Vishakhapatnam, the oldest port city of Andhra Pradesh, is an inexhaustible source of pleasure that provides you with cherished memories. With awe-inspiring sights and exciting experiences on every corner, exploring this city is a real joy ride. From its festive fervours during the 'Visakha Utsav' to its lip-smacking cuisine and tranquil beaches, this city has every element of a perfect getaway for its travellers. Famous for its burgeoning steel industry and making progress in both educational and tourism domains, the city is growing exponentially in every sector. Recently the city has also experienced a surge in overseas travel, which has prompted an increase in the demand of apostille services
SPS Global Services in Vishakhapatnam ensures that the verification process of your every document is carried on in a safe and secure manner. We at SPS Global have extensive experience in handling tedious paper works for our clients. We are the place to turn to if you are looking for reliable and effective service providers to assist you with obtaining an apostille.
Going through the extensively lengthy procedure of document attestation can definitely make you feel like you are stuck since forever. From notary attestation to state authentication and at last, getting the apostille stamp, all this can appear like a never-ending process of legalizing your documents. Sounds horrific? It is more than that if you actually go through all of it.
Nevertheless, you don't need to worry about anything because SPS Global is there in your city and at your place to eliminate all the complexities
We are a team of tech-savvy professionals’ working day and night to provide the best services to our clients. Our working criteria are determined after a thorough understanding and research of our client's requirements. Through the combination of our processes and current technology, we have discovered customer-friendly solutions that fit our clients' needs. Our company, SPS Global, places the convenience of our clients as the first priority and focuses on providing flexible services to ensure customer satisfaction. Our team ensures to be there with our clients at every step of the apostille procedure. We will take care of everything under our legal consultancy service, from getting the apostille stamps on your documents to providing you with legal advice.
Three simple steps will guide you through the process-
The SHD legalization is the process of proving the authenticity of your documents by having a stamp affixed to them. This attestation is carried out by the concerned authority at the state level. Verification of all your personal documents like a marriage certificate or Birth certificate is a crucial step that is carried out under the state home department.
In order to prove the authenticity of your documents while visiting a foreign country, one has to get their documents attested by government authorities such as the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the Embassy. For getting the apostille stamp from MEA, one has to go through a proper procedure of verification of documents at the regional and state level. One can directly approach MEA for issuing the apostille stamp without getting the verification done at the local and state level. The MEA and Embassy stamps cannot be applied directly to your personal documents. First, you need to get a state department stamp. Documents that are stamped by the SHD prove their credibility and authenticity before being attested by higher authorities.
While getting your documents apostilled, one can have a plethora of confusion. SPS Global provides a solution to deal with all your confusions by equipping a team of professional consultants to attend to every other confusion of our clients. During the apostille process, you will have all the questions in your mind starting from what is Apostille, why one needs Apostille stamp, what is the process to get the document verification & other relevant components. Our dedicated professionals will provide you with the best recommendations and will work in your best interest.
The verification of various documents is carried out at the regional/local level before the attestation takes place at the state level. In order to obtain a state level attestation, two steps are necessary-
The first step of authentication of documents is the attestation by the notary. Documents are provided with a stamp and a signature from the notary as proof of their authenticity.
The next step is state-level authentication before the final MEA stamp is issued. The legalization of documents is handled by the state government, and the SHD is a part of it. A personal certificate is the only type of document which is to be certified by SHD.
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
