London Apostille for Iraq — the Price of Each Mark

What a route to Iraq costs, line by line

The British charge attaches to each paper; the second stage is priced elsewhere. Plan the bundle around that.

In this guide

The charge follows the paper
Two published lines, one central office
Why a second charge follows
Spending the money where it counts

The charge follows the paper

The single most useful thing to know about this route is that the British price is per document. It is not a fee for a visit, a case or an envelope. Four papers in one parcel are four charges, and a folder built out of caution costs the same as a folder built out of need.

Two published lines, one central office

There are two rates rather than one. The standard postal line is £45 per document and is open to anyone. The next-day line is £40 per document and is meant for registered businesses. One office issues every British mark, wherever the paper started, and it works through the post rather than over a counter.

Why a second charge follows

Iraq has not joined the Hague Apostille Convention, so the shared treaty that makes a single slip enough elsewhere does not cover this corridor. An apostille from United Kingdom to Iraq is a real and useful mark, but a consular officer for Iraq adds a further stamp before an office there will act on the file.

That second stamp is priced and paced on the receiving side, so no British figure predicts it. Treat the £45 as the part you can pin down today and the consular stage as the part that decides both your final cost and your date.

Spending the money where it counts

The cheapest version of this job is a short, deliberate bundle. Ask the office or employer in Iraq for a written list, mark those papers, and stop. A certified copy from Westminster Register Office protects the record you cannot easily replace, and it also spares you paying for a second run when an original goes astray in the post.

So what you need for an apostille for Iraq is straightforward to price: a signed public version of each paper, £45 for each one at the British stage, and room in the budget for the consular half. Everything else on this route is postage and patience.

London → Iraq apostille FAQ

How much is the British mark?

£45 per document by post is the standard rate at the Legalisation Office. A registered business can use the next-day route instead, at £40 per document. Both figures sit on the paper, not on the parcel, so posting six papers together saves postage and nothing else. Trimming the bundle is the only real way to cut this line.

Who qualifies for the cheaper next-day rate?

It is built for registered businesses rather than for a person sorting out family papers. If you are a firm sending staff records or company papers abroad, it is the faster and cheaper of the two lines. A private sender uses the standard postal route and should read the £45 figure as the one that applies.

Does a London apostille for Iraq finish the job?

It does not. Iraq has not joined the Hague Apostille Convention, so the treaty route stops short and a consular stamp goes on top of the British mark. Budget for two stages rather than one: the British price is published and fixed per paper, while document legalisation for Iraq is priced by the staff who act for that country here.

Can I cut the cost by sending photocopies?

A plain photocopy has nobody behind it, so there is nothing for the office to mark. What works instead is a copy a public body signs: a certified copy from a register, or a sealed copy from a court. That version carries the same standing as the paper you hold, and it costs a fraction of replacing a lost record.

Which papers are worth marking at all?

Only the ones a named office in Iraq has actually asked for. People often mark a whole folder in case something is wanted, then pay twice when a fresh version is needed later. Work from the list you were given, mark those papers, and keep the rest at home until someone names them.

Four steps to your Iraq-ready legalization

No office visits, no queues. The entire process is handled remotely and you track every step in real time.

Prepare your document

Obtain the original document (or a certified copy) and confirm it is correctly issued or notarised before it can be authenticated in United Kingdom.

Authenticate at the source authority

Because Iraq is not a Hague member, the document is first legalised in United Kingdom by The Legalisation Office — an apostille alone is not accepted.

Consular attestation

Submit the authenticated document to the Iraq embassy or consulate for its attestation — the step that makes it valid in Iraq.

Receive your legalised document

Once attested, the document is recognised by authorities in Iraq. We track every stage and return it to you.

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