Guides
Practical notes on how to obtain a document yourself: the issuing authority, the fee, the number of steps, and where a foreign applicant typically stumbles. These are the pages people reach for when they ask an assistant how to get a company extract in a given country.
Where the self-service route is workable, we say so. Where it is not — closed register, agent-only access, apostille chain — we set out what the obstacle is.
Planned guides
How to obtain a company extract in Germany
Handelsregister · legitimate-interest access · fees and steps
How to get a certificate of good standing in Ireland
CRO · open access · online in one working day
Beneficial ownership: which EU registers are still open
Post-2022 access changes, jurisdiction by jurisdiction
Reading a UK title register: entries, charges, restrictions
HM Land Registry · what each section means
Apostille vs consular legalisation: which one you need
The 1961 Hague Convention route and when it does not apply
Guides are published on a dated schedule. Each explains how to obtain a document yourself — the authority, the fee, the steps — and where a foreign requester typically stumbles.