📄 UK Death Certificate Apostille

Apostille Death Certificate
UK — Handled Quickly
and Sensitively

We apostille UK death certificates for use in 120+ countries — overseas probate, foreign bank and pension claims, property transfers and repatriation. Same-day FCDO submission from our Guildhall EC2V office. From £79 all-inclusive. Next-day return from £135.

FCDO-Registered Service

From £79 All-Inclusive

Same-Day FCDO Submission

120+ Countries Covered

Next Day from £135

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Send us a photo of your death certificate and tell us where it is going. We will confirm the exact price, the turnaround and whether embassy attestation is needed — before you pay anything or post anything.

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Who We Help

Why You Might Need an Apostille on a Death certificate

Settling an estate that reaches across borders almost always means proving the death to a foreign authority. These are the situations we deal with most.

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Probate & Estates Abroad

Foreign probate registries, notaries and courts will not open an estate file without an apostilled death certificate. This is the single most common reason clients contact us.

Common jurisdictions

SpainItalyFranceCyprusUSA

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Foreign Bank & Investment Accounts

Overseas banks need an apostilled death certificate before they will release funds, close an account or transfer a holding to the estate.

Common uses

Account ClosureFund ReleaseShare Transfer

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Overseas Property Transfer

Transferring or selling a property held abroad requires the foreign notary to see a legalised death certificate as part of the succession file.

Common destinations

SpainPortugalFranceItaly

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Pensions & Insurance Claims

Foreign pension providers and life insurers require an apostilled certificate before paying out or stopping payments.

Common uses

Pension ClaimsLife InsuranceAnnuities

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Repatriation of Remains

Repatriating a body or ashes to or from the UK requires legalised documentation for the receiving authorities and the airline.

Documents needed

Death CertificateCertificate of No Infection

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Remarriage of a Surviving Spouse

Marrying abroad after being widowed usually requires an apostilled death certificate for the previous spouse alongside your own documents.

Common destinations

SpainUAEUSA

Packages & Prices

Death Certificate Apostille — Fixed Prices

All packages include the FCDO government fee (£40), document pre-checking and status updates. No hidden costs.

From Death certificate to Apostille in Four Steps

Send Us a Photo

Message or email a picture of the document and tell us the destination country. We confirm the price, the turnaround and whether an embassy step is needed.

Get the Document to Us

Post it by Royal Mail Special Delivery, drop it at our Guildhall Yard office, or ask us to arrange a courier collection.

We Pre-Check and Submit

We check the document will be accepted before it goes anywhere, then submit it to the FCDO Legalisation Office and keep you updated.

Returned to You

The apostilled document comes back by tracked post, or you collect it from our City of London office — whichever suits you.

Before You Send

Death Certificate Types — What the FCDO Accepts

The FCDO legalises the certified certificate issued by a UK registrar. Not every document issued after a death qualifies, and sending the wrong one costs a week.

Document	Notes
✅ Register office certified copy	The standard certified copy of the entry in the death register, issued by the register office for the district where the death was registered. This is the correct document.
✅ GRO certified copy	A certified copy ordered from the General Register Office. Fully acceptable — and the fastest route if the original has been sent elsewhere. We can order one for you.
✅ Scottish and Northern Irish extracts	Extracts issued by National Records of Scotland or GRO Northern Ireland are legalised in the same way.
❌ Coroner's interim certificate	An Interim Certificate of the Fact of Death is issued while an inquest is open. Because the death is not yet fully registered, it is treated differently and often rejected by foreign authorities — talk to us before sending one.
❌ Certificate for burial or cremation	The "green form" and the cremation paperwork are not records of the registered death and cannot be used in place of a death certificate.
❌ Photocopies and scans	The FCDO will not legalise a photocopy or a printout, even a certified one. Order an additional certified copy instead — it is cheaper than the delay.

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You Can Order More Than One Certified Copy — and You Probably Should

An apostilled certificate normally stays with the foreign authority that receives it. If the estate involves a bank, a notary and a pension provider, each will want its own legalised copy. Ordering three certified copies at the outset and apostilling them together is considerably cheaper and faster than coming back three times. Multiple documents in one job also qualify for a reduced rate — ask us for a combined quote.

Transparent Pricing

Death Certificate Apostille — All-Inclusive Pricing

Every price below includes the FCDO government fee. The price we quote is the price you pay.

Service	What's included	Price	Turnaround
Standard Apostille	FCDO apostille (incl. £40 gov fee) + pre-check + tracked return	£79	72 hours	Standard
Next-Day Apostille	Same-day FCDO submission, released next working day	£135	Next working day	Express
Apostille + Embassy Attestation	For the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and other non-Hague countries	Quote	Varies by embassy	Country-specific
Sworn or certified translation	Added where the receiving authority requires it	Quote	Runs alongside	Optional

Why Us

A City of London Office, Not a Postal Middleman

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FCDO-Registered Agent

We are registered with the FCDO Legalisation Office and submit in person from Guildhall Yard, EC2V 5AE — a few minutes from the office.

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We Pre-Check Everything

Most rejected applications fail on the document, not the paperwork. We check yours will be accepted before it is submitted, and tell you if it will not.

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Fixed, All-Inclusive Prices

The government fee is inside our price. No surcharges appear later.

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Genuine Next-Day Option

Documents received before 10am go to the FCDO the same day and come back the next working day.

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Embassy Work Under One Roof

If your destination needs more than an apostille, we handle the embassy stage too — you send the document once.

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A Person Who Answers

Phone, email or WhatsApp during working hours. You deal with the same people from quote to return.

Questions

Death Certificate Apostille — Common Questions

Yes — the FCDO legalises a certified certificate issued by a registrar, not a photocopy. If your only copy is already committed elsewhere, we can order additional certified copies from the General Register Office and apostille those.

Standard service is from £79 and takes 72 hours from receipt at our City of London office. Next-day service is £135 — same-day FCDO submission, apostille released the next working day.

Yes, and you should if the estate has more than one foreign institution to satisfy. Multiple documents submitted together qualify for a reduced rate — send us the details and we will quote the whole set.

Possibly, but the interim certificate the coroner issues is not a registered death certificate and many foreign authorities will not accept it. Send us a photograph before posting anything and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth submitting or whether it is better to wait for the full certificate.

For Hague Apostille Convention countries — most of Europe, the Americas, Australia and much of Asia — yes. The UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, China and a handful of others require embassy attestation after the apostille. Tell us the destination and we will confirm the full route and cost up front.

Spanish, Italian and French probate files usually require a sworn translation; the UAE requires a legalised Arabic translation. We can arrange these alongside the apostille.

Yes. Most clients use Royal Mail Special Delivery. You can also drop documents at our Guildhall Yard office, or we can arrange a courier collection if you would rather not post an irreplaceable document.

Apostille Death CertificateUK — Handled Quicklyand Sensitively

Why You Might Need an Apostille on a Death certificate

Death Certificate Apostille — Fixed Prices

From Death certificate to Apostille in Four Steps

Death Certificate Types — What the FCDO Accepts

Death Certificate Apostille — All-Inclusive Pricing

A City of London Office, Not a Postal Middleman

Death Certificate Apostille — Common Questions

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Apostille Death Certificate
UK — Handled Quickly
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