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Documents of any kind, any institution, for any purpose, continue to remain one of the crucial assets one holds. Every legal citizen of a country holds certain important documents that are used for various purposes. Documents issued in India are not accepted or considered valid in countries abroad. In order to use them abroad, it is first required to get them verified and attested by a reliable authority. To get the documents verified, there is a proper procedure to be followed in India. This entire procedure can appear a bit lengthy, time-consuming, and tiresome to handle alone. Therefore, our platform SPS Gurugram extends our support and helps you get your documents verified on time.
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A person needs an apostille stamp for those documents that they intend to use abroad. The documents that need an apostille depend on the purpose of one’s travel. For instance- Traveling for educational purposes requires a person to get an apostille for the necessary educational documents.
An apostille is a form of attestation that allows documents to be legalized in a proper manner. It is a method through which all the documents of a person are authenticated. After getting an apostille, a person’s documents become liable to be used in all Hague Convention countries.
All those countries that are parties to the Hague Convention of 1961 are considered Hague Convention countries. A joint effort was made by many countries to simplify the earlier, complex method of document legalization. A convention called the Hague Convention abolished the traditional methods of legalization and instead adopted a document called the apostille. An Apostille can be issued by a credible authority, and once issued, it is considered valid in all member countries that are a part of the convention.
An Apostille can be issued only on the original documents of a person. It can be issued in the form of a stamp, a seal or a sticker. It is issued either directly on a person’s documents or on a separate attached page called an allonge.
An apostille is all that is needed if you're traveling to a Hague Convention country. After obtaining an apostille your documents will be valid to be used only in the Hague Convention countries. If one travels to a country not a part of the Apostille Convention, in that case, additional verification by the embassy is required.
An apostille is a computer-generated sticker. It has a unique identification number on it. Using this identification number, the foreign authorities can track down the necessary details that are important to them. This allows them to know that you are a legal citizen of a country carrying all authentic documents.
An apostille issued by a credible authority in a country does not have an expiration date. In some cases, however, the country in which the apostille is to be issued might request documents that have recently been attested with an apostille. There is no expiry date for an apostille, but there can be a certain time limit on how old it may be.
There is a proper procedure that needs to be followed for getting an apostille. The procedure of document apostille differs according to the type of document that needs an apostille. The procedure to get the apostille stamp is stated below:
Personal Documents
Step1- Attestation by a Notary Public
Step 2- Home Department or SDM Attestation
Step 3- Apostille from MEA
Educational Documents
Step1- Verification by the University
Step2- HRD/Home Department attestation
Step3- Apostille from MEA
Commercial Documents
Step 1- Attestation from respective Chamber of Commerce
Step2 - Apostille from MEA
An Apostille is a French word that means Certification and it’s Pronounce as “ah-po-style”. An Apostille is simply the name for a specialized certificate, issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. The Apostille sticker is pasted on the backside of original document to verify it is legitimate and authentic, so it will be accepted in one of the other countries who are members of The Hague Apostille Convention.
The Apostille Convention is an international treaty that simplifies the legalization procedure for foreign public documents. It allows a Government body to certify a document issued in its own country as valid for other countries without further certification by the destination state. The Convention has 126 contracting states as of November 2023, including the United States and Canada.
The Apostille Convention provides the simplified certification of public (including notarized) documents to be used in countries that have joined the convention. Documents destined for use in participating countries and their territories should be certified by one of the officials in the jurisdiction in which the document has been executed.
The Hague Convention requires that all Apostille be numbered consecutively, with individual numbers applied to each Apostille issued. The recognized standard Apostille contains a seal and 10 mandatory references: name of country from which the document emanates, name of person signing the document, the capacity in which the person signing the document has acted, in the case of unsigned documents, the name of the authority that has affixed the seal or stamp, place of certification date of certification, the authority issuing the certificate, number of certificate, seal or stamp of authority issuing certificate and signature of authority issuing certificate. Prior to the introduction of Apostille certificates the burden on international courts and authorities to judge foreign documents as authentic was quite considerable. On the October 5, 1961 the Hague Convention abolished the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents. The Convention reduces all of the formalities of legalization to the simple delivery of a certificate in a prescribed form, entitled “Apostille”, by the authorities of the Ministry where the document originates. This certificate, placed on the document, is dated, numbered and registered. The verification of its registration can be carried out without difficulty by means of a simple request for information addressed to the authority which delivered the certificate.
Apostille Process depends that if the documents are Educational, Non Educational or Commercial. Educational Certificate Apostille is required if you are going for Job or Study in any of The Hague Convention Countries. Non Educational documents like Marriage, Birth Certificate Apostille services are required for your dependents, if you want them to accompany you in that country. Commercial documents Apostille is required if you want to send shipment, open a branch in Hague country of have to do some business collaboration. We will try to explain process for you.
First step of the Process is getting the Notarization of document done. Notary can be done from anywhere in India. And it can be done from Delhi also. Doing Notary from Delhi will save some time, as documents has to come to Delhi only for Apostille.
After the Notary is done, next step in Sub Divisional Magistrate. SDM attestation is done in Delhi. It’s same for Educational and Non Educational documents. If you leave few countries, this SDM Stamping is valid in all the countries. Some countries Like, Italy, Switzerland and Austria might ask for State HRD for Educational Documents and State home Department/GAD for Non Educational documents. So, if you are planning for these countries please get complete knowledge from office HR or local bodies who are applying your case. SDM Stamping is done in 1 day and on the backside of the original Document.
Last and most important part is getting the document attested from Ministry of External affairs. After Notary and SDM Stampings are done Documents are submitted in Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi for Apostille. Just like Notary and SDM, Apostille Sticker is pasted on the back side of the document. Apostille sticker will have your name and current date. It also have unique number and contain name and designation of the person who have signed it. After Apostille sticker, the process is completed the documents are ready for use. When you receive the Apostille document, first please check that all the spellings and dates are fine. As sometimes there can be some mismatch in the spelling. If there is some spelling mistake then it has to submit in correction department. That will take another 1 day
If you are going through State Attestation Process then it might take more than a month. As for Educational documents, first stamp from University is required and then from State HRD Department. And for Non Educational Documents, First Stamp is required from Local DC office and then from State GAD/Home Department. If you go through SDM Apostille process then processing time is only 5 to 6 working. This Process takes less time and is less expensive as well.
Apostille Sticker has a validity of Six Months. Means you have to use this Apostille within 6 months, after that whole life you can stay in that country. But if you want to change the country after 6 Months then Apostille needs to done again. Don’t worry if there is no space on the backside of the document. New Apostille Sticker can be applied on the expired Sticker.
Original Documents are very important part of our Life. Sometimes it takes several months to obtain new documents. So security of documents is most important for us. You can do live tracking of the process daily. Currently document is in which city and in which department, you can check with just one click. Whenever you handover your documents to any of our office, a link is shared to you on mail. With that you can track the whole process, till documents are delivered back to you.
If you are travelling outside India to any of The Hague convention Country for Study or Work, then Apostille is required on your Educational documents. And if you are applying dependent visa for your spouse or children, then their Marriage and Birth Certificate will be required to get Apostille. Still if you have any query, you can get in touch with SPS Team @9920111362
