Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) Legalisation

Information about the Legalisation services the FCO provides - including confirming the legalisation/signature authenticity of documents before these are taken abroad.

www.fco.gov.uk/legalisation

The Association of Translation Companies (ATC)

The Association of Translation Companies (ATC), founded in 1976, is perhaps one of oldest professional groups representing the interests of translation companies in the world. It is dedicated not only to representing the interests of and accrediting translation companies, but also to serving the needs of translation purchasers.

www.ATC.org.uk

The General Register Office (GRO)

The General Register Office holds a central copy of all registrations for England and Wales. Local Register Offices also hold records of events registered in their area.
For recent events registered within the last 6 months (for marriages this period is extended to 18 months), applications for certificates should be made to the Register Office in the district where the birth, death or marriage took place.

https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/default.asp

Member Countries of the Hague Convention on Apostille Certificates

The purpose of this convention is to remove the need for diplomatic or consular legalisation of foreign public documents. In place of the then complex and drawn out legalisation process was to be a simple certificate issued to a specific format. This certificate being the Apostille Certificate which once attached to a foreign document would remove the need for any further authentication or legalisation of the document when presented in another member country.

List of members

Royal Mail Tracking Service

We post Certified Translations within the UK by mail using Royal Mail's Special or Recorded Delivery which need to be signed for on delivery. According to Royal Mail, documents send by Special Delivery post are guaranteed next day delivery between 8am-1pm, Recorded Delivery Post can take 4 business days, sometimes more if a remote location in the UK.

Please click on this link if you need to track your posted item and enter your tracking number.

http://track.royalmail.com/portal/rm/track?catId=22700601&gear=authentication

Items send by International Global Express Courier can take 4 business days to be delivered (USA, Canada, Europe up to 2 business days, Asia, Africa, rest of the world up to 4 business days).

For items sent abroad by Royal Mail's International Global Express, click on this link and enter your tracking number.

http://www.parcelforce.com/portal/pw/track?catId=7500082&pageId=trt_feedbackemail&feedbackEmail=parcelforce@parcelforce.co.uk&feedbackBrand=UND

If you have any queries with Royal Mail delivery, please click on this link.

http://www.royalmail.com/portal/rm/customerservice1?catId=400144&mediaId=69800720

http://www.parcelforce.com/portal/pw