Online Notary UK: notarised by video today, wherever you are in the world.

Yes. A Notary of England and Wales can notarise many documents by secure video call, wherever you live, in the UK or abroad. At Staple Inn Notaries, Sheikh Najam, Notary of England and Wales, checks your identity on the call, witnesses your signature and signs and seals the notarial certificate, with the UK FCDO e-Apostille emailed usually within 24 hours if you need one. Identity documents £125, personal documents £165, business and property documents £180, plus VAT, same day with two hours’ notice. Email your document to team@internationalnotary.co.uk for review first; statutory declarations, affidavits and powers of attorney are completed by video subject to the Notary’s prior approval.

It depends which power of attorney you mean. A Lasting Power of Attorney (LPA) for use in England and Wales does not need a notary: it is made and registered through the Office of the Public Guardian, following the GOV.UK process. A power of attorney for use abroad (for example to sell property, open a bank account or act for a company in another country) can usually be signed online with a Notary in England: you sign before Sheikh Najam of Staple Inn Notaries on a secure video call, wherever you live, subject to the Notary’s prior approval, and we obtain the UK FCDO apostille or e-Apostille. By video and e-Apostilled £290 plus VAT. Email the draft to team@internationalnotary.co.uk first so the Notary can confirm the authority abroad accepts it.

Every matter is handled by a named Notary (UK Public Officer) who holds The Faculty (licence) to notarise documents for use worldwide: Sheikh Najam, not a platform or an unnamed panel. You email your document to team@internationalnotary.co.uk and the Notary reviews it and confirms the fixed fee before you pay. Powers of attorney, statutory declarations and affidavits are completed by video, subject to the Notary’s prior approval. Fees are published in full, appointments are available the same day and seven days a week, and the apostille and legalisation are arranged for you.

Sheikh Najam, Notary (England and Wales), a UK Public Officer who holds The Faculty (licence) to notarise documents for use worldwide, and is regulated through The Faculty Office of The Archbishop of Canterbury. He reviews your document, meets you by video and signs and seals the notarial certificate himself.

Yes. Email it to team@internationalnotary.co.uk, with the country of use and the receiving organisation. As a UK Public Officer, the Notary has the authority to accept or reject a document. He reviews it, confirms it can be notarised online and confirms the fixed fee, usually within one hour in office hours. You then book and pay online.

Yes. A Notary in England and Wales may carry out notarial acts by secure video, provided the Notary is satisfied of your identity, capacity and understanding, and the receiving authority accepts it. The Notary checks both when reviewing your document, before you pay.

In most cases, yes, entirely online. Directors and authorised signatories meet the Notary by video wherever they are, the Notary checks the company and the signatory’s authority, and we obtain the UK FCDO apostille or e-Apostille. Several signatories can be seen in one appointment.

Yes, subject to the Notary’s prior approval. Once the Notary has approved your document, the declaration or affidavit is taken at a video appointment. If a court, consulate or overseas authority insists on attendance in person, the Notary tells you at review and the declaration is made at our office in Central London.

Yes, subject to the Notary’s prior approval. The Notary witnesses your signature by secure video, wherever you are, after reviewing the power of attorney and the requirements of the country where it will be used, and arranges the apostille.

Appointments are 20 minutes, and you can be seen the same day with two hours’ notice. The notarised document is completed on the day; an e-Apostille is usually issued within 24 hours and an urgent paper apostille the next working day.

Signatories wherever they live, in the UK or abroad, including British expats. Before booking, the Notary checks that the document, the act and the receiving authority allow online notarisation, and whether the law of the country you are in requires anything further. British expats: see our page for clients living abroad.

Many receiving authorities accept it. Tell us the country and organisation when you book and the Notary confirms before the appointment.

The same day, once the Notary has reviewed your document: Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm, with at least two hours’ notice. Out-of-hours appointments by video are available in the evenings from 6pm to 8pm, Saturdays 10am to 4pm, and Sundays and bank holidays 11am to 3pm, with 24 hours’ notice.

The original document, valid photo identification such as a passport or photo driving licence, and proof of address dated within the last three months.

Some documents need more than one signature or certificate. We confirm the exact fee before you pay, and nothing is added afterwards.

Yes. Most clients choose the UK FCDO e-Apostille: notarised by video and e-Apostilled, emailed usually within 24 hours, from £250 plus VAT, with nothing to post. Where the recipient needs paper, urgent paper apostilles are ready the next working day.

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