APOSTILLE SERVICES
A n apostille is a certification which is provided under the Hague Convention of
1961 for authenticating the documents for use in foreign countries. The sole function
is to certify the authenticity of the signature of the document.Put simply, an apostille
is a certificate that is attached to another document so that it will be accepted
when used overseas.
An Apostille is a type of attestation in which the documents needs to be legalised
in a particular format which 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.
Apostille
Procedure consists of 3 steps:
- 1) Notary Public
- 2) State Home Department or SDM Delhi
- 3) Minstry of External affairs
Apostille Please refer the below link which provides the list of countries which requires documents to be apostilled:
Educational Documents Commercial Documents | Non-Educational Documents |
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Degree Certificate Export Invoice | Marriage Certificate |
PG Degree Certificate Packaging list | Birth Certificate |
BE Certificate Power of Attorney | Leaving Certificate |
Diploma Certificate Certificate of Origin | Police Clearance |
Nursing Certificate Certificate of incorporation | Registration Certificate |
SSC Certificate Chemical analysis report | Power of Attorney Certificate |
HSC Certificate Physical analysis report | Marriage Affidavit Certificate |
Inter Certificate | Bona-fide Certificate |
MBBS Certificate | Medical Certificate |
Dentists Certificate | |
Engineering Certificate |