Apostille attestation is the procedure of requiring or legalizing a single document for travel to all Hague member nations. A document from one of the signatory nations can be certified for compliance reasons in all other member countries, according to the 1961 Hague Convention. It is carried out following verification and validation by the state in which the certificate was granted. MEA Apostille attestation is performed for personal and educational records.
Apostille is done for personal documents like Birth Certificate, Death Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Affidavits, Power of Attorney, etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc. Apostille is acceptable in 105 member-countries of the Hague Convention. So that means! Once you get a document apostilled, it will be recognized by the below 105 countries Thus, greatly simplifying the process of attestation by making it needless to get the documents attested in each or for each of the countries separately.
The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, applies an apostille stamp, which is a square-shaped computer-generated sticker stamp, on the reverse of a document. It is a one-of-a-kind computer-generated stamp with a unique identifying number that any member nation of The Hague convention may employ to verify its authenticity online. In most cases, once a document has been apostilled, it does not need to be certified again by the respective embassy.
There are certain countries that are not the part of The Hague Convention and hence do not accept Apostille. Here, they require Embassy attestation to proceed. Before approaching the concerned Embassy, it is required that all the concerned documents being submitted are authenticated beforehand by the various government agencies. Unfortunately, from the applicant’s point of view, every country has its own set of requirements for attestation.
Embassies of such countries insist on documents that have been approved, attested and authenticated by the various authorized signatories in India like the MEA, State and Central HRD etc. based on their individual policies, these Embassies may even demand additional documents like Travel permits, Appointment Letters or Acceptance letters of the concerned educational institute. Some may even ask for additional documents that are not mentioned here.
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