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Updated for 2024! The notaries at Vanner Perez Notaries have extensive experience helping prospective adoptive parents adopt children from overseas, and we are always delighted to be asked to assist with an international adoption. The UK Government website contains some excellent information about the procedure for intercountry adoptions. As part of the process, you will be…

When a UK company needs to execute a document for use abroad (e.g. a power of attorney), the document will often need to be notarised. If the company has more than one director, the notary may need to see a resolution of the company’s board of directors approving the transaction and/or authorising one of the…

Investment opportunities in Germany Germany’s thriving startup scene attracts attention from around the world. Many of our clients share the sentiment that ‘the money is in London and the returns can be made in Berlin’. Once you have found a suitable target however, you will often encounter red tape with regards to KYC, signature authentication…

This blog post is here to help you understand what it means to have your passport and other identity documents notarised and what a notary public will usually require from you in order to complete the process. Notarised identity documents are often requested to open bank accounts abroad, to obtain visas and to deal with…

The FCDO’s legalisation service in London is to be closed on December 29th 2023. There will not be a replacement service in London and so the possibility of obtaining apostilles on an urgent basis will disappear completely, to be replaced by an apostille service that will normally take two working days, offered through the FCDO’s…