Apostille
Where the apostille procedure provided for by international rules applies between the states concerned for this document.
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Documents · Consular Legalisation
Consular legalisation ofdocuments worldwide
We obtain the documents needed in the country of issue and arrange the full route of their legalisation for use abroad.
BRIDGES GLOBAL supports the legalisation of personal, educational, corporate, notarial and other official documents. If the document is not to hand, we arrange for it to be obtained in the country of issue. Where needed we coordinate the preliminary certification, the translation, the notarial attestation, the consular legalisation and international delivery.
Obtaining documents · Legalisation · Translation · International delivery
The document’s route
Where the document comes from and where it is needed
The order of legalisation is settled by the pair of countries and the type of document. Choose the country of issue and the country of destination in the order card and the possible route will appear below.
Choose the country of issue and the country of destination and we will show the possible route for the document.
Which procedure is needed
An apostille or consular legalisation
The user does not have to work out what their document needs: the form of recognition is settled by the pair of countries and the type of document.
Consular Legalisation
Where using the document calls for another order of confirming its authenticity — through successive certifications and a diplomatic mission.
The route is settled only after a specialist has checked it.
Your situation
We will obtain the document and take it through the whole process
Legalising an existing document
The client hands over the document, BRIDGES GLOBAL checks the applicable procedure and arranges the certifications needed.
Obtaining it and legalising it
We arrange for a new document, an official extract or an acceptable copy to be obtained in the country of issue, and then run the rest of the procedure.
The catalogue
Which documents we support
Choose a category and the document will appear in the order card.
The process
One order — the whole route of the document
The client does not have to find the archive, the notary, the translator, the ministry and the consulate themselves: every step is coordinated by BRIDGES GLOBAL.
The document is obtained or reissued in the country of issue
Certification of a copy, signature or translation where the route requires it
Ministry of justice, education or foreign affairs — by document type
Legalisation at the destination country’s diplomatic mission
Some countries require an additional confirmation on arrival
Geography
Obtaining and legalising documents in different countries
Consular legalisation is needed where an apostille does not apply. Below is how the jurisdictions fall by region; the form of recognition is given for each country.
Packages
Three formats of support
For a document the client already holds
- Verification of the applicable route
- Arranging the required certifications
- Control of the completed set
When the document must first be obtained
- Retrieval of the document in the country of issue
- Obtaining the original or an official copy
- The required legalisation
The whole document route end to end
- Document retrieval
- Legalisation along the route
- Translation
- Notarial certification where required
- International delivery
How we check the route
The procedure depends on two countries
It settles which bodies certify the document and in what order.
It settles whether legalisation at its mission is required and what exactly it accepts.
Personal, educational, corporate, notarial or court — each has its own route.
An authority, a bank, a university or a court may have requirements of its own as to the format.
That is exactly why both countries are chosen first in the order card, and the exact route is confirmed by a specialist.
The result
What the client receives
The document in the form the recipient accepts.
The notarial and departmental marks along the route.
The mark of the diplomatic mission of the country of destination.
Where required — in the recipient’s format.
International delivery with a tracking number.
What the set contains depends on the particular route.
The team
Who runs the work on documents
Questions and answers
Questions about consular legalisation
An apostille is a single mark of the authorised body of the country of issue, recognised by the other parties to the Hague Convention. Consular legalisation applies where that order does not: the document goes through several successive certifications and ends with the mark of the diplomatic mission of the country of destination.
The form of recognition is settled by the pair of countries and the type of document. Choose both countries in the order card: we will show the possible route and a specialist will confirm it before the work starts.
As a rule yes: we work under a power of attorney through partners in the country of issue. We prepare the form of the power of attorney ourselves and send it for signature before a notary.
Often yes — a notarised or official copy, if the country of issue allows that format and the recipient accepts it. That is checked before the work starts.
There are categories the bodies will not certify: documents with corrections and damage, for instance, and particular kinds of document under the rules of a given country. Whether it is possible is confirmed at the stage of checking the route.
It depends on the route: some countries require the translation before filing with the consulate, others after. A mistake in the order wipes out the work, so the sequence is fixed before the start.
For many routes yes — it comes before the departmental and consular marks. Whether it is needed is settled by the type of document and the requirements of the country of destination.
Usually longer than an apostille, because there are several stages: the guides by country are given in the geography block. We name the exact time after checking the route.
On the number of stages in the route: the preliminary certifications, the departmental fees, the consular fee, the translation, the notary, the delivery. Each item is shown as a separate line — there is no single “price for legalisation”.
Yes, and that is the usual situation: a set of documents is arranged as one project with one timeline and one quote rather than as separate requests.
Yes. The documents of the applicant, the spouse and the children are run in one project — which is easier both for the timing and for checking the set is complete.
Yes, international courier delivery with a tracking number is part of the service as a separate item.
The coordinator reports the passing of each stage of the route; the project statuses are also shown in the client account.
Yes, with no legalisation: we obtain the document in the country of issue and hand it to you. Legalisation can be added later if it turns out to be needed.
The cost is confirmed on enquiryLegalising a document