Certificado de Apostilla del Reino Unido

A UK Apostille Certificate is an official government-issued certificate that ensures that documents are recognized whenever they are presented for official use in another country. Before applying for an Apostille Certificate for UK documents, you will need to ensure that the receiving country is a signatory of the Apostille Convention or Hague Conference as it is also known. Documents issued in the UK often have to be apostilled or legalised when they are intended for use in a foreign country.

The UK is a member country of The Hague Convention, which means that Apostille Certifications are often required before legal UK documents may be used abroad. Under The Hague Convention’s rules, member countries facilitate the verification and exchange of documents, but it is still your individual responsibility to find out whether you require an apostille or authentication on your document.

¿Qué documentos deben ser apostillados?

Algunos de los documentos que pueden requerir Certificación por Apostilla son:

Certificado de Nacimiento
Certificado de Matrimonio
Certificado de Defunción
Declaraciones juradas atestiguadas por el solicitante
Poderes Fiscales atestiguados por el solicitante
Revisión de Antecedentes Penales (CRB)
Revelaciones Básicas o Ampliadas Firmadas
Divulgación Firmada de Escocia
ICPC (Certificado Internacional de Protección del Niño)
Acceso a Irlanda del Norte
Certificados ACPO – ACRO – NPCC
Correspondencia Policial
Última Voluntad y Testamento, sellado por in juez o firmado por el solicitante
Certificado de No Impedimento
Correspondencia Médica
Informes de Acceso de la Persona
Documentos del Divorcio (Acta Definitiva o Condicional)
Documentos Veterinarios
Escritura de Cambio de Nombre firmada por el solicitante
Certificado de Buena Conducta
Documentos de Oficinas de Empresas firmadas por el Agente
Certificado de Residencia HMRC
Certificado de Venta Libre
Documentos de Agencia de Pagos Rurales
Documentos firmados del solicitante
Documentos atestiguados por Escribano

What does a UK Apostille Certificate look like?

The UK Apostille Certificate is attached to another document that is required for legal use abroad. The certificate is glued to the back of legal documents and is embossed with the FCO apostille stamp.

Do I have to notarise and apostille my legal documents?

In some cases, you will need to have your UK documents notarised before they can be Apostilled. If the country where you intend to use the document is also a member of the Hague Convention, certification by Apostille is sufficient. In order for the foreign country to accept your UK documents as valid, the authentication process is used in order to prove that the seals and signatures upon the documents are legitimate. The type of certification required largely depends on whether or not the country you intend to use the document in is a member of the Hague Convention or not.

The country I want to use my documents in is not part of the Hague Convention, what happens now?

Since not all seals and signatures used in the UK are known to all other countries abroad, the Apostille process is used as a process of indicating the authenticity of documents. Consular notarial services are offered to UK citizens that require official documents to be legalised for use abroad. When documents are certified with an Apostille, they can legally be used outside of the UK.

If the country you intend to use your documents in is part of the Hague Convention, they are affixed, sealed and signed with an Apostille Certificate. In the case where the country you want to use your documents in is not part of the Hague Convention, an Embassy Attestation might be required for authentication purposes.