Notary Public in Singapore

If you need an Apostille for a Singapore NRIC, passport, Certificate of Clearance, ACRA document or eligible educational certificate, check the direct SAL route first.

Where SAL accepts the document and the overseas recipient accepts a direct Apostille without notarisation, you can apply to SAL yourself and avoid notarial fees.

Check whether the recipient wants the original or a certified copy. For eligible true copies, bring the original so that SAL can make the copy. Digital documents must meet SAL’s verification requirements.

For eligible documents, we may assist with SAL submission, collection and courier arrangements under a separate engagement. Service fees and disbursements apply. This assistance does not itself require notarisation.

Obtain the document from the issuing authority first. If SAL requires your personal Singpass or email login for verification, you must attend yourself; a proxy cannot complete that step.

For powers of attorney, declarations, affidavits and other documents requiring your signature to be witnessed for overseas use.

For copies of passports, qualifications, company records and other documents that an overseas recipient requires a Notary Public to certify.

The total depends on the notarial act, documents, pages, signatories and number of Notarial Certificates and Apostilles. Use the relevant calculator above, or read the fee guide for a breakdown.

Witnessing: each document requires its own Notarial Certificate and Apostille. Documents requiring signature witnessing cannot be bundled.

Certified true copies or certified true originals: more than one document may be covered by one Notarial Certificate and its Apostille, or by separate certificates and Apostilles, depending on the recipient’s requirements. Bundling can reduce the total cost, but some recipients require separate certificates. Check with the recipient before instructing us.

Confirm the receiving authority’s requirements, including the document format, number of originals or copies, and whether it accepts an electronic certificate.

For company signing, bring the relevant company records and evidence of authority. Tell us about foreign-language documents or any specific certificate wording in advance.

A Notarial Certificate must be accompanied by an Apostille from the Singapore Academy of Law (SAL). The SAL fee is paid through our office as part of the notarisation process.

After notarisation, you collect the Apostille from SAL yourself, or arrange for a representative to attend. If you require our assistance with collection, this is subject to a service fee.

Bring the Notarial Certificate and its attached documents to SAL. Check SAL’s current counter details before travelling.

The electronic option is not our default. It is subject to suitability and prior arrangement. Confirm that the overseas recipient accepts both the e-Notarial Certificate and e-Apostille before requesting it.

This route avoids collection at SAL. The e-Notarial Certificate is valid in digital form only; a printout is for reference. Provide the correct recipient email address.

The SAL link is limited to one intended recipient. Electronic delivery does not remove the need to attend for signature witnessing. A later request for paper documents requires a separate process.

A separate direct e-Apostille service is available for eligible ACRA Business Profiles and Business Certificates (Incorporation/Registration) in OpenAttestation format, issued from 4 March 2023. It does not cover every ACRA extract or verifiable PDF.

A PDF is a file format. It does not, by itself, establish that a document is an original or that we can certify it.

Please keep the original files unchanged. Printing and rescanning may remove the information needed for verification.

Signed documents: certified true originals (CTO)

For a CTO request involving an already-signed document, such as a power of attorney signed by a director, board resolutions, an agreement or a letter, we may require further verification. We may ask one or more signatories to endorse the document through LEO Sign, our Singpass signing feature, eLitigation Document Signing Service (DSS), or another suitable method specified by our Notary Public.

Follow our instructions on which document and signatories require verification. These checks support the proposed certification; they do not amount to witnessing an earlier signature or, by themselves, establish authority to sign for a company. Where the document was signed on paper, bring the physical original.

Singpass endorsement before notarisation: what to do

Download the relevant product from Bizfile and send the original files supplied. Include the PDF and .oa file where issued, and retain any verification link.

For a Constitution or M&AA, obtain the appropriate ACRA extract and check whether eCertification is needed. Available verification features differ by product.

Some Singapore universities and schools issue educational certificates and transcripts through OpenCerts. NUS also provides verifiable PDFs. These original digital files can be checked through the relevant official verification service.

What to send: provide the original, unchanged .opencert file or the verifiable PDF issued by the institution, together with the recipient’s requirements. A scan, screenshot or PDF printed or converted from an OpenCerts file does not retain the same verification features. Our Notary Public must independently verify the digital document before deciding whether and how it can be certified.

Eligible Singapore educational documents may qualify for a direct SAL Apostille without notarisation, if SAL’s requirements are met and your recipient accepts that route. OpenCerts verification alone does not mean that a document qualifies for a direct e-Apostille.

Verify an OpenCerts file · Verify an NUS e-certificate · NUS e-scrolls and e-transcripts

Book an available slot before attending. Contact us first if you have unusual documents or an urgent deadline.