee.
- Where It Is PostedPosting within the UK is simplest. Sending the set straight to an office abroad by tracked courier adds postage.
Fixed quote within one hour. You pay only after you accept it.
Both Directions
Apostille Translator Cover For UK Records Going Abroad And Back
Apostille work usually runs out of English, as UK records go abroad in Spanish, Italian or Greek. Sometimes it runs the other way, when you need to translate an apostilled document for a UK office.
Old records with faded seals or handwriting are welcome. Every mark is described where it sits on the page.
Spanish
Italian
Greek
Portuguese
French
German
Dutch
Turkish
Checks First
Translation And Legalisation Company Checks Before Anything Is Sealed
Once an apostille is attached, fixing a typo means repeating the notary and FCDO stages. So the careful work happens early. These checks run before any apostille translation UK set leaves us.
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Destination Checked First
We confirm the destination uses apostilles at all, or needs embassy legalisation instead. Choosing the wrong route can mean paying twice.
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Two-Person Accuracy Check
Before the notary is booked, a second linguist reads the whole translation again, looking hard at names, dates and numbers. Catching a slip here costs nothing; catching it later costs a new apostille.
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Names As In Your Passport
Foreign registries match names letter by letter. Names follow the original, and non-Latin scripts use your passport spelling. Where a Latin-script original differs, we add a short linking note.
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Tracked Paper Set
The apostilled set is a physical document. We send it by tracked post and email a scan, so you always know where it is.
Your Move Abroad Has A Date?
Share the appointment or travel date when you upload. We plan translation, notary and apostille around it and confirm the timeline before you pay.
Customer Notes
Legalised Translation Stories From Families, Buyers And Firms
Comments from people who sent papers abroad for a visa, wedding, citizenship claim or property deal. From Rhodes to Utrecht, they show how a translation with apostille worked once it reached the office.
Ordering Doubts
Translate Apostilled Documents: Country, Copy And Error Answers
Paying for three offices in one order raises fair worries: which paper gets the apostille, posting abroad, timing. Answers on legalised document translation sit below. Message us if your own question is missing.
