General

he authentication service provided by Singapore Academy of Law (SAL) is to authenticate the signature of a Notary Public in the Notarial Certificate.

For authentication service by SAL, you need to submit the Notarial Certificate signed by the Notary Public together with the attached document to SAL and pay the relevent fees [$26.75 (inclusive of GST) per signature […]

Below is the flowchart of the Singapore Notary Public process.

[…]

Our Notary Public is purely providing Notarial services, and legalisation (or legalization) at a particular embassy is not our responsibility. There are possibly 100s of foreign embassies or consulate offices in Singapore, and each has their own operational hours and procedures for legalisation. We can’t possibly know each and everyone’s policies, requirements, and/or procedures. Besides, […]

General

We receive numerous enquiries for our Notarial Services, and some have requested for advice on the foreign authority or organisation’s requirements.

In general, our Notary Public will provide his services within the ambit of Singapore law, and has no knowledge of the various foreign’s authorities, organisations, institutions and entities’ (the “foreign agency“) […]

The Notary Public will need to have sight of the original document (eg. Passport, Bank Statement) before he is able to certify true on the copy produced. If you wish to request our Notary Public to certify true a copy of your document, please be reminded to bring the original.

These are some of the important links and addresses for Notarisation (notarization) and Legalisation (legalization). Please check with repective departments as to their respective operating hours, and no representation is made as to the accuracy of the information contained in this page. Third parties’ links are provided as a matter of convenience, and the copyright thereof […]

A common Notary Public’s role is to certify true copies of educational certificates or letters. It is well known that many educational certificates or documents are fake, forged or not genuine, especially educational certificates purportedly from foreign institutions.

If you are requesting for this service, we may at our sole absolute discretion require any or a combination of the […]

We do get requests from foreign lawyers or agencies who have received our notarised documents (eg. certified true copy of document or witnessing of execution), but wish to verify with us if the notary services were actually provided and/or the authenticity of the appointment of the Notary Public who performed the notarial services. Usually, upon […]

Just as there are fake documents that are being produced for notarisation, there may be people who claimed to be a Singapore Notary Public when they are not duly appointed by the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL).

To verify if a particular Notary Public is genuine, you may wish to visit this […]

Apostille is certificate which verifies and confirms the seal and signature of person who authenticated the document. Not all countries can issue Apostille, but only the countries who had signed ‘Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents’.

As Singapore is not a party to the Convention, Singapore Notary Public cannot issue Apostille.

An […]