We have helped thousands of clients with US notarial certification requirements and notary services in London.
Please contact our office in London for access to our UK Notary service. Telephone +442074992605 or email your enquiry for your initial free consultation: notary@notarypublicinlondon.com
Do you actually need a Notary in London UK for US documents? You usually do.
We have experience in getting your notarised document no matter what type of document it is.
Common legal documents needing a Notary or Notary Public are:
We can also arrange an E-Apostille for you.
You should always check with your recipient as to whether Remote Online Notarisation and E-Apostilles are suitable.
The simple answer is yes.
The US Embassy notary service is the only authority capable of providing a American Notary Public London. And provides a Notary in the UK for people in the London area.
The embassy's address is 33 Nine Elms Lane, London SW11 7US.
The US Embassy Notary works by appointment only. Getting an appointment with the US Embassy notary is difficult and from our experience the waiting list is long.
The US Embassy suggests an alternative to using its service - it calls it: 'Legalization through the British system (Apostille)". Basically, using a British Notary plus obtaining an Apostille.
You can visit our Guide to Apostilles for detailed information.
The Embassy states that you can have documents notarised by a UK Notary and legalised with an Apostille. Thus legalising the document under the terms of the Hague Convention.
You can visit our dedicated an Apostille Service page for a guide to the Apostille meaning. An Apostille is a certificate that a UK registered Notary in the United Kingdom has signed and sealed the document. The recipient can be certain that proper processing has occurred and State or Federal law complied with.
The UK FCDO issues Apostilles in the UK. You can obtain this yourself, but this is a postal service and wait times are also long. Or we can arrange this for you using the business counter service at the Foreign Office.
Not every State requires an Apostille.
Our advice is to obtain guidance from the person in the US who you are dealing with.
If the recipient isn't sure, ask them to look at their State Civil Code for guidance on notarisation outside the State.
State Civil Code gives guidance as to how to notarise a document outside the State and outside the US.
From our experience we have found that the following States usually require an Apostille.
Not every document going to these States require an Apostille.
Lodging documents with a government office usually require an Apostille. Examples are Land Registries, Courts, Companies Registration Offices or other public bodies.
If the document is going to a private company like a bank, it may not need an Apostille.
We reiterate our advice to ask the recipient for local guidance.
So there is an alternative to using the US Embassy.
Give us a call today for your initial free consultation : +442074992605 or email us on notary@notarypublicinlondon.com .
