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Please note that the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is currently experiencing severe delays with issuing apostilles. It is currently taking around 20 - 25 working days to apostille a document through the FCDO and, as a result, our standard processing times are taking longer than usual.
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If your documents have not been certified by a Solicitor or Notary Public, please ensure that the documents you send to us are originals. Our in-house solicitors will create certified copies for you free of charge. Your original documents will subsequently be returned to you together with your legalised/attested documents.
Where was the event registered?
Unfortunately, we are only able to assist with documents registered in England and Wales.
Unfortunately, we are only able to assist with documents registered in England and Wales.
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Because your current address is outside the UK, please provide your most recent UK address and the dates you lived there.
Past & Pending Convictions
Endorser Details
Your application must be endorsed by a suitable individual that meets the following criteria:
This individual can be of any nationality and can reside anywhere in the world.
Your endorser may be contacted to verify the authenticity of your application. As part of this validation we may need to send the photograph you submit to confirm that it is a true likeness of you.
Additional Information
Proof of Address
A list of suitable proofs of address can be found here.
*The date on these documents should be within the last three months and they must contain the name and address of the applicant.
Passport Photograph
You may find guidance on the format of passport style photographs by clicking here.
Passport Copy
Colour copies of passport(s) / travel documents must clearly show your photograph, personal information, expiry date, nationality, machine readable zone, extension pages and signature (if applicable). Copies of other official photographic identity documents should show as many of these features as possible. Black and white copies will not be accepted.
Letter of Authority
In order for us to make an application for an ACRO Certificate on your behalf, we require you to complete and upload a signed Letter of Authority which we can send to the ACRO Service as confirmation of the fact that we are authorised to act for you.
You may download a blank Letter of Authority by clicking here.
Please complete the relevant sections of the Letter of Authority and sign/date it where indicated at the bottom. Once you have done this, please email a copy of the completed Letter of Authority to us on info@primeapostille.com.
We will not be able to process your application until we have received this document from you.
The Qualifications Office of the Consulate General of Italy in London only issues "Dichiarazioni di Valore" (Declarations of Value, DV) of British qualifications - issued by recognised educational institutions (schools, colleges and universities) or professional bodies - that fall under the British education/university system.
Scotland and Northern Ireland fall within the jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Edinburgh.
The "DV" is neither an equivalent of an Italian qualification nor a comparability certificate. It will be up to the relevant Italian institutions (Ministry of Education, Uffici Scolastici Provinciali, Universities, etc.) to subsequently declare if a foreign qualification has a similar Italian equivalent: this is called "equipollenza" (equivalence/certificate of comparability). Please note that the "Declaration of Value" can only be requested for already-completed study cycles (e.g., A-level, Bachelor, Master, etc.).
If you wish for Prime Apostille to obtain a Declaration of Value on your behalf, please CLICK HERE.
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Please note that we will charge £95 plus VAT for the document as long as it is a 0–10 year search. Each additional 10 years will cost £75 plus VAT. (Searches can only be done in 10-year blocks.)
Supporting document uploads
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If the GRO are unable to locate your entry, a refund will be issued minus a £25.00 administrative fee.
To get documents legalised for use outside of the UK, many countries ask that you get your documents attested by their UK based Embassy.
If you need your documents to be attested for use outside of the UK, please select the embassy from the list below.
Please note, the cost of our embassy attestation service is dependent on the specific embassy needing the attestation. Once you select the embassy our online ordering system will provide you with the total cost of service.
The cost of our embassy attestation service is dependent on the specific embassy needing the attestation. Once you select the embassy our online ordering system will provide you with the total cost of service.
Please note, countries that are a member of the Hague Convention of 1961 do not typically require Embassy Attestation, therefore these countries are not listed as search options. If the Embassy you need is not listed please contact us for further assistance.
Before your documents can be attested by an embassy they often require to obtain a certificate by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) verifying the authenticity of that document.
If your documents needs this certificate, we can obtain this for your selected documents at no additional cost using our Apostille service.
When a document is required in an official capacity, it often requires an Apostille Stamp by the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCDO) verifying the authenticity of that document.
If your document needs this apostille stamp, we can obtain this for you.
Please note, this is set fee per document that will be added to the total cost of our solicitor attestation service.
Please note that a set fee will be applied per document.
Select whether you want the standard FCDO Apostille service or our premium 4 working day service.
We do not compromise on the safe delivery of your documents, we therefore use a premier service for returning your documents back to you. The cost of delivery is a set fee per order and not dependent on the number of documents.
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