Apostille vs. Embassy legalisation for Georgia
Papers leaving Britain follow one of two paths. The short one is the apostille: a certificate the FCDO Legalisation Office fixes to the document, confirming the signature and seal on it. The long one adds a foreign mission's stamp afterwards. Georgia sits on the short path, so document legalisation for Georgia stops as soon as the British certificate is attached.
Georgia's Hague status and what it means
The Georgian side joined the Apostille Convention in 2007; the British side has been in it since 1965. Where both countries share the treaty, each undertakes to accept a certificate issued by the other without a second look from a consulate. The practical gain is time rather than money: an apostille from United Kingdom to Georgia skips a stage that used to be measured in extra weeks of waiting.
The Manchester to Georgia route step by step
Work outward from whoever made the paper. Civil records come from Manchester Register Office, which issues certified copies of births, marriages and deaths; a company document comes from the firm, a court order from the court. The Legalisation Office then takes the file by post, attaches its certificate and sends it back. An apostille issued in Manchester for use in Georgia is the same certificate as one obtained through any other British city.
Cost and timing for this route
Allow £45 per document on the ordinary postal service, or £40 per document where a registered business uses the next-working-day tier. Up to 25 working days is the published window for the ordinary service, and the post sits on top of it in both directions. The destination has no effect on either figure, so what you need for an apostille for Georgia costs and takes exactly what any other route does.
What the Georgian side will look at
The reader in Georgia uses the slip to settle one thing only: that the signature on your document is genuine. Everything else belongs to their own rulebook — which document they will accept, how recent it must be, whether they want it in their own language, and how many pages they expect. Those rules decide which paper is worth stamping; they never change how the stamping itself is done in Britain.