Britannia Legals & Insurances

Power of attorney

A Power of Attorney is a document that is legally binding and grants an individual (or group of individuals) the right to act on behalf of a person for the stipulated tasks or responsibilities that are outlined within the Power of Attorney itself.

A Power of Attorney can be signed in Spain but also at a Notary’s office near your home. The "Apostille" is needed whenever you intend to use documents from any country outside of Spain within Spain. This is because Spain is a member of the Hague Convention, which establishes a new, standardised form of Legalisation.

On October 5, 1961 several nations joined to create this simplified method of legalising documents through the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents.

If you live in the UK:

Ask your Notary if they can provide this as an additional service to you.
Send the documents to the FCO in London with a stamped addressed envelope – this process takes about a month.
Go in personally to the FCO where they offer a same-day service.

Note the FCO is located at:

The Legalisation Office

Norfolk House (West)

437 Silbury Boulevard

Milton Keynes

MK9 2AH

The Public Counter

If you live in Ireland:

Send the documents to the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Dublin with a stamped addressed envelope – this process takes about a month.
Go in personally to the DFA where they offer a same-day service. Note that there are now two locations in Ireland where you can do this

Passport Office Cork

Consular Services - 1A Southmall Cork - 021 4944 765

Consular Section

Department of Foreign Affairs - Hainault House -

69 - 71 St. Stephen's Green - (01) 408 2174

The Public Counter

Ask your notary if they can provide this as an additional service to you.

If you are living in another country:

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