What is an Apostille?

Apostille Meaning

Apostille Meaning is International Attestation, Given by the Country in which the original document was Issued. Authority who can issue Apostille Depends on Country to Country. In most of the cases Apostille is Given by the Ministry of External / Foreign Affairs.

Apostille Meaning in India is International Attestation, given to original document by Ministry of External Affairs India for VISA or registration purpose.

Apostille Meaning in Hindi

एपोस्टिल अंतरराष्ट्रीय प्रमाणन है। कोई भी भारतीय दस्तावेज़ जिसे भारत के बाहर उपयोग करने की आवश्यकता है, उसे एपोस्टिल प्राप्त करने की आवश्यकता है।
एपोस्टिल के साथ कोई भी दस्तावेज़ वास्तविक, मूल और सही दस्तावेज़ माना जाता है।
एपोस्टिल अंतरराष्ट्रीय उपयोग के मामलों के लिए मौलिकता और शुद्धता के लिए दस्तावेजों की जांच करने की एक प्रक्रिया है।

When to get state authentication and MEA apostille?

Every document in India belongs to one of the 29 states or union territory. So, normally everyone thinks to get the State attestation first. But it is largely time consuming and very costly task. 

We have a way out here in our website. Before choosing any Authentication,  First check whether your destination country belongs to Hague nation list or not.

CASE 1: If it is not in the list, you must get the State Attestation

CASE 2: Country is in the Hague Convection but it is Italy/Austria then you must get the State Attestation.

CASE 3: Document from the States Punjab/Haryana/Goa/UttarPradesh then you must get the State Attestation whether your destination country belongs to Hague nation or not. 

Getting state authentication is a highly time consuming and complex process as said above, generally It will take 3-4 working weeks to complete.

When to get SDM authentication and MEA  apostille?


Destination country is in the Hague Convection list and the embassy of travelling country  doesn’t Specifically mentions that it needs State attestation then you can go through SDM attestation.

SDM Attestation is much faster and time saving.

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