Attestation is a basic requirement for any government document as well as any personal document for any kind of entry or for foreign travel purposes. Apostille Attestation is a type of attestation in which papers are legalised in a specified way, after which they become valid in all Hague Convention member countries.
It is a kind of international attestation accepted by around 105 nation-states worldwide especially, since it has gained recognition in western countries.
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What Apostille Attestation Includes?
Apostille Attestation basically includes personal documents such as birth, death, marriage certificates, power of attorney, affidavits along with documents related to educational qualification i.e. matriculation, diploma, degree, and secondary level certificates.
The legalisation of foreign public documents was abolished and the process of Apostille Attestation was introduced which was accepted by 105 countries that were members of the Hague Convention. If a candidate is apostilled in one nation, then he is not required to get his documentation attested in each country separately.
Procedure For Such Attestation
It is especially beneficial to those who are students and want to study abroad. They need to get their documents done apostilled in the following manner:
● Visit the website of e-sanad (an e-service for verifying and attesting the documents of citizens of India as introduced by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India)
● Then applicants are supposed to upload the required documents to the website and pay the required standard fee as set by the electronic service provider.
● Then the digital verification of the documents is done by the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), Government of India(GOI), and General Administration Department (GAD).
● The Indian Government External Affairs Ministry then verifies the digitally signed documents.
● Then final attested documents with apostille stickers are sent to the applicant.
● Outsourced agencies are the mediator between the applicant and the Ministry of External Affairs as the latter does not directly accept documents from the applicant.
Apostille Attestation Fee
An amount of Rs. 50 (Rupees Fifty) is charged by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India for apostilling each document. As it does not directly accept the documents from the individual and receives them from outsourced agencies, for such collection of documents, the outsourced agencies charge Rs. 90 (Rupees Ninety) per document and Rs. 3 (Rupees Three ) for scanning.
Countries That Are Part Of The Hague Convention
There are around 105 countries that are the members of Hague Convention and they are as followed:
1. Albania
2. Argentina
3. Andorra
4. Antigua and Barbuda
5. Armenia
6. Australia
7. Austria
8. Azerbaijan
9. Bahamas
10. Bahrain
11. Barbados
12. Belarus
13. Belgium
14. Belize
15. Bolivia
16. Bosnia and Herzegovina
17. Botswana
18. Brazil
19. Brunei Darussalam
20. Bulgaria
21. Burundi
22. Cape Verde
23. Chile
24. China
25. Hong Kong
26. Macao
27. Costa Rica
28. Colombia
29. Cook Islands
30. Costa Rica
31. Czech Republic
32. Croatia
33. Cyprus
34. Denmark
35. Dominica
36. Dominican
37. Estonia
38. El Salvador
39. Ecuador
40. Fiji
41. Finland
42. France
43. Georgia
44. Germany
45. Greece
46. Grenada
47. Guatemala
48. Honduras
49. Hungary
50. Iceland
51. India
52. Ireland
53. Israel
54. Italy
55. Japan
56. Kazakhstan
57. Korea
58. Kosovo
59. Kyrgyzstan
60. Latvia
61. Lesotho
62. Liberia
63. Liechtenstein
64. Lithuania
65. Luxembourg
66. Macedonia
67. Malawi
68. Malta
69. Marshall Island
70. Mauritius
71. Mexico
72. Moldova
73. Monaco
74. Mongolia
75. Montenegro
76. Morocco
77. Namibia
78. Netherlands
79. New Zealand
80. Nicaragua
81. Niue
82. Norway
83. Oman
84. Panama
85. Paraguay
86. Peru
87. Poland
88. Romania
89. Russian Federation
90. Saint Kitts and Nevis
91. Saint Lucia
92. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
93. Samoa
94. San Marino
95. Sao Tome and Principe
96. Serbia
97. Seychelles
98. Slovakia
99. Slovenia
100. Turkey
101. Ukraine
102. Sweden
103. Switzerland
104. Uruguay
105. Uzbekistan
Rejection Of Apostille Attestation
Apostille can get rejected only in two cases:
● The origin of the apostille is not properly verified;
● The formal elements differ from the model certificate annexed to the convention.
Few Final words
Recent Apostille Attestation is much more important than the older one. It can be accepted at any time after the issue. There are many Apostille services in Pune that provide Apostille services. Apostille Attestation is an important factor that is needed to travel abroad. In India, an apostille can be done by approaching their respective Branch secretariat and RPOs.
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