Your fees will be automatically refunded. There is no refund if a recipient rejects a legalized document. Organizations have different requirements as to when your document should have been issued and legalized. For more information, please contact the organization in the Netherlands requesting the document. In the eighteenth century, marriage certificates were first introduced in England and Wales. At that time, the lands were divided into registration districts, which are still controlled by a superintendent registrar in the local districts. If you need your marriage certificate notarized or provided with an apostille or consular certification, we can help you with our exceptional services. You must provide us with the original marriage certificate and we will carry out checks to confirm its authenticity. We will then make a photocopy and notarize this photocopy.
You can obtain a certificate of single status (known in the UK as a «certificate of non-impediment») from your local registrar. The process is incomplete without the embossed red apostille seal at the top of the certificate with the coat of arms of the British government. Once the documents are legalized, communicate them to the recipient by mail, courier or in person. In Notary.co.uk, our team of professional and expert notaries can assist you in the certification of your deed. The Apostille Service in The Hague processes documents by hand with the BKartA, which allows us to legalize documents quickly. The apostille lasts only 1-2 days. We are not affiliated with the UK government and you can process the documents directly with the FCO in about 2 weeks. Our £54 fee includes VAT and the minimum government fee of £36, including postage. If you use it in a country that has not signed the Hague Apostille Convention, it must be legalized by the embassy of the country where it is going. Please note that some embassies do not legalize non-British marriage certificates, such as the Chinese embassy. The following documents do not need to be legalised for use in the Netherlands. You may be asked to apply for an apostille for one of the following reasons: In the UK, officially issued marriage certificates are protected by Crown copyright.
This means that they cannot be photocopied. If you need a copy, you must request a certified copy from the Office of the General Registry. In the United Kingdom, copies of marriage certificates are recorded in two registers, one kept by the church office or vital statistics office and the other by the registrar of the county where the marriage takes place. These documents are also sent quarterly to the Registrar General (GRO) to the Registrar General. To obtain a copy of your UK marriage certificate, you will need to register on the GRO website and complete the online application form. Please note that the GRO alone is authorized to issue this certificate and, in some cases, a certificate of civil partnership. A marriage certificate is issued by an official government agency to determine that two people are legally married. It may be necessary for many purposes, such as: For spouses who open joint bank accounts, register a shared apartment, serve in matters of legitimacy of a child, provide proof of a change of name of one party (for example, if one of the spouses wishes to take the surname of the other), serve in divorce proceedings, trace a person`s genealogical history or constitute proof of marriage when applying for a spousal visa.
If you cannot print the purchase order, the following short note may be written: Your name Your address (to which the document must be returned) Your phone number (just in case) Your email address (just in case) Payment by cheque or money order Include a short note telling us what your document is (marriage certificate). For example – M. Joe Bloggs 1 Mill Street My Town AA1 1BB Tel: 0123 456789 Email: Your email address Attached you will find my marriage certificate for the apostille and my payment by check/money order.