Apostille, notary and collection - filed, tracked, returned.
Apostille and notarisation, translation, courier and embassy runs, visa paperwork and corporate filings, collected from your office or hotel in London, Geneva, New York, Tel Aviv or wherever the file is. The receiving authority decides the process, so we ask what the document is for first.
Documents officerThe requirement list in writing, the lodging receipt, and the file reference.
08A notary seal pressed into a document, text deliberately illegible.
TRACKEDEvery file carries a reference
NEVERSensitive documents by email
3 DAYSTypical apostille turnaround
02What is included
What happens to the file
Paperwork fails on custody and on chasing. Both are written into the rows below.
The inclusion ledger
Apostille and notarisation coordinationINCLUDED
Certified translation with a named translatorINCLUDED
Courier tracked door to doorINCLUDED
Ministry and consulate lodgementWHERE PERMITTED
Sensitive documents never sent by emailPOLICY
Status reported at every stageIN WRITING
Chain of custody recorded at each hand-offSIGNED
Certified translation arranged alongside the filingON REQUEST
Not thisWe are not lawyers and do not give legal advice. We prepare, file, chase and return; your counsel decides what the document should say.
What it costs, what we do not control
PER FILE
One figure per file, set once the requirement is known. Government and legalisation fees are at cost, with the receipt attached to the file.
What sits outside our control
01
Limit 01
What that means in practiceConsulates and ministries set their own processing times and can change them without notice.
02
Limit 02
What that means in practiceWe prepare and lodge. We do not decide, and no one can promise an outcome.
03
Limit 03
What that means in practiceSome filings require the applicant in person; the file says which before you commit.
The file, and what it costs to get wrong
On file before we start
On file before we start05
Dated against the movement, so nothing is discovered late.
BEFORE STARTPassport, all pages, in colour
BEFORE STARTPurpose of travel, stated plainly
BEFORE STARTPrevious refusals, if any
BEFORE LODGINGCompany letter, where the filing needs one
BEFORE LODGINGOriginal documents for legalisation
Missed detail, and what follows
01
One missing page
What followsA refusal on paperwork, not on merit, and the clock restarts.
02
A name spelled two ways
What followsThe file is returned unread. Days, not hours.
03
Lodging in the wrong district
What followsFees are not refunded and the appointment is gone.
03One movement, as it ran
An apostille run between two countries
Times are real, the client is not named, and nothing here needed a second phone call.
23A consulate counter with the shutter down - forms stacked, tray empty.
The movement, hour by hour
LOCAL
Day 1Collected from the office. Reference issued, receipt signed.
Day 2Notarised, then lodged for apostille. Status sent, unprompted.
Day 3Certified translation attached and checked against the original.
Day 4Returned by hand, not by courier. Signature on file.
04Questions and the ask
How are identity documents handled?
On a secure channel, never by email, held only while the filing is open, then deleted with written confirmation.
Can you act on a document without us present?
Where the authority allows a representative, yes, with written authorisation from you. Where it requires you in person, we book the slot and go with you.
BriefingGCS
Send what you have
A photograph of the passport page and one line about the purpose is enough for a real answer.
A named person replies, 24 hours a day. One car or a forty-person visit is answered the same way, with no minimum.
01Passport page
02Country and purpose
03The date it has to be done by
Staffed directly across Israel, Europe, Gulf, Americas - the cities are listed on all services. Anywhere else the desk still runs it, with the partner named before the movement.
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