LEGALISATION
What is Legalisation?
Legalisation simply means confirming that a signature,
seal or stamp appearing on a document is genuine.
Why documents need to be legalised?
The signatures or seals of British public officials
(such as solicitors, notaries public, registrars) on
certain documents from the United Kingdom have to be
confirmed before those documents can be accepted in
Turkey.
Documents to be legalised by the
Consulate:
Many types of documents can be apostilled by Foreign
and Commonwealth Office and are exempt from certification
by this Consulate.
Documents, which are not covered
by the said Convention (such as documents executed
by diplomatic or consular agents or administrative documents
dealing directly with commercial or customs operations),
should initially be legalised by the Turkish-British
Chamber of Commerce and Industry or a local chamber
of commerce. Thereafter, the legalised document(s)
should be submitted to the Consulate with a photocopy
(of each page). Please make sure that photocopies are
made after you have them legalised by a chamber.
For exceptions and details please see:
CONVENTION ABOLISHING THE REQUIREMENT OF LEGALISATION
FOR FOREIGN PUBLIC DOCUMENTS at http://www.hcch.net/e/conventions/text12e.html
LEGALISATION
FEE:
The legalisation fee is £ 9 per document.
However, there is an additional fee for the invoices
of goods to be exported. This fee is calculated
as follows:
Fee= Total amount of invoice (in pounds)
x 0.0018 x 1.25 (decimal points are rounded up to full
pound).
Documents to be legalised in annex
to/accompanying invoices for goods to be exported, should
also be legalised separately. The fee for this kind of legalisation
is £ 9 (for the document) + the amount (for
the invoice) to be calculated as shown above.
"Please note that while writing a cheque, all totals must be rounded-up to nearest pound in full."
Examples:
£14.65 should be £15.00
£16.25 should be £16.00
Please note that legalisation
fee is non-refundable.
METHODS OF PAYMENT:
Payments can be made by postal orders or
by company cheques only (personal cheques are not accepted).
Company cheques and postal orders must be made payable
to 'Turkish Consulate General'. Credit and debit/switch
cards are not accepted.
IF YOU ARE SENDING
DOCUMENTS BY POST:
- Make sure you attach a copy
of the document(s) to be legalised by the Consulate.
- Make sure you tell us your
phone number and address, in case we need
to get in touch.
- Make sure you enclose a
company cheque or postal order to cover the appropriate
fee (see legalisation fee above). Cheques or
postal orders must be made payable to 'Turkish Consulate
General'.
- You will also need to enclose
£5.00 administrative fee for 1-2
signatures and £8.00 administrative
fee for 3 or more signatures if you send
the documents by post. Please make sure that you
attach a seperate company cheque or postal order
(made payable to 'Turkish Consulate General') for
administrative fee.
- Make sure you attach a self-addressed
envelope. No stamp is necessary.
WORKING HOURS
AND ADDRESSES:
Please click HERE
for working hours & address of Turkish Consulate
General in London
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