Embassy & Consulate Legalisation
Document Legalisation by SAL & Embassy or Consulate
Let us take care of all your document legalisation requirements – quickly, accurately, and cost effectively.
Our dedicated in-house team will personally handle every stage of the document legalisation process (including queuing at the Embassy!), ensuring that your corporate and private documents are legally valid abroad.
We do not outsource embassy legalisation work to third-party couriers.
The 3-Step Process
Original documents / agreements / authorisations are executed i.e. signed in front of or given to the Notary Public where they will be certified as true copies and/or affixed with Notarial Certificate(s) where applicable.
Documents with a Notarial Certificate are then submitted to the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) for further certification.
The notarised and legalised documents are hand delivered to the relevant Embassy, Consulate, or High Commissioner's Office for further endorsement.
STEP 1
Documents, (such as original board resolutions, passport, birth certificates, marriage certificates) must be presented to the Notary Public to be sighted. The Notary Public will make a copy of these presented documents and certify as being a “True Copy” of the originals and issue a Notarial Certificate for this set of document.
For the Power of Attorney (POA), being instructions to act on behalf of a Company), such document will have to be signed in front of the Notary Public by the named parties. The Notary Public will then make a copy of the signed document, certified it as “True Copy” and issue a Notarial Certificate.
STEP 2
Documents with a Notarial Certificate are then submitted to the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL), by the Notary Public, for further authentication. The SAL also keeps a record of each Notarial Certificate issued.
STEP 3
Finally, if requested by the receiving party, the legalised set of documents is personally delivered to the relevant Embassy, Consulate, or High Commissioner’s Office for further endorsement/legalisation.
Time Frame
The processing time to issue a set of notarised documents with a Notarial Certificate (and to file a record of these with the SAL) is around 2 to 3 days from the day of your appointment with the Notary Public.
However, the entire document legalisation process up to Embassy level will take about seven (7) working days.
Cost
NOTARY PUBLIC & SAL FEES
- The Notary Public’s fees for witnessing the signing of documents and issuing the Notarial Certificate are fixed and set out under the First Schedule of the Notaries Public Rules. The Notary Public is permitted, however, to charge a fair fee for the time needed to read and properly understand the documents to be notarised, as well as disbursements for additional costs (if any), such as: travel, translation services, etc.
- For the authentication of an original document and production of a Certified True Copy by the Notary Public (no Notarial Certificate), the cost is S$40 per page/document with the Notary Public’s stamp and signature. There is an additional cost for the issue of the Notarial Certificate and for the Apostille Certificate to be issued by SAL.
- The Notary will issue a notarial certificate for all notarised documents. The fee for this notarial certificate is S$76.08. Therefore, the total base cost for the notarisation of a document/page is S$116.08 per document (excluding handling fee of S$64.80)
- The total cost for each apostille document is S$278.08 and this includes the Notary Public fee of S$180.88 and SAL authentication and apostille fees.
EMBASSY OR CONSULATE FEES
- Fees payable to Embassies and are set by the different Embassies or Consular Offices and vary accordingly + our Process Agent fee per return trip (see below under ‘Our Fees’)
OUR FEES
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Our professional Process Agent fee for checking the accuracy and completeness of your documents that are to be certified as a True Copy/ Notarised, and for arranging an appointment with the Notary Public, starts from S$300.00 for the first document, and from S$50 per document thereon.
When you engage us for the apostille services, you are assured that the work is not carried out by external third-party courier services, but by our own in-house employees who have been specifically recruited and trained for the document legalisation work. We do not use external courier services.
- Any out-of-pocket expenses or additional trips/time spent beyond our quotation will be charged as incurred.
Notary Public Rates are fixed and set out under the First Schedule of the Notaries Public Rules.
All fees quoted exclude 8% GST.
ARE YOUR CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS IN SAFE HANDS?
Instead of giving out your important documents to an unknown courier – let us personally handle the process to and from the Embassy.
Book an appointment
For reliable and affordable document legalisation services, contact us here or call:
+65 6324 1922
We look forward to giving you a competitive quotation and booking you an appointment with our associate Notary Public.
Contact Us:
Address:
10 Anson Road, #21-07 International Plaza, 079903
Office Number:
+65 6324 1922
Opening Hours:
9:00am - 6:30pm
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