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Helping you understand the terms. Terms and Definitions Explained. (Part One)

Trying to make sense of all the different terms used for apostille and legalisation services

Applicant:
The person who requests authentication or legalisation is known as the applicant. This may be an individual or an organisation.

Authentication :
A process of proving or confirming a document is genuine. In different countries, this may be called legalisation or apostille.

Competent Authority:
Any person or organisation with the legally and exclusively assigned authority to authenticate a document. In the case of apostilles, the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office is the only competent authority in the United Kingdom for issuing apostilles.

Consulate:
Consulates are usually subordinate to the embassy in a foreign country, both provide government services for citizens abroad but consulates function more commercially than diplomatically.

Contracting Authority:
State, regional, or municipal authorities together with bodies governed by public law are all referred to as contracting authorities. These differ from competent authorities as they do not necessarily have the authority to authenticate documents.

Country Of Destination (COD):
The Country of Destination is the country where the documents will be received. It is important to research the requirements of each COD as the required authentication services differ.

Embassy:
An embassy is a country’s base in another nation – they are always located in the capital city. The primary purpose is to assist citizens who travel or live in the host country but unlike consulates, they also undertake high-level functions such as international relations and official state visits.

Public Document:
Notarial acts, birth, marriage or death certificates and diplomas are all examples of public documents. They are documents executed by an authority, or a person acting in an official capacity. The determination of what constitutes a public document is dependent on the laws in the country of origin and can be found at: www.hcch.net

Notarisation Services:
A notarial certification is a high-level certification by a qualified legal professional. They will certify a document in a certain way, depending on the requirements. This may include certifying a signature to confirm the identity of the signer or certifying that a document copy is accurate to the original – notarisation is a fraud-deterrent process to ensure documents can be trusted.

Some countries may only need a notary’s signature (notarisation) to certify a document, but others may require additional steps of legalisation and authentication. The key difference between notarisation and legalisation is who does the verifying – a notary will verify the signature on a document, but legalisation is usually done by government embassies or consulates who will verify the notary’s signature.

Notary Public (“Notary“):
Notary Public are persons authorised to perform notarisations. They are appointed by the government and although the qualifications differ between countries, they are almost always legal professionals i.e. lawyers, solicitors or barristers.

Jurat:
A common type of notarisation – used when the signer is swearing to the content of a document i.e. affirming that the contents of an affidavit are true and accurate to the best of their belief. The notary must administer an oath or affirmation to the signer.

Acknowledgement:
Another type of judicial notarisation, the purpose of an acknowledgement is for a signer, whose identity has been verified, to declare to a Notary or notarial officer that he or she has willingly signed a document. This differs from a jurat as jurats relate to the truthfulness of the contents.

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Terms and keywords:
Document Legalisation
Apostille
Consular Legalisation
Consular Attestation
Embassy Legalisation
Embassy Attestation
FCDO Legalisation
FCO / FCDO Apostille
Document Legalisation
Document Attestation
Document Authentication
Apostille Legalisation
Attestation and Legalisation
Document Legalisation and Consular Attestation
Embassy Attestation - Apostille Service
Legalisation Office
Legalisation Service
Hague Apostille
Apostille certificate
Apostille stamp
Apostille signature
Apostille service

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