The Translation & Legalisation

No, you will obtain a marriage certificate from the country you marry in, and this will need to be translated into English in order to change your name. There is no legal requirement to deposit your foreign marriage or civil partnership certificate with the GRO, or to have your marriage/civil partnership recorded in the UK. The deposit of a foreign certificate does not make the marriage legal in the UK, nor does it 'recognise' the marriage as a valid one. No, we need your original documents in order to be able to legalise them at the FCO and the relevant consulate/embassy and attach them to the notarised translations.

Yes, all our translators hold the professional qualifications to be able to sign translations that will be used at the Home Office (e.g. for Visa applications). Any copies of the documents that have been translated and legalised or their translations will need to be legalised as well for them to be valid copies. Joint declarations are not accepted.