The Hague Apostille Convention, formally known as the “Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents”, is an international agreement governing how a document issued in one country can be certified for legal purposes in another.  This certification is called the apostille process. Any country that is a signatory to the Hague Apostille Convention will legally recognize documents from other signatory countries, as long as these documents have first been “apostilled”.

The United Kingdom is a signatory of the Hague Apostille Convention. If you need to use your documents in a non-apostille country, the documents will need authentication and legalization.

For more information on the Hague Apostille Convention, feel free to contact us. We would happily discuss your documents and how to best have them processed for use abroad. Call us toll-free at 1-888-433-1011 or send us an online enquiry.

Once all the required documents have been submitted to the Embassy of Qatar to apply for the Police Clearance Certificate, it will take between 2-6 months before it will be issued and ready at the embassy.

If you are required to supply a legalized fingerprint form as a part of your application for the Police Clearance Certificate, the process may take longer. This is because of the time required to notarize, authenticate, and legalize the fingerprint form prior to applying for the Qatar PCC.

Contact our expert staff to find out how long it will take and to ask us questions about this process. Call us toll-free at 1-888-433-1011 or fill out a quick contact us form.

Once all the required documents have been submitted to the agent in the UAE to apply for the Police Clearance Certificate, it will take approximately 2-4 weeks before it will be issued.

If you are required to supply a legalized fingerprint form as a part of your application for the Police Clearance Certificate, the process may take longer. This is because of the time required to notarize, authenticate, and legalize the fingerprint form prior to applying for the certificate.

Contact our expert staff to find out how long it will take and to ask us questions about this process. Call us toll-free at 1-888-433-1011 or fill out a quick contact us form.

Yes! Having your criminal record check sent directly to IDC is the fastest way to have your document apostilled. As soon as you notify Gambit that you will be using IDC to apostille your criminal record check, they will direct your document to our Ottawa office. The only exception is if Gambit has already shipped your completed criminal record check back to you. In this case, they will inform you of this fact and you may ship your document to us as soon as you receive it from Gambit. Here is a link to our address. If you have any questions about this do not hesitate to contact our friendly staff.