Apostille attestation in Delhi is one the most in-demand services in Delhi due to the large number of people going to foreign countries for Employment, Trade and Higher education.
An Apostille is a term for legal verification or authentication. Apostille refers to authenticating the signatures and seals of officials on public documents. Those Documents are acceptable in all nations that are members of the Hague Convention. India is a member of the Hague Convention since 2005. It is acceptable in nearly 117 countries of the Convention. As per the Convention, any document Apostilled in any member country is acceptable in all the other 116 member countries. Due to this, the process of attestation is simplified. The apostille ensures that documents issued in one signatory country will be taken as valid in another signatory country.
For all documents that have originated in India, Apostille attestation is done by MEA (Ministry of External Affairs).
Stepswise procedure for Apostille in Delhi
Step 1: Notary Attestation: It is the first step of attestation. It is carried out at the local level by the authorized government officials.
Step 2: Home Department Attestation/ SDM Attestation (Either one of two)
Home Department Attestation: Verification for documents is performed by the State Home Department.
SDM Attestation: The Sub-Divisional Magistrate is an alternative for the Home Department. Sub-Divisional Magistrate is autonomous of the main state government and performs individually.
Step 3: MEA Apostille: In this step, the MEA provides a sticker which contains the name and other details of the applicant. At times, along with the apostille sticker, an MEA stamp is also obligated on the documents, especially for commercial documents. It is the final step of apostille and is performed by the central government.
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