A city that never sleeps and where many dreams are fulfilled, Mumbai is indeed one of a kind. Whether it’s the vibrant nightlife or the warm sunset, one just can’t escape the liveliness this city offers.
Mumbai, a bustling city, is the largest metropolitan and the economic hub of India. As the commercial and the financial capital of India, this city continues to flourish in diverse sectors. The city is constantly evolving and creating new opportunities for its residents. And what comes with better opportunities?
With better opportunities comes a chance to reach out and grab the best. This willingness to consider better possibilities has allowed people to increasingly consider traveling abroad.
Everyone aspires to achieve the best. A student aspires to get better education while a working professional aspires to get better job prospects. For whatever reason it may be, one can't travel abroad without having the proper documents with them.
Traveling for better educational/employment opportunities makes it essential to carry your degree certificate with you. In order to carry your degree certificate, you have to get it apostilled by a credible authority. The entire process of document apostille is time-consuming and tedious at the same time. But with the help of professional assistance of SPS Global, one can get their documents verified smoothly.
Are you surrounded by some common questions which makes apostille attestation a troublesome experience for you as -
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Are you someone residing in Mumbai? Do you intend to get an apostille for your degree certificate? Do you know how your degree certificate gets apostilled?An apostille is a type of attestation that helps to authenticate a person’s document. It helps a person’s documents to be legalized appropriately. Getting an apostille for your degree certificate helps to establish it as a legal document.
Getting an apostille is a crucial legal formality mandated by all countries party to the Hague Convention. Obtaining an apostille will help to earn the credibility status of your degree certificate. It will facilitate the use of your certificate in some other countries without any legal barrier.
An apostille of your degree certificate is needed when you are traveling to a country that is a part of the Hague Convention. As per the Hague Convention, a person needs an apostille from a credible authority of their country to use a document in another country.
Since 2005, India has also become a part of the Hague Convention. Therefore, India also abides by the rules of the convention.
A country which is part of the 1961 Apostille convention is popularly regarded as a Hague convention country. This convention was formed as an initiative to simplify the legalization process at a global level. For this reason, the convention abolished the traditional legalization methods and in turn adopted a document called the apostille.
An apostille is issued in the form of a stamp or sticker on a person’s document. An apostille stamp is a computer-generated stamp that has a unique identification number on it. This unique identification number helps the foreign authorities verify the details of a person. This identification number helps them to know a person's background and helps them to know their legal status. This helps the foreign authorities avoid any kind of fraud.
For instance, while taking admission to a university abroad, this stamp helps them to know that a person has certain qualifications. This allows the authorities of a country to know that you are traveling to their country for some genuine reason.
One can get their certificate apostilled by following a proper procedure. In India, the procedure is undertaken at three different levels including:
There are different officials at the regional, state, and MEA levels who are responsible for verifying your degree certificate. These include:
What are the primary reasons for which I need an apostille for my degree certificate? The primary reasons which require one to get their certificate apostille are:
If you are someone traveling for any of the above purposes, then don’t forget to get the apostille for your degree certificate.
According to the Hague Convention, an apostille once issued will be recognised by all member countries of the convention. As long as the document is apostilled following a proper procedure, there are no chances of it getting rejected. However, there are chances of an apostille getting rejected only when its origin cannot be verified.
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
