FAQ for Certificate Apostille, Embassy Attestation

Document or Certificate Apostille Attestation from MEA & Embassy in Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata. Call: +91-9818994247

What is Apostille?

“Apostille” is a French language and it will be pronounced as "Ah-pos-tile". It is defined as "The Hague Convention Abolishing the requirement for Legalization for Foreign Public Documents". Or precisely, The Apostille agreement is an International pact summarized by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory Countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory Countries.

What is the process of Apostille in India?

In India the Apostille of the documents are depends on the types of Documents like Educational, Non Educational and Commercial Documents.

Educational Certificates like Degree, Diploma Certificate etc. will be Apostilled by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) after the Attestation of Human Resource Department (HRD) or Higher Education Department of the State of issuance.

Non Educational Certificates like Birth, Marriage, PCC, Expedience, Medical Certificate etc. will be Apostilled by MEA after the Attestation of the State Level Attestation Department like RAC, GAD, Home Department etc.

Commercial or Export Documents will be Apostilled after the Attestation of Chambers of Commerce (CoC)

Which Department could complete the Apostille in India?

The Apostille Authority of India is Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) or Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA)

What is the fee for Apostille in India?

It depends on the types of Documents and also depends on the prior Attestation process.

What is Attestation?

Attestation is a simple process which certifies the Authenticity of the Document.

What is Embassy Legalization?

Embassy Legalization is simply the Attestation which will done by the Embassy or Consulate.

What are the fees of Embassy?

The fees of Embassy are dependents on the Documents. It also depends on the name of the Country.

Why Embassy Attestation is required?

When the destination Country is not a Hague Conventional Country (HCC) then the Attestation will be done by the Embassy or Consulate of the destination Country present in India.

What is Commercial Document?

The documents which are used for business purposes anywhere. When any Company wishes to Export their products abroad or wish to establish their business overseas then some Commercial Documents need to be Attested and Legalized.

Why Document Attestation is required for Export from India?

As per International standards, when any product will Export to abroad then some mandatory Documents need to be Attested. These are basically Certificate of Origin (CoC), Commercial Invoice. But some products and countries has some specific requirement of documents as per their Country’s feather and safety.