LEGALISING SPANISH POWER OF ATTORNEY
After a Spanish power of attorney has been drafted and notarised, the next step is to get is legalised in accordance with the Hague Convention 1961.
Legalisation is the process whereby the UK's Foreign & Commonwealth Office certify that the document has been signed by Mr Wagner in his capacity as a notary public. The certificate issued by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is called an apostille, and it affixed to the Spanish power of attorney itself.
As already indicated on the Home Page, the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, at the time of writing, charges £28.00 per document that needs an apostille affixing to it.
The Spanish power of attorney is sent by post to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office together with a cheque for £28.00, and eventually it will come back duly legalised for use in Spain. This is called a postal service.
The postal service provided by the Foreign & Commonwealth Office is highly variable in the amount of time it takes. Clients in a hurry to get their power of attorney to Spain are strongly recommended to opt for an expedited service, which involves having someone instructed by Mr Wagner to personally go round to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, as this reduces the turn around time for getting it legalised to just under a week. There is an extra charge of £75.00 made for this service.
Once the Spanish power of attorney has been duly legalised it is ready for use in Spain. When Mr Wagner gets the apparently legalised power of attorney back from being apostilled, the next step is normally for Mr Wagner to check that it really has been properly legalised, (because sometimes the Foreign & Commonwealth Office make a mistake), and, if everything is as it should be, the duly legalised Spanish power of attorney is sent to the clients.
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