3. Bride & Groom seeking to validate their overseas wedding in the UK.

No matter where the wedding took place you can not register your overseas marriage at a register office in the UK; However you may apply to have your overseas marriage documents deposited with the General Register Office (GRO) so long as the wedding took place in one of the country for which the GRO can accept formal notification. Once the documents have been deposited you will receive a letter of confirmation from the GRO and from this point on your overseas marriage will be made available in the public index for research and certificate purposes. You can then obtain certified copies of the documents without further need of contacting the foreign authority for that matter.

Countries from which the GRO can accept formal notifications as of August 2007:

If your overseas marriage documents are in a language other than English it is more likely that you would have to submit to the authority a certified translation of those documents.

This is where we can assist:

We are approved by most local authorities and institutions in the UK and overseas and have over 5 years of experience in the business of certification and legalisation of academic diplomas and transcripts.

We will translate your documents and draft the necessary certification signed, sworn and sealed before our solicitor or notary public.

What we will require:

* The original documents or a certified true copy of the same signed and stamped by the administration to which they are affiliated or alternatively a certified copy signed or stamped by the local consulate or embassy in the UK for the country for which they originate.

* These documents can either be sent directly to us by registered post or submitted physically at our head office reception in Liverpool Street. If you wish to consult directly with a member of staff you may do so without prior appointment at our affiliated branch of 23-28 Penn Street, London N1 5DL however all visitors to our Head Office must book an appointment first to be seen.

* Once we receive the originals or certified copies, the translated and certified version is returned to you within a couple of days unless we have been instructed to send the copies to an alternative address.

Remember a certified translation is a literal, word-by word translation of an original official document, without alteration, enhancement or modification as such our duty before the authorities requestor is of translating things just as they are.

We can not:

* Omit or summarise part or whole content of originals unless formally requested by the authorities

* Amend misspelled or any other errors on originals or adjust our translation with a corrected version of misspelled or any other errors originating from originals. If you are aware of errors in content on your originals, you should contact the person or authority that provided such documents and ask for alterations before submitting them for certification and translation.

* Accept personal translation of originals. If you have been referred to a specialist to conduct a task do not make an attempt to do it yourself even if it seems manageable. It won't make our work easier and only multiply your chances of being turn down by the authorities.

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