CERTIFICATE ATTESTATION
Services Offered
Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Attestation / Apostille.
Optional Services Offered
- State Attestation (Home Department and/or Education Department)
- Diplomatic Mission Attestation (Embassies / High Commissions / Consulates)
- Translation
- Courier Service for Submission and Return of Documents
There are three basic types of attestations:
State Attestation
State attestation is required before MEA attestation, where depending on the type of document, relevant state attestation is required. For example in case of educational documents, attestation from State Education Department is required. In case of personal documents, Home Department or General Administration Department of the concerned state should attest the document prior to attestation by the MEA.
MEA Attestation or Apostille
MEA attestation or apostille is done only after attestation by the relevant state authorities
Embassy Attestation
Embassy attestation is done after the MEA attestation/apostille
An Apostille is a type of attestation in which documents are legalised in a particular format that is acceptable in all nations that belong to the Hague Convention. Essentially, Apostille is an international attestation that is acceptable in about 92 countries, and most of the western world recognises Apostille.
Apostille stamp is a square shaped computer generated sticker stamp, pasted on reverse of the document by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India. This is a unique computer generated stamp having a unique identification number, through which any member country of The Hague convention can check its authenticity online. Under normal circumstances, once the document is apostilled, it does not require to be attested further from the concerned embassy.
If a document is apostilled, it does not require to be attested.
For the list of countries that require documents to be apostilled, please refer to the following link:http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=states.listing.
The following list includes some of the documents that can be attested. The list is not comprehensive and can include more documents.
Edtional Documents
- School Leaving Certificates
- College Leaving Certificates
- Degree Certificates
- Mark Sheets
- Degree Certificate
- PG Degree Certificate
- Pre Degree Certificate
- BE Certificate
- Diploma Certificate
- Nursing Certificate
- SSC Certificate
- HSC Certificate
- Inter Certificate
- MBBS Certificate
- Dentists Certificate
- Engineering Certificate
- Transcript Certificate
- Transfer Certificate
- Nursing Degree Certificate
- Nursing Registration Certificate
- Pharmacy Certificate
- B Ed Certificate
- MS Certificate
- MD Certificate
- B Tech Certificate
Personal Documents
- Marriage Certificate
- Birth Certificate
- Leaving Certificate
- Police Clearance Certificate
- Registration Certificate
Power of Attorney Certificate - Marriage Affidavit Certificate
- Bonafide Certificate
- Medical Certificate