THERE are three levels of authenticating a document. For certain jurisdictions (including the UK, the Philippines, and Australia), documents verified by a notary public in Hong Kong will suffice (notarized documents).
For some jurisdictions (including Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Sri Lanka, and Canada), notarized documents may need to be submitted to The High Court of Hong Kong for further authentication of the notary’s capacity. This process is known as “apostille”.
For other countries (including Thailand, Egypt, and the UAE), apostille documents need a third level of authentication by its embassy/consulate in Hong Kong. This process is called “legalization”. Legalization means that the documents being “legalized” can be accepted as proper documents to be used in that foreign country.
Our team will inform you which level of authentication is required upon enquiry.