Our solicitor can verify, certify, apostille & legalise
All UK recognised degree-awarding universities or colleges
471
recognised UK
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About the Author
Kwok is a practising solicitor based in London, admitted in England & Wales and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. He is registered with the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. Kwok has worked as legal counsel and in-house solicitor across leading firms and corporations. He personally oversees every apostille and legalisation case at Ginkgo Advisory, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and end-to-end quality control.
Kwok Lam
Legal Consultant of Ginkgo Advisory
Using a UK university degree certificate in Malta?
You may need a properly certified and apostilled UK degree certificate before a Maltese employer, university, regulator, HR department, immigration office or public authority will accept it.
Malta is a Hague Apostille Convention country. This means a UK FCDO apostille is usually the key legalisation step for UK documents used in Malta, without further embassy legalisation in most cases.
Ginkgo Advisory can help you prepare your UK degree certificate through a clean, reliable route:
degree verification → solicitor certification → 2 working days FCDO apostille → delivery to Malta or worldwide
For Malta, the Document Chain Matters
A degree certificate is not just a piece of paper.
For overseas use, the receiving authority may need to know three things:
- Is the degree genuine?
We can verify your degree with the issuing university or through recognised verification platforms where needed. - Has the document been properly certified?
Our solicitor can prepare certification suitable for FCDO apostille submission. - Has the UK signature been apostilled?
The FCDO attaches the apostille after checking the relevant UK signature, stamp or seal.
This gives your UK academic document a stronger chain for use in Malta.
UK Degree Certificate Apostille for Malta
You may need a UK degree certificate apostille for Malta if you are applying for:
- employment in Valletta, Sliema, St Julian’s, Birkirkara, Mosta, Mdina, Qormi or Gozo
- professional registration in Malta
- university admission or postgraduate study
- visa, residence or relocation matters
- HR onboarding with a Maltese employer
- banking, corporate or compliance checks
- recognition of a UK academic qualification
Our Malta Apostille Service
1. Send Us Your UK Degree Certificate
Send us a clear scan of your UK university degree certificate.
We review:
- the issuing university
- the document format
- whether it is an original, scan, PDF or digital record
- the intended use in Malta
- whether degree verification is needed before certification
2. We Verify the Degree Where Needed
Where needed, we verify the degree with the issuing institution or through recognised platforms, including:
- HEDD
- GradIntelligence / HEAR
- Digitary / Parchment
- direct university registry verification
- official university verification letters
- university digital document portals
This step is especially useful if the Maltese receiving authority wants stronger evidence that the UK qualification is genuine.
3. Our Solicitor Certifies the Document
Our solicitor prepares the certification for the UK degree certificate.
Where appropriate, the wording can confirm that:
- the document is a true copy
- the degree certificate has been reviewed
- the authenticity of the document has been verified with the issuing institution or through an accepted verification route
- the document is suitable for FCDO apostille submission
This is stronger than a simple “certified true copy” when authenticity matters.
4. We Arrange the 2 Working Days FCDO Apostille
Once the document is ready for submission, we can arrange our 2 working days UK apostille service.
The 2 working days timeframe applies once the document has been prepared and is ready for FCDO submission.
University verification time depends on the issuing institution or platform.
5. We Deliver the Completed Document
After the apostille is completed, we can arrange delivery to:
- Malta
- Gozo
- the UK
- another overseas address
Does Malta Need Embassy Legalisation After the Apostille?
Usually, no.
Malta is covered by the Hague Apostille system. For UK documents used in Malta, an FCDO apostille is usually the legalisation step required, rather than consular or embassy legalisation.
However, you should still check the exact receiving authority in Malta. Some employers, universities, regulators or government departments may have their own wording, translation or format requirements.
What We Can Apostille for Malta
We can help with:
- UK bachelor’s degree certificates
- UK master’s degree certificates
- UK PhD certificates
- UK academic transcripts
- HEAR records
- GradIntelligence records
- Digitary documents
- university verification letters
- professional qualification certificates
- UK college certificates
- UK school documents
If your degree certificate and transcript need to be used together, we can advise whether a bound set is suitable.
A bound set may work well when the Maltese authority needs both the award certificate and academic record in one apostilled bundle.
UK Degree Certificate and Transcript Apostille for Malta
Some Maltese employers, universities or professional bodies may ask for both the degree certificate and the academic transcript.
In that situation, we can help you decide whether to apostille:
- the degree certificate only
- the academic transcript only
- the degree certificate and transcript separately
- the degree certificate and transcript as a bound set
The right option depends on the receiving authority’s requirements.
Where possible, we keep the legalisation chain clear, readable and easy for the overseas authority to understand.
Why Ginkgo Advisory?
Because document legalisation is not only about speed.
It is about preparing the document correctly before it reaches the FCDO.
For Malta, Ginkgo Advisory can help you:
- review your UK degree certificate
- verify your UK degree where needed
- use HEDD, GradIntelligence, Digitary or university verification routes where available
- prepare solicitor certification
- arrange a 2 working days UK FCDO apostille service
- prepare degree certificates and transcripts for use in Malta
- advise on bound sets where suitable
- deliver completed documents to Malta or worldwide
Apostille Your UK Degree Certificate for Malta
Need to use your UK degree certificate in Malta?
Send us a clear scan of your certificate and tell us where the document will be used.
We will review the document, explain the likely process and help you prepare it for Malta.
Ginkgo Advisory — UK degree verification, solicitor certification and 2 working days FCDO apostille service for Malta.
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