The Gateway of South India, which never fails to enchant its visitors, Chennai is undeniably a place worth exploring. Whether with its dainty delicacies, picturesque sites, or IPL cricket team, Chennai knows exactly how to rule over the hearts of people.
Chennai accounts as the most prominent economic and educational centre of South India. As one of the fastest growing urban economies, Chennai is just soaring in all its sectors. The city's rapid transformation over the years has resulted in international travel becoming increasingly popular. There is an increase in demand for apostille services in the city.
SPS Global, through its Pan-India network, assists people in obtaining the best apostille services for all of their documents. Our platform, SPS Chennai, strives to provide the most effective solutions to clients.
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At SPS Global Chennai, we streamline the entire apostille process for the client. Our 24*7 support services have allowed us to provide a smooth and hassle-free experience for the client. At SPS, we don’t compromise on our working standards and therefore provide just the best quality services to the client. SPS Global Chennai provides services that are safe, reliable and convenient for the client.
Hey! Are you someone planning to travel to a Hague Convention country? Then you must have heard about the apostille of documents. Do you know that there are different documents that need an apostille depending on the purpose of your travel?
Traveling abroad necessitates a thorough examination of all aspects. Aside from being aware of the legal formalities, it is also important to be aware of the documents that require attestation. When aiming for better academic or employment prospects in some country abroad, it becomes important to get the apostille of the degree certificate.
Are you among those curious aspirants seeking a Degree certification apostille ?
Then you've landed on the right place.
SPS brings you a quick and simplified guide to everything you need to know about degree certificate apostille.
To facilitate the use of your degree certificate, you have to get it attested with an apostille stamp. An apostille stamp is issued by a credible authority of a country. It is issued at the back of a person’s documents.
Having an apostille on your Degree certificate is a way to establish its status as a credible document. An apostille is a pivotal legal formality specified by all member countries of the Hague Convention. Getting an apostille helps to specify the authenticity of a person’s document.
An Indian resident needs to get their documents apostilled when they travel to a country that is a part of the Hague Convention. Since India is also a part of the Hague Convention, it abides by the regulations of the Apostille Convention. The Convention has adopted a document called the Apostille, which will be considered a legal document in all member countries.
No. An apostille stamp is issued only by a renown and recognised authority of a country. Each country that is a party to the Apostille Convention assigns this task to one or more authorities. These are known as Competent Authorities. Only these competent authorities are allowed to issue an apostille on a document.
In India, the Ministry of External Affairs is the only authority that is liable to issue an apostille on any document. Prior to the MEA, your Degree certificate gets verified by the regional or state authorities. Only after this, a person’s document is transferred to the MEA. The officials at the MEA issue the stamp on the document.
One can get the apostille of their degree certificate by following the three-step procedure mentioned below:
Step 1: Regional Level Verification
Here, your Degree certificate is verified by a notary or university.
Step 2) State Level Verification
This is followed by verification at the regional level. Here, your documents are verified by the respective state authorities. The authorities that verify a document are the State Home Department, the Human Resource Department, and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.
Step 3) Final Apostille of Document
This final stage of verification is undertaken by the MEA. The MEA officials apply the apostille sticker or stamp on a document.
An apostille issued by a credible authority will be enough to prove the legal status of your document. There will be no need for any other additional formality to prove its genuineness. It will help the foreign authorities to know that you are a legal citizen of a country traveling for genuine reasons. If you are traveling to a Hague Convention country, then getting an apostille is the last step of the legalization process. However, in the case of non-member countries, one needs to go through an additional step of embassy attestation.
Before obtaining an apostille, keep the following points in mind:
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
