An ancient city in Western Uttar Pradesh, Meerut is a place of immense historical and cultural importance. Meerut is a charming city that allures its visitors with its unique simplicity. Meerut is a beautiful city with ancient temples and recreational sites that offer amazing exploration opportunities for all visitors.
Meerut is considered an important education hub in western Uttar Pradesh. Meerut is one of the fastest developing cities in Uttar Pradesh. The city is witnessing significant growth in various sectors, including infrastructure as well as the industrial sector. Meerut is considered an important industrial town with a variety of traditional and modern industries. The continuous and consistent growth of the city has helped in transforming it to a large extent. Today, people from Meerut show an equal amount of interest in better opportunities in foreign countries. They are now increasingly traveling abroad for various personal and professional purposes. All this has impacted the demand for apostille services in the city.
It’s not only you that needs to work for your dreams. Your documents also contribute a certain amount of their share to help you realize your dreams. Documents, whether basic or highly sensitive, hold immense importance for a person. They facilitate a lot of things for a person in their day-to-day life.
Then don’t forget to get your documents attested with an apostille stamp. Documents issued in India are not valid to be used in a foreign country. To make them valid in a foreign country, it is important to get them verified and attested by a credible authority. To realize your dream of studying abroad or expanding your business abroad, you have to first ensure that all your documents are correctly verified. Once the documents are attested with an apostille stamp, they become valid to be used abroad without any kind of barrier.
At SPS Global Meerut, we strive to provide a satisfactory and stress-free experience for our clients. The team works incessantly to ensure that all the documents of a person are verified in the correct manner without any misuse of them. At SPS Meerut, we have a dedicated team of professionals who guide the clients at every step of the process. Our 24*7 support has allowed us to bring flexibility in delivering our services to all our clients. The team at SPS Meerut works tirelessly to expedite the verification process for the client.
Are you looking forward to getting the Apostille for your documents? Do you know that the legal formalities of a Hague Convention country differ from those of a non-member country?
An apostille is a type of attestation where a person’s documents are authenticated in a proper manner. It is a necessary legal formality mandated by all those countries that are members of the Hague Convention.
According to the Hague Convention, an apostille once issued will be recognized in all member countries of the convention. It has a unique identification number on it, that helps the foreign authorities verify basic information about a person.
An apostille is needed when the following applies:
In case a person travels to a country that is not a member of the convention, additional verification by the embassy is required.
An apostille can only be issued by a recognized authority of a country. All countries that are parties to the Convention must designate one or more authorities that are authorized to issue Apostilles. These authorities are known as Competent Authorities. Only they are permitted to issue an apostille.
Just like in all other countries, there is a competent authority that issues the apostille stamp on all original documents of a person in India. In India, the Ministry of External Affairs is responsible for that task. Prior to the final apostille, the documents are verified by the respective regional and state authorities. Only after proper verification at these levels is the document sent for the final issuing of the apostille stamp. The apostille stamp serves as a green signal that facilitates the use of a person’s documents abroad.
One is required to get an apostille when they are traveling for the following reasons:
There are broadly three categories of documents that require an Apostille stamp:
1. Personal : Personal documents are those that contain all the necessary information related to a person. These include:
2. Educational : Educational documents are those that specify the educational qualifications of a person. These are needed when a person wishes to study abroad. These are:
3. Commercial: Commercial documents are those which are owned by an entrepreneur and are needed if a person wishes to establish a business abroad. These are:
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
