It will be signed by me, stamped, dated and contain information on my qualifications and my contact details . The FCO generally requires 48 hours for the documents to be legalised – although this will not include postage times. Please keep this at heart when factoring in the timeframe for your project. Because the procurement of a sworn translation is dependent on a third-party general public notary or solicitor, it is impossible to make sure when the sworn translation might be ready.

Our standard certification is recognised and accepted anywhere in the UK. A certificate of precision, signed by the translator, is certainly mounted on the documents. In the UK, docs are legalised with a stamped official certificate named an ‘apostille’ by the Foreign and Commonwealth Workplace’s Legalisation Office. The notarised translation is sent to the FCO, who'll legalise it by confirming that the signature, stamp or seal is from a UK public official. You will need this if you want your translation carried out in the UK to be recognised by way of a body in another country .