Attestation

Certificate Attestation, Authentication
Procedure to get a certificate attestation
There are many ways to attest educational document from India, it’s a chain process. Olden days people knows only HRD Delhi for the attestation now this is no more existing has been closed on 29th June 2007. Now the work has been distributed to each state Home Departments
The authorities of UAE is focused only Ministry of foreign affairs attestation locally (Dubai, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi). But to get that all the other attestation is required. UAE is non-member of the Hague Convention. All the document intended to use in United Arab Emirates required legalization not apostle which generally known as attestation or authentication
Attestations
1. Notary (Maharashtra)
2. Home Department (Maharashtra)
3. Ministry of External Affairs (New Delhi)
5. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The attestation procedure and duration varies from time to time depending upon the rules as assigned in India
Purpose for attestation of Certificates:
1. To obtain an employment visa/ labor Card in United Arab Emirates for most of the designation
2. To pursue higher education in a foreign country
3. To write MOH (Ministry of Health) and DOH (Dept. of Health) examinations by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, etc.
4. To get the equivalent certificates
Embassy Attestation UAE Saudi, Oman, Qatar
• Attestation of UAE/Saudi/Oman/Qatar Embassy in required for Employment Visa.
• UAE/Saudi/Oman/Qatar Embassy Attestation is a mandatory to get a job in some categories.
• UAE/Saudi/Oman/Qatar Embassy in India will accept Indian documents for Attestation
• UAE/Saudi/Oman/Qatar Consulate in Mumbai also attesting documents for visa processing.
Member countries of the Hague Convention require an Apostle
On October 5, 1961 several nations joined to create this simplified method of legalizing documents through the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. If the country where you seek legalization belongs to the Hague Convention, you will be required an Apostle.

The following countries accept the Apostle as a form of international document legalization.

Albania
Andorra
Antigua Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Aruba
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bosnia Herzegovina
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
China (Macau)
(Hong Kong)
Colombia
Cook Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Korea
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Malawi
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova,
Monaco
Montenegro
Namibia
Netherlands
New Zealand
Niue
Norway
Panama
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Saint Kitts Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Serbia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Tonga
Trinidad
Tobago
Turkey
Ukraine
U.K.
USA
Venezuela

Non-Member Countries of the Hague Convention require Embassy Legalization
If the country where you intend to use your document is a non-member of the Hague Convention you require an “Embassy or Consular Legalization”. We provide document legalization services from the following Embassies in Washington, DC.
On October 5, 1961 several nations joined to create this simplified method of legalizing documents through the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents. If the country where you seek legalization belongs to the Hague Convention, you will be required an Apostle

Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burma
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Chad
Chile
China
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cuba
Djibouti
Dominican Republic
East Timor
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea – Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ivory Coast
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Libya
Madagascar
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nauru
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
North Korea
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestine
Mission- (PLO)
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Qatar
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
(UAE)
Uganda
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Hague Convention – APOSTILLE

Apostle is the legalization of a document for international use (only in the member countries of the Hague Convention). On October 5, 1961, many nations joined to create a simplified method of “legalizing” documents for universal recognition. This group of nations is known as the Hague Convention. They adopted a document referred to as an Apostle that is internationally recognized by all member nations.

‘Apostle’ means

When you present a legal document in a foreign country, it is often very difficult to determine whether the document is genuine and legal. In 1961, the process for legalising documents for use abroad was abolished and replaced by a simple certificate of authenticity, called an ‘Apostle’, under the Hague Convention.

Need of an Apostle

In order for documents to be accepted and recongised abroad in another country, they will most likely need to be legalised for authenticity. The body or organisation which you are presenting the documents to should be able to advise you whether you need to have them legalised / Apostle. You can obtain advice generally from the relevant Government Department, Educational Establishment, Embassy, Consulate or High Commission of the country concerned