Documents issued in the U.K. for use in China’s Mainland , must be legalized by the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in the U.K.. Legalization application must be submitted in person or by agent, and the following supporting documents are required:

 

1. Completed application form; If legalising Death Certificate, please click the form of Legalization for Death Certificate.
(typed only, exc. signatures)；
 

2. The original documents with Apostille from FCO or its authorized institutions, and copies of the Apostille page.

 

3. Documents of two or more pages must be bound by a silk ribbon and sealed properly by a notary public. Applications with obliterated documents or failing to meet the binding requirements shall not be accepted.

 

4. Any blank page that is contained in documents must be marked with the phrase “No text”.

 

5. Applicant’s valid passport, both original and a photo copy, are required.

6. Applications submitted by an authorized individual should be accompanied by the  assignee’s original passport and a photo copy. Applications submitted by an authorized  agent company should be accompanied by an extra authorization letter from the company. 

 

7. For legalizing the “Certificate of Incorporation” of a company, a copy of the company’s legal representative’s passport and documents such as company’s directors' list that can prove the legal representative’s position are required.

 

 

Notices:

 

1. The Chinese Embassy and Consulates in the U.K. will only legalize the genuineness of the seal of  FCO or its authorized institutions and the authorized officer’ s signature, but not of the content of documents.

 

2. At present, the “Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents” applies to Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR, any documents issued in the U.K. with “Apostille” can be used in Hong Kong SAR and Macao SAR directly.

 

3. Prior to legalization from the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in the U.K., documents  issued by British Overseas Territories such as “Isle of Man”, “Bailiwick of Jersey” and“Bailiwick of Guernsey” can be legalized with their local institutions authorized by FCO, while documents issued by all other British Overseas Territories such as “British Virgin Islands”, will have to be legalized by Legalization Office of FCO in advance.

4. Applications by post or delivered by courier are not acceptable.

 

5. Once the legalization application has been received, the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in the U.K. will only provide “Pickup Form” to the applicant,no “signed receipt” will be issued.

 

6  Applications with the following issues will not be accepted:

(1) The seal or signature of the document is not true or accurate.

(2) The seal or signature of the document could not be verified through our records.

(3) The document fails to meet requirements for sealing, signature or binding, according to both the documents issuer and user.

(4) Any document issued by domestic institutions in China such as Chinese passport, ID or driving license.

(5) The contents of the documents violate Chinese laws or may impair China’s public interests.

 

7  Documents which were issued in third-countries for use in China’s Mainland , must be legalized by their local authorized institutions, and the Chinese Embassy in those countries.

 

All Rights are reserved by the Chinese Embassy or Consulates in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.