Need for Visa Documentation Legalisation Process

After been issued in the UK, the documents need to be authorized before they may be used. You can personally submit your application or have someone else do it on your behalf at the Embassy or Consulate. Ready for legalization must be the aforementioned papers:

A correctly completed application for consular legalization; to access the form for legalizing a death certificate, go here.

Hand-delivered forms are no longer accepted. Please print the form after online filling it out.

The original and a photocopy of the apostille issued by the FCDO or a department having FCDO authorisation;

Documents with two or more pages must be bound with silk ribbons and properly sealed by the notary office. The Embassy and Consulates will not legitimize a document if it is found to be forged, counterfeited, or otherwise altered;

Please mark any blank pages in your documents including the covers with the words "This page has no contents."

 A duplicate of your current passport

If you've given someone permission to apply for legalization on your behalf, they must present both a photocopy of your passport and a passport that is still valid; if the entrustee is a business or organization, they must also present a letter of authorization to the person who submits the application at the consular office; A photocopy of the legal representative's passport and other paperwork demonstrating their right to act on behalf of the company are required in order to legalize a business license.

A few facts to consider are:

The Chinese Embassy and Consulates are solely responsible for determining the legality of the signatures of officials or approved departments. The issuing party should be responsible for the documents' content.

The Visa Documentation Legalisation Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents now only applies without the need for legalizations after the issuance of a Attached Certificate to them.