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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT
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FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH OFFICE - apostilles You may already be aware that last year the Foreign
& Commonwealth Office (FCO) announced plans to relocate its
legalisation office to Milton Keynes in Buckinghamshire. This move
is due to take place in the summer of this year. As a result of
strenuous lobbying by the notarial profession, the Confederation
of British Industry and major companies, the FCO has agreed to retain
a satellite legalisation facility in central London offering a premium
service to major users such as firms of scrivener notaries. The
FCO has promised enhanced service levels at the central London facility
(which will open on 1 April, 2008), including extended opening hours
and quicker processing. This in many ways is an outcome which is
likely to please the majority of our clients; the downside is that
the apostille fee levied by the FCO at the central London facility
will be £67 per document as compared to £27 at present.
The £27 fee will also apply at Milton Keynes. |


