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/index_en.php?act=conventions.text&cid=41
LEGALISATION FEE:
The legalisation fee is £ 13 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 1.45 (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 £ 13 (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 £6.00 as administrative fee if you send the documents by post. Please make sure that you attach a separate 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.
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