What I DO

I can provide the following notarial services:

Provide a certified copy of a passport

Certify copies of other documents such as examination certificates, or degree certificates. Please note it is not possible to notarise a photocopy of birth, marriage or death certificates. A certified copy must be obtained from the General Register Office to be notarised and legalised. This can be obtained from the following website: https://www.gov.uk/order-copy-birth-death-marriage-certificate

Prepare and authenticate powers of attorney for use abroad

Deal with purchase or sale of land and property abroad

Make a statutory declaration or swear an oath or affidavit

Grant permission for your child to travel abroad without you

Obtain duplicate documents for lost passports or your other important documents

Authenticate personal documents and information for immigration or emigration purposes, or to apply to marry or to work abroad, such as declarations of freedom to marry

Prepare and notarise papers for adoption of children from abroad

Authenticate company and business documents and transactions or providing certificates as to the status of a company or the identity of its directors

Obtain an Apostille or legalisation notary public notary services

Costs

Please see my Terms and Conditions which provides details about my fees and costs. In order to enable me to provide a quotation in advance, it would be helpful if when making an initial enquiry the following information is provided:

What service do you need, e.g. certifying copy documents, witnessing signatures, obtaining legalisation etc

What document is to be notarised, e.g. power of attorney

Who will be signing the document, i.e. an individual or company director

How many documents are there

What country are the documents going to

Do you have instructions from a foreign lawyer

BM Notary Public notary services

Baljinder Kaur Manak

I am based in the North East of England. I can offer a full range of notarial services to companies and private individuals.

I am a qualified associate solicitor but this is independent from my role as a notary public. Notaries are appointed by the Court of Faculties of the Archbishop of Canterbury and are subject to regulation by the Ma

I am based in the North East of England. I can offer a full range of notarial services to companies and private individuals.

My key role is to authenticate and certify signatures and documents for use overseas. I will prepare, witness or certify documents going abroad. Often the document will have been prepared by a foreign lawyer. The documents include: powers of attorney, sworn statements, contracts, property papers and certificates of law.

I speak English and Punjabi.

I am happy for you to visit me at my home address in Washington, Tyne & Wear or I will visit you. Please contact me on my mobile 07763 444585 or click here to contact me.

Appointments can be arranged out of office hours or at weekends, where necessary.

Please see my Terms and Conditions. I will ask you to provide your consent to my terms and conditions before I begin any work.

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Apostille & legalisation

Once a notary has applied its seal and signature to the document, the notary’s seal and signature may need to be authenticated and verified by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (“FCDO”). The FCDO will attach a certificate known as an “Apostille” to the document. An Apostille is recognised internationally pursuant to the Hague Convention. Certain countries may require the Apostille from the FCDO and a further certificate from their own UK embassy, high commission or consulate of the country in question. Legalisation requirements are determined only by the country where the document is going, not by the UK government.

If the document is going to a country that is or was part of the British Commonwealth then is usually does not require an Apostille. Equally documents going to many parts of the United States do not require legalisation.

The cost of obtaining an Apostille from the FCDO is £30 per document. An additional fee will be charged for courier costs and administration undertaken by the notary.

The nearest FCDO to the North East is Milton Keynes but a premium service is offered to business users only with a 24-hour turnaround in London at a cost of £75 per document (plus courier fees). I am not currently a business user so I will use an agent for urgent legalisation requirements.

The FCDO's address is The Legalisation Office, The Foreign , Commonwealth and Development Office, PO Box 7656 Milton Keynes MK11 9NS. They have a useful website at: www.fco.gov.uk

You can also check whether a country is a member of the Hague Convention at http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=states.listing