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The Notaries Society defines a notary public as a “qualified lawyer and a member of the third and oldest branch of the legal profession in the UK.” “A notary is appointed by the Court of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury and is subject to regulation by the Master of the Faculties. The rules which […]
Read MoreAmong the litany of from, approvals, processing and general bureaucracy that enters into the realm of apostilles and embassy legalizations, there is a layer that is specific to some parts of the world – that is, attestation. So what is attestation, and how where do you need it? Like an apostille or embassy legalization, an […]
Read MoreOn October 5, 1961, representatives of more than 100 countries got together in the Hague, Netherlands, and set out to standardize how the documents of one country would be validated in another. The purpose of the Apostille was to make the flow of official documents between signatory countries more efficient; to save time and money. […]
Read MoreAn Apostille stamp will make your travel document valid for legal purposes in countries that have signed Hague Apostille Convention or the Apostille Treaty of 1961, of which there are 105 signatory countries. Authentication and legalization will make your document valid only in the country of which the consulate has legalized the document. This means […]
Read MoreThe aim of embassy legalization and apostilles is for governments to be able to verify that documents of a foreign country are legal and authentic. The concept is aptly put on Wikipedia.org: “How can civil and judicial officials reliably verify the authenticity of a document that was issued abroad? Legalization attempts to solve this dilemma […]
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