Portugal Office

Procurement

LEX documents will help you obtain and authenticate official documents needed for immigration purposes. In many cases, the document procurement processes can be long, complicated and difficult to navigate. Without the correct official documents, work permits, visa filings and other immigration matters can be delayed.

Our Documents Services team assist our clients to obtain the correct and valid documents needed for their immigration processes in a timely manner. Our experienced teams adopts a pragmatic and efficient approach, by identifying the right documents that will meet consular and legal requirements. Once we procure the documents, we can assist with the apostille, consular legalization, translation and/or notarization required.

The Documents Services team can also assist with passport services. Whether a passport was lost or stolen, or if the client needs assistance renewing a passport that has expired, our team will offer guidance and accompaniment through the entire process.
At Lex Documents, we plan an individual and strategic plan for each case, delivering urgent and personally if necessary.

Our document services include:

• Procurement of academic records such as transcripts and diplomas from local universities
• Procurement Criminal background reports, FBI fingerprinting, court records, powers of attorney and police reports
• Procurement and registration of certificates: birth, marriage, death, adoption
• Procurement of notarized and certified copies of original documents
• Passport services: renewing expiring passports, replacing lost or stolen passports, procurement of second passports
• Assistance with official translation services
• Consular Legalization or apostille of documents

Legalizations

We offer an efficient, safe and quick document legalization services. Apostille for countries members of the HAGUE Convention and Consular Legalization for countries not members of the convention.

Authentication of a document is required when the document must be used outside of its country of origin. In order for the document to be valid abroad, it has to follow a specific legalization process depending of the type of document and the country of destination. At LEX, we determine the correct path for legalization of documents and complete the process of legalization on behalf of our clients.

LEX Documents has offices in many different cities of Europe and North and South America. Due to this international presence, we are able to obtain and authenticate documents in different locations for a variety of immigration procedures. After we have procured the document needed, we can proceed with its apostille if the country of destination is part of the HAGUE Convention or with its consular legalization if it is not part of the convention. We can also obtain certified or notarized copies of documents for legalization purposes, to ensure that the original documents remain untouched.

By providing legalization services for clients, we work with authorities and government institutions from all continents. In addition, when the procedures are carried out in several countries or when the documents originate in multiple locations, our Document Services team offers a central regional service to provide coordination of multijurisdictional services.

VISA

LEX experienced Visa Team specializes in assisting companies and individuals with visa applications, accompaniment services and fee payments. We guarantee a quick and professional service.

LEX Visa Team offers consular support in many countries, allowing us to file for visa applications on behalf of the client. If the applicants´ presence is mandatory for the filing of a visa, we offer accompaniment service to consulates and visa centers. We assist with all types of visas including: business, work, dependent, tourist and family reunion visas.

We will guide the applicant from start to finish of the visa filing process:

• We confirm the correct requirements for the type of visa requested
• Revise documentation and provide feedback before application is submitted
• Book appointments if necessary at the corresponding consulate
• File for the visa on behalf of the applicant
• Coordinate passport collection logistics once the visa is issued
• Offer expedited delivery service through a reliable courier company.

We maintain communication with consular officials throughout the process and ensure we comply with their requirements.

If urgent service is required, our team will work endlessly to ensure visas are filed as fast as possible in order to meet the applicant's traveling itinerary. We offer service to collect supporting documents personally at the applicant´s house or office and deliver the passport at the airport if needed. We offer a personalized and strategic service that will make the process easier.

Translations

LEX is currently able to provide official translations from and into various languages for business and personal documents. We ensure the highest level of accuracy and meet the needs of global business. The translation of legal documents is a complex exercise. Some legal concepts and terms are not shared by all countries or all jurisdictions and may not be equivalent. It is therefore of great value to have a thorough knowledge of the legal issues related to the source texts, not to mention that any error can have serious consequences, that is, in law, the language and its accuracy are very important.

At Lex Documents we have vast experience in translating highly diverse legal documents. We strictly comply with the translation standards required for legal documents. Therefore, we assign the work only to our team of legal translation professionals. Our professional translators and proofreaders have a long career in the legal industry, in addition to having received specialized training in legal translation. We pay special attention to linguistic and legal details, which has allowed us to establish strong long-term relationships with law firms and departments of a large number of multinational companies.

The legal documents we translate include several types of texts:

• Commercial contracts, sales contracts, employment contracts, distribution contracts
• Non-confidentiality clauses, non-competition clauses
• Reports of complaints
• Powers
• Succession
• Criminal procedures
• Birth certificates
• Death certificates
• Divorce lawsuits
• Letters of intention
• Company statutes
• Expert reports ...