How to Get a Document Notarised Abroad – Without Visiting an Embassy

If you live abroad and need a document notarised – a power of attorney, an affidavit, a certified copy – the standard advice is: book an appointment at your embassy or consulate. Anyone who has tried knows the reality: appointment slots released months ahead and gone in minutes, long journeys to the nearest consulate, limited opening hours, and consular legalisation adding further weeks on top. There is a faster, fully legitimate alternative – and it doesn't involve any embassy at all.

Book your remote notarisation

Fixed price · Video verification · No embassy required

Typically within 24 hours

75 EUR notarisation + 75 EUR apostille

Video identification, any nationality

Valid in 130+ countries

The problem with the embassy route

Embassies and consulates perform notarial services for their citizens, but capacity is limited and demand is high. Waiting times of several weeks to several months for a notarial appointment are common at many missions worldwide. If your document then needs consular legalisation for another country, you're queueing twice. For anyone facing a property closing date, a bank deadline, or an inheritance process, that timeline simply doesn't work.

The alternative: remote notarisation + apostille in one step

Under the Hague Apostille Convention, a notarial act performed in one member country – completed with an apostille – is valid in all other member countries: more than 130 states, covering the entire EU, the UK, the USA, Ukraine, and most of the world. There is no legal basis for treating a properly apostilled foreign notarisation differently from a domestic one. This means you don't need your country's embassy. You need any Hague jurisdiction that can notarise remotely and issue the apostille quickly. Sweden is one of the fastest: the Swedish Notarius Publicus issues the apostille directly – no ministry or court as a second step – so notarisation and apostille are completed together, often the same day. Read more in our apostille guide.

How it works

Send us your document

Upload a scan or photo. We confirm what's required for your case and destination country.

Verify your identity by video call

A short meeting with a valid passport or national ID. Any nationality, anywhere in the world; where an original signature needs witnessing, this is arranged practically in the process.

Receive your document

Notarised and apostilled, typically within 24 hours: as a PDF for immediate use and as the physical original by courier (DHL) to you or directly to the receiving party.

Who this is for

Expats and citizens abroad

Anyone who can't get a timely embassy appointment for a power of attorney or declaration.

Property buyers and sellers

With a signing deadline abroad that an embassy queue would blow past.

Families handling inheritance or banking

Cross-border matters that need a certified document fast, not in a few months.

Companies

Needing certified and apostilled corporate documents for foreign banks and authorities.

Frequently asked questions

A notarial act with an apostille is valid in every Hague Convention country. Requirements for the underlying document vary by receiving institution – send us their requirements before ordering and we confirm the correct execution.

Then full legalisation is required (foreign ministry + embassy of the destination country). We can advise on the right route – ask us before ordering.

A fixed 75 EUR per document per service: notarisation 75 EUR, apostille 75 EUR – 150 EUR in total if you need both. Courier delivery is quoted separately by destination.

Typically within 24 hours from identity verification and document receipt. Urgent same-day handling is often possible – contact us in advance.

Ready to skip the embassy queue?

Book your remote notarisation now – or ask us a question first about your specific document and destination.