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When it comes to marriage certificate apostille services, SPS Bangalore is the talk of the town! A treasure trove of leading industries and start-ups. As a fast-growing metropolis, Bangalore continues to thrive. Featuring iconic monuments, mesmerizing recreational sites, and delectable delicacies, Bangalore knows exactly how to captivate its visitors. Brimming with high-tech companies, India’s IT Capital offers countless opportunities to millions.
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All of our processes at SPS Global Bangalore are handled by professionals with the goal of providing exceptional apostille services. The desire to travel abroad in search of better prospects has always been at the top of many people's wish lists. Irrespective of the reason for travel, a person has to first get the verification of all their necessary documents.
A married individual who is thinking of traveling abroad needs to get the apostille of their marriage certificate. A person is eligible to travel abroad only when they get proper verification of their documents.
With SPS Bangalore, you can get all your verification work done without any inconvenience.
These are the basic questions that pop-up in everyone’s mind.
Do you know what? It’s important to get all your possible queries resolved before taking a step forward. And what else could be a better place than SPS? Resolve all your queries and transfer all your worries. SPS Global Bangalore not only resolves your queries but also assists you in the entire legalization process. The experts at SPS work diligently to ensure that all paperwork is handled carefully. SPS has developed uncompromising working standards that enable us to provide high quality apostille services to clients. SPS Bangalore has a team that is devoted round-the-clock to simplifying the apostille process for the client.
To simplify the apostille process and to clarify all the confusion, SPS brings you this brief guide on how everything works: Here are all the basics of marriage certificate apostille you need to be aware of:
Obtaining an apostille means getting your documents attested in order to confirm their authenticity. It is a legal formality mandated by member countries of the Hague Convention. The apostille on your marriage certificate helps to establish its credibility as a document.
The most basic reason why a person needs an apostille is to comply with the legal formalities mandated by a country. All the Hague Convention countries demand one to adhere to the standard procedure of document verification prior to traveling. Getting an apostille is the crucial legal formality that helps to establish the credibility of your marriage certificate.
It serves as a kind of proof that you are a legal citizen of a country and are traveling for genuine reasons.
There can be many reasons for which an apostille is needed for your marriage certificate. An apostille might be needed in the following cases:
Your certificate will be valid only in the Hague Convention countries after getting an apostille. According to the apostille convention, upon receiving an apostille, a person’s document becomes valid in all member countries of the convention. If you intend to travel to a non-member country, an additional formality from the embassy is needed. In such a case, your document will be further sent to the embassy of the respective country for verification.
To get an apostille on a certificate, one needs to follow the proper procedure of verification. Only by following a standard procedure, a person get the apostille on their document. In India, the procedure for getting the apostille of a marriage certificate includes three stages. These are as follows:
Stage 1- Regional- Here your marriage certificate is verified by the notary of the respective state where the document was issued.
Stage 2- State - At this stage, the verification is undertaken by the respective authorities at state level. Typically, the SDM or Home Department is in charge of verifying a personal document such as a marriage certificate.
Stage 3- MEA- This is the last stage of verification. Here, the Ministry of External Affairs issues the apostille stamp at the back of your document.
Completing the verification process provides a green signal to use your marriage certificate abroad. It helps you use the certificate for various reasons without any legal barrier.
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
