Is a school, bank or office in another country asking for an apostille? An apostille is a stamp page that tells the other country your Singapore paper is real. Our apostille services in Singapore take care of the whole job for you. We check your paper, get a notary seal if it needs one, and take it to the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL).
Some papers can go to SAL straight away. Others need a Singapore Notary Public to sign them first. We tell you which path your paper needs before you pay. With our SAL apostille for your documents, you do not have to stand in line or learn the rules yourself.
If the other country wants your paper in its own language, we can translate it too. We work in more than 200 languages, such as French, Spanish, Chinese and Bahasa Indonesia. The translation is done before the notary and SAL steps, so the order is right the first time.
We send you a scan by email, so you can check it. Then you get the paper by courier in Singapore, or you can collect it at Suntec Tower One. Tell us the country that will read your paper, and we will send you a free quote first.
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Since 16 September 2021, SAL puts an apostille on Singapore papers that will be used abroad. But SAL does not treat every paper the same way. A document apostille in Singapore follows one of two routes, and the route depends on who made your paper. If your paper is not in English, see our page on translation notarised before the SAL step.
Papers made by a Singapore government office, such as a birth or marriage certificate, a court paper or a police certificate, can usually go to SAL directly.
Letters, contracts, sworn statements, private school papers, company papers and copies must first be signed by a Singapore Notary Public. SAL then checks the notary's seal.
We translate your paper if needed, arrange the notary, and take the set to the SAL counter for you. You just send us your paper.
Based on the legalisation pages and FAQs on legalisation.sal.sg, run by the Singapore Academy of Law. Rules can change, so please check the latest rules there. The country that gets your paper decides what it accepts. SAL does not endorse any private company.
Most people need apostille help for papers going abroad for one of these six plans. If you are giving someone the right to act for you overseas, a power of attorney notarised for use abroad is often the first paper to prepare.
Many visa offices abroad want a Singapore police certificate with an apostille. It shows you have a clean record.
Papers often asked for
A new country may want proof of who is in your family. It often asks for these papers with an apostille.
Papers often asked for
A school or job board abroad may want to be sure your Singapore results are real before it accepts them.
Papers often asked for
Opening a branch, a bank account or a trademark abroad often needs your Singapore company papers with an apostille.
Papers often asked for
A land office or lawyer abroad may need your signed papers to carry an apostille before it can act on them.
Papers often asked for
A bank or pension office in another country may ask for proof of your income, health or identity with an apostille.
Papers often asked for
Is your plan not here? Tell us the country and what the paper is for, and we will tell you which route your paper needs.
Check My RouteThese are the papers people bring to us most. For each one, we plan the right way of getting a paper apostilled in Singapore, with or without a notary. Need a paper that is not listed? Our page for Singapore notary translation services shows every paper we work with.
Our apostille service Singapore clients follow four easy steps. We plan the route first, so nothing has to be done twice.
Start My ApostilleUpload a clear scan or photo of your paper. Tell us which country will read it and what it is for. If your paper is a digital file, like a police certificate or an online degree, send that file too. This helps us see if your paper can go to SAL straight away, or if it needs a notary first.
We reply with a free quote and a simple plan. The plan shows each step in order: translation if needed, notary if needed, and then SAL. It also says when your paper will be ready. You can pay by Visa, Mastercard, PayNow or PayLah. We only begin after you say yes to the plan, so there are no surprises.
If your paper is private, a Singapore Notary Public signs and seals it. A sworn statement signed before a notary is a common example. If the country wants another language, our translator does that first. Then the notary seals the set. Most government papers skip this step and move straight on to the SAL counter.
We bring your original paper to the SAL counter for you. SAL checks it and adds the apostille on the spot. We then scan the finished paper and email you the scan to check. After that, you get the hard copy by courier in Singapore, or you can collect it at our office in Suntec Tower One.
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Some countries read only their own language. A Spanish office may want Spanish, and a Chinese office may want Chinese. In that case, we offer translation and apostille in one order. We work in more than 200 languages, such as French, German, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Arabic and Bahasa Indonesia.
The order of steps matters. Usually the paper is translated, then the notary seals it, and then SAL adds the apostille. For school plans, a degree translation with a notary seal is one of our most common jobs. Some countries want their own local translator, so ask the office first and we will plan around it.
Malay
Bahasa Melayu
Chinese (Simplified)
简体中文
Indonesian
Bahasa Indonesia
Tamil
தமிழ்
Japanese
日本語
French
Français
Chinese (Traditional)
繁體中文
Hindi
हिन्दी
Vietnamese
Tiếng Việt
Thai
ภาษาไทย
Spanish
Español
Arabic
العربية
Danish
Dansk
Czech
Čeština
Burmese
မြန်မာ
Russian
Русский
Dutch
Nederlands
Sinhala
සිංහල
German
Deutsch
Portuguese
Português
Khmer
ខ្មែរ
Korean
한국어
Italian
Italiano
Hebrew
עברית
Norwegian
Norsk
Greek
Ελληνικά
Bengali
বাংলা
Romanian
Română
Persian
فارسی
Turkish
Türkçe
Tagalog
Wikang Tagalog
Urdu
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Don't see your language? We translate 200+ languages, including rare and regional ones.
When your apostilled documents from Singapore come back, everything is joined together. The office abroad can see each part clearly.
If you also need school papers in another language, a notarised transcript translation for schools abroad can be added to the same pack.
A stamp page from SAL that tells the other country your paper is real.
Each apostille has a number and a date. Anyone can check it on legalisation.sal.sg.
For private papers, the notary's signed and sealed page is joined to the apostille.
If you asked for one, the translated pages sit in the pack in the right order.
We email you a scan before the courier leaves, so you can check names and dates. If the office abroad asks for a change to our translation, we fix it for free.
These sample pages show our apostille work on real paper types. Names and numbers are hidden to keep people's details safe.
Read what people say about our apostille support for papers leaving Singapore.
These stories show how good apostille planning before you pay saves time and money.
A legal paper going to Indonesia needed a translation too. We set the order so SAL stamped the notary's page, and the set was accepted the first time.
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A client thought she needed SAL. We asked who would read the paper, and found she did not need an apostille at all.
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This guide explains what SAL checks and when a paper really needs its stamp. It is a good first read before you order.
Read Full Case StudySend us your paper and tell us where it is going. We will reply with the right route and a free quote. Our apostille help from start to finish means you never have to queue at SAL yourself.
