Procedure for apostille in India

Apostille is a legal procedure for proving the authenticity and genuineness of the document so that the document is viable for use and acceptable in foreign nations. Apostille and Attestation are similar, yet differ in the format of the attestation. Attestation is done for all the nation, whereas apostille is only for the Hague Nation. Hague Nations are the part of Hague convention that happened in the Hague, A city of the Netherlands. The convention was named after the city itself. 104 Nations signed the convention, The document apostilled in any of the nations is valid for use in the other 103 Nations.

Types of Educational Certificates that are apostilled:

· Degree Certificate

· Marksheet

· School leaving Certificate

· College leaving Certificate

· Character Certificate

· Transfer Certificate

· Migration Certificate

Types of Personal Certificates that are apostilled:

· Death and Birth Certificates

· Marriage and Divorce Certificates

· Medical Certificate

· Employment certificate

· Power of Attorney

Types of Commercial certificates that are apostilled:

· Shareholding Certificate

· Incorporation Certificate

· Shipping Document

· Logistics Document

· All the invoices

Here is the right procedure to get the document apostilled in India:

· Notarized Attestation by the local Advocate

· HRD Attestation

· Followed by the MEA Apostille, this is considered as final attestation