There are three steps that are essential to be followed by an apostille service in Kolkata to get an apostille stamp on the document. Understand each and every step carefully, and to know more register for Apostille here. Let’s begin with the steps

• Notary Attestation: At first, the documents are presented to the notary. Here all the certificates and details are examined by them. After analyzing all the information, the notary places a signature on the document.

• State/SDM Attestation: Further, the documents can be submitted to any of the mentioned authorities. The SDM Attestation and the State Attestation follow a similar procedure. The documents will be firstly checked with them and when the provided details are found accurate then only a signature or a stamp is placed by the authorities. 

• Ministry of External Affairs: Finally, the documents are presented to the Ministry of External Affairs. This is an extremely important step for the attestation of documents. All the information with utmost care is verified by the MEA. When there is zero error or the complete information is correct then the MEA places a stamp on the back of the document. The stamp has a unique number that assists the foreign country to check details online. With this, the attestation procedure is finished for all the Hague Nations. 

Note: Any country that is not a member of the Hague Convention requires embassy attestation. Moreover, if any country has specifically asked then also the person has to get the documents attested from the Embassy. Here the documents along with fees are submitted. After all the verification, an apostille stamp is placed on the document.