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Consular Legalisation Requirements

This guide is designed to help with the document legalisation requirements and up to date consulate fees, select from our country requirements list below.

Notarisation, Apostille and consular attestation legalisation, check to see what is required for the country where your documents are going to be used.

CONSULAR LEGALISATION

Consular Legalisation Fees, Embassy opening hours, document cost and time.

For Consular Legalisation please click on the applicable flag to select the country where your document is to be submitted to obtain information about each London Consulate.

 

By clicking on the flag a display will appear showing the Consular Legalisation process and the level of fees and likely time scales as well as the Consulates address and contact details along with a map.

Legalisation Process

 


DISCLAIMER

Nearly all London Consulates reserve the right to change their opening times, fee scales and turn around times at short notice and invariably do so!.
Many Consulates will be closed on the religious holidays for their jurisdiction.
Please always contact the Consulate directly to verify their opening times before you make any firm plans based around their advertised timescale, which may change at short notice.
Consulate opening times are often amended at short notice and the information shown below is based on currently advertised times in 2014 and is subject to change and amendment.
Whilst we regularly update our information we do not accept any form of liability if a Consulate changes their opening times or fees from the information given below which has simply been compiled from previously advertised times. 

 

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LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation obtained from the Consulate of Afghanistan.
Photocopy of the document is required.
Documents are returned by special delivery only (not allowed to collect in person).

TIME AND FEES
Around 2-3 working days for legalisation by the Consulate of Afghanistan.

The legalisation fee charge of the Consulate of Afghanistan is £340 per commercial document and £38 per private document plus postage fee of £15.

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan in London
31 Princes Gate
Exhibition Road
London SW7 1QQ
T.0203 609 8021
T.08726300111

https://afghanistanembassy.org.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Albania is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
The Albanian Embassy in London
33 St George’s Drive
London SW1V 4DG.
T.020 7828 8897
F.020 7828 8869

https://albania.embassyhomepage.com/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation obtained from the Consulate of Algeria.
Photocopy of the document is required.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow 5-7 working days for consular legalisation.
The Consulate of Algeria is closed on Mondays.
The legalisation fee charge of the Consulate of Algeria is £60 per commercial document and £60 per private document.

LONDON CONTACT
Consulate of Algeria
6 Hyde Park Gate
London SW7 5EW

The Legalisation and Visa departments are located at:

5 Portal Way, London – W3 6RT (North Acton Stn)

T.020 7589 6885

T.020 7589 7725

https://www.algerian-consulate.org.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Andorra is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of Andorra in London
63 Westover Road
London SW18 2RF
T.0044-20-8874-4806
andorra.embassyuk@btopenworld.com

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation obtained from the Angolan Consulate.
A Portuguese translation of all documents is required.

The notarial certificate must be in dual language Portuguese-English or in Portuguese followed by the English version then the Portuguese translation of the documents followed by the original English documents.
For commercial documents in relation to UK companies, the Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum and Articles of Association are required on submission of the document along with the Signatory’s (company’s legal representative) passport copy.

The Angolan Consulate may accept documents in relation to foreign companies under special circumstances. The Certificate of Incorporation and Memorandum & Articles of Association must be translated into Portuguese and attested by the respective diplomatic body of the country of origin of the document in the UK prior to submitting to the Angolan Consulate along with the documents requiring legalisation.
A covering letter requesting the legalisation must be provided by the Agent attending the consular section.

**Additional subordinate documents may be required by the Consulate upon submission of the documentation to their consular section.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow 1 week for consular legalisation via express service (for commercial documents only) and 2-3 weeks for consular legalisation via standard service. Please note that documents can only be lodged for legalisation on either Mondays or Tuesdays and collected on Thursdays and Fridays.
The legalisation fee charge of the Angolan Consulate is £215 per commercial document for standard legalisation service or £60 per private documents for standard legalisation service.

LONDON CONTACT
Angolan Consulate
22 Dorset Street
London
W1U 6QY
020 7299 9850

https://www.angola.org.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Documents for use in Antigua and Barbuda do not usually need to be legalised if they have been signed/authenticated by a UK notary public (s. 12 of the Antiguan and Barbudan Evidence Act 1992). Please confirm the requirements with the local instructing party.

LONDON CONTACT
High Commission for Antigua & Barbuda
2nd floor, Abrar House
45 Crawford Place
London
W1H 4LP
020 7258 0070

https://www.antigua-barbuda.com

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Argentina is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Embassy legalise documents certified by the Chamber of Commerce.
Commercial Document £162.00 and Personal Document £162.00

LONDON CONTACT
Argentine Consulate
27 Three Kings Yard
London
W1K 4AH
T.020 7318 1300

https://www.argentine-embassy-uk.org/index_eng.shtml

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Armenia is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of Armenia in London
25a Cheniston Gardens
Kensigton
London
W8 6TG

https://www.uk.mfa.am/en/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Aruba is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
38 Hyde Park Gate London SW7 5DP
T.020 7590 3200
F.020 7225 0947
lon@minbuza.nl
lon-cons@minbuza.nl

https://unitedkingdom.nlembassy.org/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Documents for use in Australia do not usually need to be legalised by Apostille if they have been signed/authenticated by a UK notary public. Please confirm the requirements with the local instructing party.

LONDON CONTACT
Australian High Commission
Strand
London
WC2B 4LA
T.020 7379 4334
F.020 7240 5333

https://www.uk.embassy.gov.au/lhlh/home.html

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Austria is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Austrian Embassy London
18 Belgrave Mew
West London
SW1X 8HU
T.020 7344 325
F.0207344 0292

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/en/embassy/london.html

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Azerbaijan is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan
4 Kensington Court
London
W8 5DL
T.020 7938 3412
F.020 7937 1783
london@mission.mfa.gov.az

https://www.azembassy.org.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Documents for use in the Bahamas do not usually need to be legalised/Apostilled if they have been signed/authenticated by a UK notary (s. 102(1)(a) of the Bahamian Evidence Act 1996). Please confirm the requirements with the local instructing party. If further consular legalisation required, the Consulate can offer it for £80 per document (turnaround time 1 working day).

If consulate attestation is required, for example, in the case the document needs to be further legalised by another foreign Embassy in the UK (e.g. UAE Embassy) then the fee of £80 per document would apply. Turnaround time for consular legalisation is likely to be 1-2 working days.

LONDON CONTACT
High Commission of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas
10 Chesterfield Street
London W1J 5JL
T.020 7408 4488
F.0207499 9937
E-mail: information@bahamashclondon.net

https://www.bahamashclondon.net/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation obtained from the Consulate of The Kingdom of Bahrain.

Certificate of Origin, invoices, packing list, bill of lading, certificate of goods must be first attested by the London and Arab-British Chambers of Commerce prior to submission to the Consulate for further legalisation.

The Consulate of the kingdom of Bahrain in London will only legalise documents issued from the following countries:
UK (Including Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Channel Island and British overseas territories), Ireland, Norway and Iceland.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow around 1-2 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Bahrain Consulate is currently £40 per private document and Certificate of Incorporation; £160 per Power of Attorney; and £100 for other types of commercial documents.

If further legalisation by the London and Arab-British Chambers of Commerce is required, additional legalisation fees apply, £48.03 for standard service (turnaround time up to 2 weeks) or £87.03 (turnaround time 3-4 working days).

LONDON CONTACT
The Consulate of The Kingdom of Bahrain in London
30 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8QB
T.0207 201 9170
F.0207 201 9183

https://www.mofa.gov.bh/london/Home.aspx

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation obtained from the High Commission of Bangladesh.

For legalisation of Powers of Attorney related to personal matters, the signatory (ies) has (have) to attend the High Commission of Bangladesh in person and sign the document in the presence of a consular officer.
Photocopy of the document is required.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow around 3-4 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the High Commission of Bangladesh is currently £23 per document.

LONDON CONTACT
High Commission of Bangladesh
28 Queens Gate
London
SW7 5JA
T.020 7584 0081
F.020 7581 7477
info@bhclondon.org.uk

https://www.bhclondon.org.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Documents for use in Barbados do not usually need to be legalised if they have been signed/authenticated by a UK notary (s. 150(1)(c)(iii) of the Babados Evidence Act 1994 (as amended). Please confirm the requirements with the local instructing party.

LONDON CONTACT
The High Commission of Barbados in London
1 Great Russell Street
London
WC1B 3ND
T.020 7299 7150

https://foreign.gov.bb/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Belarus is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of the Republic of Belarus
6 Kensington Court
London W 8 5 DL
T.0207 937 3288
F.0207 361 0005
uk.london@mfa.gov.by

https://uk.mfa.gov.by/en/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Belgium is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of Belgium
17 Grosvenor Crescent
London SW1X 7EE
T.020 7470 3700
M.07710 703 639
London@diplobel.fed.be

https://countries.diplomatie.belgium.be/en/united_kingdom/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Belize is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961).

If consulate attestation is required, for example, in the case the document needs to be further legalised by another foreign Embassy in the UK (e.g. UAE Embassy) then the fee of £35 would apply.

For commercial documents, the original Certificate of Incorporation is also required to be presented to the consular section.

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales. Turnaround time for consulate attestation is likely to be 1 week.

LONDON CONTACT
Belize High Commission
Third Floor
45 Crawford Place
London
W1H 4LP
T.020 7723 3603
info@belizehighcommission.co.uk
consularservices@belizehighcommission.co.uk

https://www.belizehighcommission.co.uk/consular.html

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Republic of Benin Consulate in London.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow around 1-2 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Benin Consulate is £15 per document.

Please note that documents can only be submitted to the Consulate on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

LONDON CONTACT
The Republic of Benin Consulate
3 Millennium Business Centre
Humber Road
London
NW2 6DW
T:020 8830 8612
beninconsulate@hotmail.co.uk

https://beninconsulate.co.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS

TIME AND FEES

LONDON CONTACT

https://bdalondonoffice.co.uk/bermuda/government/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Consulate of Bolivia in London.
Photocopy of the document is required. A Spanish Translation by an accredited translator of the document is also required although this can be attached to the Apostilled English language document.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow 1 week for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Consulate of Bolivia is $150 (US Dollars) per commercial documents and between $30 and $60 (US Dollars) per private documents, depending on the nationality and type of document. The Consulate of Bolivia only opens for legalisation on Thursdays.

LONDON CONTACT
Consulate of Bolivia in London
106 Eaton Square
London
SW1W 9AD
T.0207 235 4248
F.207 235 1286
embol@bolivianembassy.co.uk

https://www.bolivianembassy.co.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Bosnia and Herzegovina is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina in London
5 – 7 Lexham Gardens
London
W8 5JJ
embassy@bhembassy.co.uk
T.0207 373 08 67
F.207 373 08 71

https://bhembassy.co.uk/en/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Documents for use in Botswana do not usually need to be legalised if they have been signed/authenticated by a UK notary (s. 12(1) of the Botswanan Authentication of Documents Act 1964 (as amended)). Please confirm the requirements with the local instructing party.

LONDON CONTACT
Botswana High Commission
6 Stratford Place
London
W1C 1AY
T.020 7499 0031

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LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(as of 14th August 2016 no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Brazil became party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales.

LONDON CONTACT
Consulate General of Brazil
3 Vere Street
London
W1G 0DG
T.0207659 1550 (recorded information)

https://cglondres.itamaraty.gov.br/en-us/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Brunei is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Brunei Darussalam High Commission
19/20 Belgrave Square
London
SW1X 8PG
T.020 7581 0521
info@bdhcl.co.uk

https://www.bdhcl.co.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Bulgaria is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of Bulgaria in London
186-188 Queen’s Gate
London
SW7 5HL
T.020 7589 3763
F.020 7581 9073
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bulgarianembassylondon
consular@bulgarianembassy.org.uk

https://www.bulgarianembassy-london.org/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Myanmar Consulate in London.
The Consulate only accepts documents from the UK, Denmark, Sweden and Norway and they must be Apostilled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country of origin.
Photocopy of the document is required.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow around 5 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Consulate of Burma (Myanmar) is £50 per document.

LONDON CONTACT
Consular Section of the Embassy of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
19A Charles Street
London
W1J 5DX
T. 020 7148 0740
T.020 7499 4340

https://www.myanmarembassylondon.com/#Homepage

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Cambodia is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Consular Section of the Royal Embassy of Cambodia
64 Brondesbury Park
Willesden Green
London NW6 7AT
T.020-8451 7850
F.020-8451 7594

https://www.cambodianembassy.org.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Cameroon Consulate in London.
Photocopy of the document is required.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow around 2-3 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Consulate of Cameroon is £200 per document.

LONDON CONTACT
Consular Section of the Cameroon High Commission
84 Holland Park
London
W11 3SB
T.020 7727 0771
info@cameroonhighcommission.co.uk

https://cameroonhighcommission.co.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Although Canada is a member to the Hague Convention 1961, documents for use in Canada do not usually require to be legalised by Apostille if they have been certified by a UK notary. Please confirm the requirements with the local instructing party.

LONDON CONTACT
High Commission of Canada in London
Macdonald House
1 Grosvenor Square
London, W1K 4AB
T.0207 258 6600
F.0207 258 6333

https://www.canadainternational.gc.ca/united_kingdom-royaume_uni/index.aspx?lang=eng

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Cape Verde is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
The Honorary Consulate of Cape Verde
7A The Grove
London
N6 6JU
CapeVerde@jonathanlux.co.uk.
T. 07876232305

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Chile is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Consulado General de Chile en Londres
37-41 Old Queen Street
London
SW1H 9JA
T.0207222 2361
F.0207222 0861
consulado@embachile.co.uk

https://chileabroad.gov.cl/londres/en/sobre-el-consulado/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Chinese Consulate in London.

The consular application form must be duly filled in dated and signed for submission along with the documentation and passport copy of the applicant/agent (purpose for legalisation must be provided).

For documents in relation to private matters, the holder of the document is required to present photocopy of his valid passport along with photocopy of the document requiring legalisation and Chinese Consulate application form duly filled in and signed by the applicant.

If the legalisation concerns commercial documents, the company’s legal representative (director or company secretary) must present a valid passport,  a Companies House report showing his status as a legal representative of the company (e.g. Current Appointments Report or Certificate of Incorporation with Directors confirmation) as well as the Chinese Consulate application form duly filled in and signed by the applicant.

Documents certified by a notary public must have a notarial certificate and be properly bound with ribbon and seal to avoid rejection.
Photocopy of all documents is required.

Documents issued in the UK for use in Hong Kong or Macao regions do not require further consular legalisation once they have been Apostilled.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow up to 3 working days for express service or 4 working days for standard service for Chinese consular legalisation.

Type of Legalisation Nationality Standard Service Express Service
 

Private Individual

Chinese Citizen £36 £67
Foreign Citizen £47 £78
 

Corporate matter

Chinese Citizen £41 £72
Foreign Citizen £64 £95

LONDON CONTACT
Chinese Consulate in London
31 Portland Place
London
W1B 1JL
T.020 7636 2981

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https://www.chinese-embassy.org.uk/eng/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Colombia is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
The Embassy of Colombia in London
Wescott House
3rd Floor
35 Portland Place
London
W1B 1AE
T.020 7637 9893
clondres@cancilleria.gov.co

https://londres.consulado.gov.co/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Consulate of the Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville in London in London.
The Consulate usually legalise international company documents only.
Photocopy of the document is required.
The document must be translated into French

TIME AND FEES
Please allow up to 3-4 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Consulate of the Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville is £50 per document.

LONDON CONTACT
Honorary Consulate of the Republic of the Congo-Brazzaville in London
3rd Floor – Holborn Gate (HRG)
26 Southampton Buildings
London
WC2A 1PN
T.0203 077 9958
rcbuk11@gmail.com

https://consulateofthecongobrazzaville.webs.com/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Congo Consulate of the Democratic Republic of (ex Zaire – Kinshasha) in London.
Documents must be accompanied with a translation into French. The translation should be bound to the original English documents.
Photocopy of the document is required.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow up to 1 week for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Congo Consulate of the Democratic Republic of (ex Zaire – Kinshasha) is £100 per commercial document.

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of Congo in London – Democratic Republic of (ex Zaire – Kinshasha)
49 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7LT
T.020 7580 3931
info@ambardc-londres.gouv.cd

https://ambardc-londres.gouv.cd/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as the Cook Islands are a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
New Zealand High in Commission London
New Zealand House
80 Haymarket
London
SW1Y 4TQ
T.020 7930 8422

https://www.nzembassy.com/united-kingdom

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Costa Rica is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Costa Rican Embassy in London
14 Lancaster Gate
London
W2 3LH
T. 02077068844
info@costaricanembassy.co.uk

https://www.costaricanembassy.co.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Croatia is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Croatian Embassy in London
21 Conway Street
London
W1T 6BN
croemb.london@mvep.hr

https://uk.mvep.hr/en/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation required.
This is followed by Consular legalisation from the Cuban Consulate in London.
Documents must be translated into Spanish and the translation must be notarised with the notarisation in dual language English-Spanish or in English and translated into Spanish and bears the FCO Apostille.
If more than one document notarised as a bundle, each document is required to be translated, notarised and Apostilled and the translation is also required to be Apostilled.

TIME AND FEES
Please allow up to 4-5 working days for consular legalisation. The legalisation fee charge of the Cuban Consulate is £95 per document/Apostille plus £22 admin fee charged by the Consulate for processing the documentation.

LONDON CONTACT
Consular Section of the Embassy of Cuba in London
167 High Holborn
London
WC1V 6PA
T.:0207 2402488, 020 7379 9582
F: 020 7379 4557

https://embacuba.co.uk/englishFiles/consuladoin.htm

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Albania is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
High Commission for the Republic of Cyprus in London
13 St James’ Square
London
SW1Y 4LB
T.020 7321 4100
F.020 7321 4165/4164
cyphclondon@btconnect.com

https://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/highcom/london.nsf/index_en/index_en?OpenDocument

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS

Documents for use in TRNC can either be Apostilled only OR attested by the TRNC Representative Office in the UK without being prior Apostilled by the UK Foreign Commonwealth Office. For the latest, the documents must be certified by a UK notary or solicitor and the passport copy of each signatory is required.

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales and if consular legalisation is required, the fee per document vary according to the number of signatories between £7.50 to £25 per document.

LONDON CONTACT
Consular Section of the Turkish Cypriot Embassy in London
29 Bedford Square
London
WC1B 3ED
T.020 7631 1930

https://www.trnclondon.com/defaulteng.asp?id=2&t=cat

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as the Czech Republic is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in London
26 – 30 Kensington Palace Gardens
London
W8 4QY
T.020 7243 1115
F.020 7727 9654
Visa Tel: 020 7243 7942

https://www.mzv.cz/london/en

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Denmark is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of Denmark in London
55 Sloane Street
London
SW1X 9SR
T.020 7333 0200
F.020 7333 0270
lonamb@um.dk

https://storbritannien.um.dk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as Dominica is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961)

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales

LONDON CONTACT
The Dominica High Commission in London
1 Collingham Gardens
Earls Court
London
SW5 0HW
T.020 7370 5194
F.020 7373 8743
info@dominicahighcommission.co.uk

https://www.dominicahighcommission.co.uk/

LEGALISATION & APOSTILLE REQUIREMENTS
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Legalisation is required only.
(no further form of Consulate legalisation is required as the Dominican Republic is a party to the Hague Convention of 05 October 1961). However, before the Apostilled documents can be used in the Dominican Republic, they must be translated into Spanish by a professional translator and the translation is required to be attested by the Consulate of the Dominican Republic in London.

TIME AND FEES
Please see our legalisation section for a guide to Foreign Office Fees and Time Scales. The Dominican Republic consular legalisation fee is £350 per commercial document and £150 per private document for official translations to be attested by the Consulate.

LONDON CONTACT
Embassy of the Dominican Republic
139 Inverness Terrace
Bayswater
London
W2 6JF
T.0905 677 0054
consulate@dominicanembassy.org.uk

https://www.dominicanembassy.org.uk/
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