The notarisations performed by the Consulate includes the verification of signatures, the certification of affidavits, certificates and of the accuracy of document copies. Please ensure that you understand the language of the documents you bring for notarisation. Otherwise, please bring with you a notarised translation together with a signed affidavit by the notary translator who translated the document for you into a language that you speak (English or Hebrew).
Notarisation of an original document is 12GBP.
Notarisation of a copy of an original document is 6GBP.
If you do not provide an envelope for return postage of the notarised documents, you will be charged for one at the Consulate and we will provide one for you. Please bring your own pre-paid self addressed envelope so that you can track your document after we have dispatched it.
Please note that if you are signing documents related to real-estate, you must present a valid passport for identification
Please note that if you wish to sign a document in the name of a corporation or company, please email us beforehand for instructions at consular11@london.mfa.gov.il
Verification of public documents
There are two possibilities for verifying a public document:
1. Verification by means of apostille
In 1978, Israel signed and ratified the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents – 1961 (hereinafter: the Hague Convention). The purpose of this Convention was to shorten the processes required for a particular country to recognise the official documents issued by another country, by means of apostille certification.
Public documents and certificates that were issued in one of the countries that are signatories to the above Convention, and which bear the apostille stamp, are valid for presentation in Israel, without the need for additional verification / certification by the diplomatic / consular representative at the Israeli mission.
Additionally, for countries that are signatories to the Hague Convention, no additional verification is required by the mission consul of the country for which the document is designated, if it was stamped with an apostille in Israel.
With regard to a list of the countries that signed the Convention, and details about the authority competent to grant apostille certification in each country, as well as additional information,
click here.
The legalisation of British documents is done by:
The legalistation Office
PO Box 6255
Milton Keynes
MK10 1XX
2. Verification by means other than apostille
Verification of a document in a country that is not a signatory to the Hague Convention should be implemented as follows:
After the document is verified by the competent authority in the foreign country (usually the Foreign Ministry or Ministry of Justice), the Israeli consular representative verifies the signature of the competent authority.