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Apostille for a death certificate from United Kingdom

A death certificate from United Kingdom is apostilled by Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Legalisation Office. We organise it for you – including the fresh original and any pre-certification – add a sworn translation if needed, and deliver worldwide.

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  • Upload a scan, 2 min
  • Verify with your phone
  • Delivered by courier or download

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  • Apostille from 8 hours
  • Written quote before you pay
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  1. 1
    Upload a scan
    We pre-check it and confirm the route
  2. 2
    Verify with your phone
    ID + selfie, ~3 minutes, then your quote
  3. 3
    We obtain the apostille
    Competent authority + sworn translation
  4. 4
    Delivered
    Courier worldwide or protected download

Who issues it, who apostilles it

Issued by

General Register Office (England & Wales), NRS (Scotland), GRONI (Northern Ireland)

Apostille by

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Legalisation Office

Recently issued GRO certificates are apostilled directly; older ones may need a solicitor’s certification first. e-Apostille available.

Before the apostille: Certified copy from the GRO or register office (not a photocopy).

Where a United Kingdom death certificate with apostille is accepted

What we need from you

  • Recent original death certificate (we can order it with proof of your entitlement)
  • Country of issue, destination and purpose
  • Optional: inheritance documents for a joint apostille request

Sworn translation into the language of the probate court is almost always required outside the EU.

United Kingdom death certificate apostille: questions

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) Legalisation Office. Issued by: General Register Office (England & Wales), NRS (Scotland), GRONI (Northern Ireland) – Recently issued GRO certificates are apostilled directly; older ones may need a solicitor’s certification first. e-Apostille available.

Yes. The apostille must be issued in United Kingdom, but you do not have to be there: we organise a suitable original where possible, the submission to the competent authority and delivery of the apostilled death certificate anywhere. The notary reviews your application first.

It is accepted in every other Convention country. Non-Convention countries such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait need consular legalisation instead.

The HCCH record lists: Postal Service : £45 per apostille issued. Next-Day Service for approved high volume businesses : £40 per apostille issued. e-Apostille Service. Official fees are passed through 1:1 and shown separately in your quote.

In most countries only relatives in the direct line, spouses and persons with a legal interest can obtain it. With your authorisation and proof of kinship we order it from the registry and take it straight to the apostille authority.

Usually yes when it is used abroad. It is a court or notarial document, so it is apostilled by the authority responsible for judicial documents in the issuing country. We submit both documents in parallel to save time.

Where the registry issues certificates online and the country has e-apostilles, within days. Elsewhere the bottleneck is obtaining a fresh certificate, which we start on the day you order.

United Kingdom death certificate, apostilled and delivered

Fresh original, authority, translation and courier in one request – quoted before you pay.

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