China, the land of the rising sun is the fourth largest and fastest-growing country in the world. As one of the oldest civilizations on earth, it offers its visitors an endless variety of opportunities for exploration. As a country with an impressive history of invention and architectural wonders like the Great Wall and Forbidden City, China has much to offer to all its visitors. Besides being popular for its tea and exotic cuisine, China is a diverse country with several ethnic groups coexisting together. The country’s innovative capabilities has driven it towards the path of extensive development in almost every sector. The country is the second wealthiest nation in the world and holds a plethora of opportunities for people throughout the world. This neighboring country of India is growing in every sector and has become the world's fastest-growing economy. The thriving opportunities in China have always been a major attraction for foreigners who migrate to this country in search of better education, employment, or business opportunities.
Those who migrate to China to take advantage of the better opportunities it offers must first get their documents attested by the Chinese embassy. According to the country’s authorities, a person won't be allowed to visit the country until or unless they complete all the necessary legal formalities specified by the Chinese government. Everyone has to get their documents attested by the Chinese embassy located in their native country to ensure that they are legal citizens of a country traveling for legal reasons. To get their documents attested by the China embassy, one has to go through a super-lengthy and tedious process that can be complicated for anyone to handle alone.
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For your convenience, SPS beings you a simplified explanation of facts related to your personal document attestation:
Personal Documents are those documents that include the personal information of a person. This includes certificated like Birth Certificate, Divorce Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Medical certificate, Transfer Certificate, and Experience Certificate.
Personal Document Attestation is the process of getting all your personal documents attested by the China embassy. It is a legalization process of obtaining a stamp at the back of your documents by a credible authority.
One has to get all their personal documents verified when they are planning to migrate to some foreign country. The attestation of these documents is necessary to grant a person of any country a legal status. After getting the attestation of personal documents a person can use them in a foreign country for various purposes.
The complete procedure of personal document attestation is carried out in the following stages:
Your journey to document attestation begins with the submission of your personal documents at SPS. Once the client's original documents are submitted, it is the responsibility of the team at SPS to submit them to all the concerned authorities and get them verified.
This is the foremost step for getting verification of personal documents. The attestation at this level is obtained from a local notary in the form of their signature or a stamp.
After the Notary attestation, the personal documents go through verification by the Home Department. It is only the Home Department that can certify personal documents, including marriage certificates and death certificates by issuing their stamp or signature.
The next verification step is by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate. Sub-Divisional Magistrates are adjuncts of the Home Department, or in rare cases of the Human Resources Department.
This is the last step of verification by the native government. The document is attested once the Ministry of External Affairs issues its official stamp at the back of the document.
This is the last step of verification where the officials of the respective country verify the personal documents and issues their official stamp or signature on the document.
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As a leading provider of Attestation Services, SPS Global Services ensures to ease the process of attestation for our clients with our excellent assistance and guidance. We at SPS strive to achieve customer satisfaction by ensuring that the client gets the most appropriate attestation services. The team at SPS Global has extensive experience in handling tedious paperwork for clients. The dedicated professionals at SPS work tirelessly to ensure that the entire attestation process is carried out in a smooth and secure manner.
Getting the document verification from China embassy can be an altogether confusing process. An embassy attestation procedure differs according to the type of document one wants to get attested. A lack of knowledge about this can lead to inappropriate results. Therefore to rescue you from any such situation SPS extends its support and provides attestation services for all kinds of documents including personal, educational, and commercial. After the client has submitted their original documents at SPS, it is our responsibility to follow the most accurate process for your various documents. The team at SPS works diligently to ensure that everything is carried out in the most appropriate manner.
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 process can be very hectic if not taken seriously. So its very important to get the right People for the right work. If proper process is not followed, then Ministry of External Affairs put small stamp on the Apostille sticker that ‘Ministry of External Affairs Except no responsibility for the content of the above document”. This can cause problem to your happy journey and even the visa can get rejected. So for Apostille process always look for someone who is professional in this field like SPS Global Services.
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
