Embassy Attestation

Embassy attestation is original documents and certificates verification from the respective countries embassy. It is the stepwise verification procedure which simply depends upon the document origin of the state of India. The documents are categorized into three main categories that are:

Personal Documents (for example: Birth certificate, medical certificate etc),

Educational Documents (for example: Diploma certificates, degree certificates etc),

Commercial documents (for example: Free sale certificates, memorandum of association, company profile, etc).

The document list totally depends upon the embassy requirement and purpose of travelling to a particular country. The most common purposes such as study abroad, business expansion or employment.

Usually, Embassy verification categorized into 2 types that are apostille attestation and attestation. Difference between apostille attestation and attestation is that the countries fall under Hague convention country list, accepts only Apostille attestation. And the non-hague countries accept attestation. The procedure for both is slightly different.

The procedure for Apostille attestation is as follows:

• Regional Level is the first level of the document apostille process. In this level of authentication done by the notary or the University from where the certificate was issued.

• State Government is the second level of the apostille procedure. The authentication of certificates from the state is performed by three different departments that are

1. State Home Department (SHD),

2. Human Resource Department (HRD),

3. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

• Apostille is the final level of apostille and is conducted by the central government. the MEA paste a sticker which contains the name and information of the applicant.

The procedure of Embassy Attestation is as follows:

• Regional Level: The embassy attestation begins with this step. At this step, the personal and educational documents get verified by the notary. In some circumstances, educational certificates by the university and commercial documents get verified by the Chamber of Commerce as per their type and from where the documents were issued.

• State Level: It is the second step of the document in the attestation procedure. At this step, the document gets confirmed by the three organizations that are the

1. State Home Department (SHD),

2. Human Resource Department (HRD),

3. Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).

• Ministry of External Affairs Stamp: It is the third step of certificate attestation procedure. In this, the document gets checked by the MEA Authority and stamp by the Ministry of External Affairs of India.

• Embassy Attestation: It is the last step of the certificate attestation. In this, the embassy pastes the stamp on the behind the certificate.

Note: The procedures mentioned above depend upon the document type and its issuing state of India.

Document category wise apostille procedure as follows:

Personal Document Apostille

• Notary Attestation

• Home Department Attestation or SDM Attestation

• Apostille

Educational Document Apostille

- For Maharashtra issued document:

• Notary Attestation

• Home Department Attestation

• Apostille

- For out of Maharashtra issued document:

• Notary Attestation

• SDM Attestation

• Apostille

- As per the country’s requirement where HRD Attestation compulsory

• University verification

• HRD Attestation

• Apostille

Commercial Document Apostille

• Chamber of commerce

• MEA Stamp

• Apostille

Document category wise attestation procedure as follows:

Personal Document Attestation:

• Notary Attestation

• Home Department Attestation or SDM Attestation

• MEA Stamp

• Embassy Attestation

Educational Document Attestation:

- For Maharashtra issued document:

• Notary Attestation

• Home Department Attestation

• MEA Stamp

• Embassy Attestation

- For out of Maharashtra issued document:

• Notary Attestation

• SDM Attestation

• MEA Stamp

• Embassy Attestation

- As per the country’s requirement where HRD Attestation compulsory

• University verification

• HRD Attestation

• MEA Stamp

• Embassy Attestation

Commercial Document Attestation:

• Chamber of commerce

• MEA Stamp

• Embassy Attestation

Where to find the ideal service provider for embassy attestation services in India?

The PEC Attestation Apostille and Translation Services is an ideal service provider in India and it is experienced in embassy legalization procedure.