Signed, stamped and ready for abroad
Your company has decided to open a branch, name a bank signatory or appoint someone overseas, and the foreign office wants proof. Board resolution legalisation in Singapore turns your signed resolution into a paper that office will accept.
Your directors sign in front of our partner Notary Public, who checks their authority against the ACRA record. We then take the resolution through SAL and, where the country needs it, the embassy.
Tell us what the resolution approves and where it is going, and we reply with the route and a fixed price.
Can a Singapore board resolution be legalised for use abroad?
Yes, once our partner Notary Public has notarised it first.
A board resolution is written and signed by your company, not issued by a government office. SAL will only authenticate or apostille it after a Singapore Notary Public has witnessed the signatures or certified a copy.
WHERE IT IS USED
Overseas registries, banks and partners ask for board resolution legalisation whenever they must act on a decision your Singapore board has made. For company sets with several papers, our corporate document legalisation service handles them together.
A free zone or registry abroad wants proof the parent board approved the new branch.
The resolution shows who will hold the shares and sign the set-up papers.
Foreign banks check which people the board allows to open and run the account.
Many countries ask for a resolution naming the general manager or legal representative.
Government buyers often want proof that the signer of a bid was authorised.
The resolution approves the attorney before the power of attorney is signed.
A branch abroad updates its records when the parent changes directors or managers.
Deregistering a branch or subsidiary usually needs a resolution approving the closure.
WHERE YOUR RESOLUTION STARTS
Not every board resolution arrives in the same form, and the form decides whether directors sign again or our partner Notary Public certifies what you already have. ACRA records, by contrast, go straight to SAL, as our certificate of incorporation legalisation explains.
| Document form | First step | What to know |
|---|---|---|
| Unsigned draft resolution | Our partner Notary Public first | Directors sign the final version in front of our partner Notary Public, which most foreign offices prefer. |
| Resolution already signed in wet ink | Our partner Notary Public first | Our partner Notary Public can certify a copy, though some offices insist on a signing they witnessed. |
| E-signed resolution (DocuSign or similar) | Re-sign in wet ink | Electronic signatures cannot be witnessed after the fact, so the directors usually sign a paper version. |
| Extract of board minutes | Secretary certifies, then notary | The company secretary or a director certifies the extract as true and signs it before our partner Notary Public. |
| Shareholders' resolution | Our partner Notary Public first | Shareholders sign instead of directors, and a corporate shareholder signs through its own authorised person. |
| Foreign registry's own template | Wording check first | We fill in your company details and check the wording before anyone signs. |
BY DESTINATION
Whether your board resolution needs an apostille or full embassy attestation depends only on the country that will receive it. Tap a country for its full guide.
STEP BY STEP
Legalising a board resolution follows a fixed order, and the signing day is the step that needs the most planning on your side.
We read your draft against the foreign office's checklist and flag missing names, dates or powers.
Your directors sign before our partner Notary Public, who checks their IDs and the ACRA Business Profile.
Our partner Notary Public attaches a certificate confirming who signed and in what capacity.
SAL authenticates or apostilles the notary's signature, and non-Hague countries then add an embassy stamp.
You collect the finished resolution or we courier it to you or straight to the foreign office.
ORIGINAL OR COPY
Directors' resolution notarisation can be done on a newly signed original or on a copy of one already signed. Which one fits depends on what the receiving office will accept.
Registries abroad often ask for the ACRA Business Profile and constitution with the resolution, and we legalise them as one set.
China, Thailand, Vietnam and the Gulf usually need the resolution in their own language, and our certified translation for legalisation is placed where the route allows it.
If the board changed after the resolution was passed, the signers must match the current ACRA record, so a new resolution may be needed.
FREE WORDING CHECK
Send the draft and the foreign office's checklist, and we point out gaps before your directors spend time on the signing.
PRICES
Costs for board resolution legalisation follow each step, so a resolution for an apostille country costs less than one going through an embassy.
Translation is quoted per page and language, and courier is quoted with your address.
TIMING
Getting every director to the signing is often slower than any office stamp, so board resolution legalisation timing starts with their diaries.
Working to a set-up or bank date? Our urgent document legalisation can bring the signing forward to the same day where possible.
BEFORE THE SIGNING
Collecting these papers early keeps the board resolution signing to a single visit for your directors.
Another Singapore-based director can often sign instead, and we check whether the foreign office accepts that before you book.
Our legalisation from overseas service explains the options when no director can come to Singapore.
AVOID A REFUSAL
Tiny errors in a board resolution are only spotted abroad, after the stamps are on. Resolutions that come with a power of attorney legalisation need the same names and powers in both.
FAQ
Points directors raise just before their board resolution legalisation starts. Message us if your doubt is not covered.
Only the people whose signatures the resolution needs must attend, and that depends on your constitution and the foreign office's rules. Each signer has to sign in front of our partner Notary Public with their passport or NRIC.
Expect S$170 for signing before our partner Notary Public and S$200 for SAL authentication, plus the UAE embassy fee at cost. Any translation is quoted separately per page.
Signing and the notarial certificate take 1–2 working days, and SAL takes another 1–2 working days. Embassy countries add the mission's own time, and an urgent signing on the same day may be possible.
Often another Singapore-based director can sign instead, if the foreign office accepts that. If the overseas director must sign, they sign before a notary where they live and follow that country's route, which we can explain.
The decision and its wording come from your board, but we check your draft against the foreign office's checklist. If the registry has its own template, we fill in your company details before anyone signs.
Not usually, as Singapore companies no longer need a common seal. If your constitution or the foreign office asks for one, bring it to the signing and it is applied there.
English works in Singapore, but receiving offices there usually want their own language too. You can sign a side-by-side bilingual version or add a certified translation, and we check which one the office prefers.
Possibly, as our partner Notary Public can certify a copy for S$130 before SAL. Many banks and registries want a recent signing, and the signers must still match the ACRA record, so a fresh resolution is sometimes the safer choice.
Tell us the country and what the resolution approves, and we confirm the route and price before your directors sign. We also handle the wider legalisation of company and personal documents in Singapore if more papers are needed.