Why Attestation Required?
Non-Commercial Documents
Legalization/Appostile Services are most compulsory process for few Visa Categories like Student visa, Employment visa and Family Joining Dependent Visas. Supporting documents belongs to these categories of Visas called “Non-Commercial Documents” are having 2 types i.e. Non-Educational and Educational.
Commercial Documents
For Exports of Shipments to abroad, apply for tender & for opening of liaison office abroad, Corporate Companies required to Legalize/Appostile their Company Documents which called “Commercial Documents”
Types of Attestation
GENERAL ATTESTATION (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
APOSTILLE
An Apostille is a type of attestation in which documents are legalized 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.
Types of Documents
The following list includes some of the documents that can be attested. The list is not comprehensive and can include more documents.
Educational 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
Commercial Documents
Certificate of origin
Certificate of incorporation
Invoices
Physical / chemical analysis reports of products
Packaging list
Special certificates
Memorandum of association
Power of attorney
Marriage Certificate
Birth Certificate
Leaving Certificate
Police Clearance Certificate
Registration Certificate
Power of Attorney Certificate
Marriage Affidavit Certificate
Bonafide Certificate
Medical Certificate