Posted: Sun Aug 9, 2020 8:43pm
Hi, it doesn't matter if a UK company or solicitor say they can do it for you as they ultimately have to involve the FCO and there is absolutely no way around it, apart from if you use the Spanish Embassy. The UK solicitor/company (who must be registered with the FCO to prepare legislation documents) prepares the document (in our case a POA) and it goes to the apsotle/FCO for Legalisation. The FCO are the only ones in the UK who can legalise it, unless the Spanish Embassy route is taken and I think you have to do that route yourself.
We got a huge shock at the rules and limitations around this when we had to do it.
Sorry it's not better news but hope it helps :(