the United Kingdom is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention: a single apostille, affixed in Switzerland by the chancellery of the issuing canton, makes your Swiss document valid there — no embassy, no consulate, no further stamp.
Order an apostille →Always in the country that issued the document — so for your Swiss diploma, extract or certificate, at the state chancellery of the issuing canton, or at the Federal Chancellery for federal documents. We route it; you just name the canton.
Diplomas and transcripts for jobs and universities, civil-status records for marriages and residence, criminal-record extracts for visas, commercial-register extracts and powers of attorney for business.
Standard 1–2 business days plus delivery; same-day express available. Registered Swiss mail included — or DHL straight to the United Kingdom (CHF 140 worldwide, CHF 90 in Europe).
An English translation is required from every Swiss canton — no Swiss authority issues in English. British institutions are generally pragmatic about who produced it, but universities and the Home Office both expect a translator’s certificate of accuracy attached. That certificate, not the translation itself, is what carries the weight.
A document issued in the United Kingdom and needed in Switzerland is apostilled by the British legalisation office, not here — the apostille always comes from the country of issue. We handle the Swiss direction and can point you to the right route for the other one.