APOSTILLE STAMP SERVICES

MEA Apostille: The Hague Convention of October 1961 Abolished the Requirement of Legalization of foreign public documents. The Apostille Treaty is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. Any document Apostilled in one member country is acceptable in all other member countries who are signatories to the Hague Convention. Apostille is affixed by competent authorities designated by the government of a country which is party to the convention. Apostille is done for personal documents like Birth, Marriage, Death Certificates, Affidavits, Educational documents like Degrees, Diplomas, Secondary level Certificates etc. Apostille stamp is a square shaped computer generated sticker, pasted on reverse of the Original Documents by the MEA, India. MEA Apostille Stamp is a unique sticker having a unique identification number, through which any member country of The Hague convention can check its authenticity online. Under normal circumstances, once the document has been Apostilled by MEA, it does not need to be attested any more from the concerned foreign embassy. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India has outsourced its Attestation and certificate Apostille work with effect from March 1, 2012. MEA is the sole authorized body having the authority to issue Apostille and authenticate the documents originated in India for use in foreign country. Superb Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. is one of the authorized outsourced companies for collection and delivery of documents on behalf of MEA to carry out further procedure of Apostille Attestation. As a result of Outsourcing, collection and delivery of documents are not accepted from individual applicants by CPV Division of the Ministry of External Affairs at Patiala House, New Delhi. All applicants are required to submit and collect their documents through the outsourced companies. We are operating MEA Apostille Support Service Centres for collection and delivery of documents at following locations:- Branches Ahmedabad

Bangalore

Bhopal

Chandigarh

Chennai

Delhi

Goa

Guwahati

Hyderabad Jalandhar

Kolkata

Kochi

Lucknow

Mumbai

Pune

Raipur

Trivandrum

Dubai

Apart from the above service centres we also have Branches in different states to facilitate the collection and delivery services of documents from all over the India. We are present in New Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jalandhar, Bangalore, Pune, Maharashtra, Hyderabad, Kochi, Trivandrum and Dubai- UAE.

Procedure of Apostille: India became member of the Hague Convention in 2005 which abolished the requirement of legalization of public documents. In India, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) undertakes both, Apostille attestation and general attestation of documents. The procedure is as follows-

Step 1: Authentication of documents All original documents/certificates requiring MEA to issue Apostille must be first authenticated by the designated authorities of the State/Union Territory from where the document is issued. Indian Apostille can only be issued by MEA when the respective relevant state authority has attested a particular document. A list of the Regional Authentication Centers and the designated authorities can be seen on the MEA website http://www.mea.gov.in/

Step 2:Legalization of documents The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) attests /legalizes the documents only after these have been authenticated with the signature and seal/stamp of the designated authorities of the State Government/Union Territory/Chambers of Commerce from where the documents have been issued. The MEA legalizes the certificate/documents on the basis of the signature of the designated authorities; hence it does not take responsibility of the contents of the documents.

For Educational Documents: Education Department of the concerned State Government/Union Territory (HRD/GAD)/NORKA + Apostille from MEA For Non-Educational Documents: State Home Department/GAD/SDM of the concerned State Government/Union Territory + Apostille from MEA For Commercial Documents: Respective Chamber of Commerce + Apostille from MEA



Types of Documents and Charges: While no fee is levied by the Ministry of External Affairs for General Attestation, there is a fee of Rs.50/- (Rupees Fifty only) per document Apostille. The fee is to be paid by means of Indian Postal Orders payable in favor of Pay & Accounts Officer, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. Service charge payable to SEPL is the same for both general attestation and apostille attestation. Only Original documents duly authenticated by the designated authorities of the concerned State Governments are Apostilled by the Ministry of External Affairs. Apostille sticker is issued on the reverse side of the original document. The applicants need to submit the following documents: (a) Original document to be Apostilled;

(b) One clear photocopy of the document;

(c) One clear photocopy of the passport;

(d) Postal Order of Rs.50/- payable to Pay & Accounts Officer, MEA, New Delhi.

(e) Our service charges as given below:





Service Fee Type of Documents Charges for each documents Apostille ( Govt. Fee) Rs.50/- for each Apostille Sticker Service Fee (SEPL) Rs.90/- per document (same fee for all types of documents educational, personal or commercial) Scanning Fee(SEPL) Rs.3/- per page

Note: Documents can be deposited in our “Collection & Delivery” counters between 0900 hrs and 1800 hrs from Monday to Saturday excluding holidays. However, in case the document is found fake or the authentication forged, the same will be seized by the Ministry of External Affairs. The Ministry may also initiate appropriate legal action against the applicant. The service charge paid to us or Apostille fee paid to the Ministry of External Affairs cannot be returned in any circumstances. It is relevant to mention that the MEA does not issue Apostille on the photocopies of documents. Applicants are advised not to rely on unauthorized persons for Apostille attestation services. Documents can be deposited and collected back either in person or through an authorized representative. Documents will be returned only on production of receipt for payment of service charge.

Educational Documents

Degree Certificate Apostille

PG Degree Certificate

BE Certificate

Diploma Certificate

Nursing Certificate

SSC Certificate

HSC Certificate

Inter Certificate

MBBS Certificate

Dentists Certificate

Engineering Certificate

Transcript Certificate

Nursing Certificate

Pharmacy Certificate

MS Certificate

MD Certificate

Mark Sheets

Degree Certificate ApostillePG Degree CertificateBE CertificateDiploma CertificateNursing CertificateSSC CertificateHSC CertificateInter CertificateMBBS CertificateDentists CertificateEngineering CertificateTranscript CertificateNursing CertificatePharmacy CertificateMS CertificateMD CertificateMark Sheets Non-Educational Documents

Marriage Certificate Apostille

Birth Certificate Apostille

Leaving Certificate

Police Clearance

Registration Certificate

Power of Attorney

Bona-fide Certificate

Medical Certificate

Marriage Certificate ApostilleBirth Certificate ApostilleLeaving CertificatePolice ClearanceRegistration CertificatePower of AttorneyBona-fide CertificateMedical Certificate Commercial Documents

Export Invoice

Packaging list

Power of Attorney

Certificate of Origin

Certificate of incorporation

Chemical analysis report

Physical analysis report

Export InvoicePackaging listPower of AttorneyCertificate of OriginCertificate of incorporationChemical analysis reportPhysical analysis report

Countries That Accept Apostille: Following are the countries that have signed The Hague Convention 1961 and are members of it. As they are signatory to the Convention, documents to be used in these countries do not require general attestation and MEA can issue Apostille to the documents which are acceptable by member countries:- Albania

Andora

Antigua

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas

Bahrain

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brunei Darussalam

Cape Verde

Colombia

Cook Island

Costa Rica

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

El Salvador

Estonia

Fiji

Finland

France

Georgia

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Greece

Grenada

Hungary

Honduras

Hong Kong

Iceland

India

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

Lesotho

Liberia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxemburhg

Macau

Macedonia

Malawi

Malta

Marshal Island

Mauritius

Mexico

Moldova (Republic)

Monaco

Montenegro

Namibia

Netherland

New Zealand

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Norway

Oman

Poland

Peru

Panama

Portugal

Romania

Russian

Saint Kitts

Saint Lucia

Slaint Vincent

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome

Serbia

Seychelles

Slovakia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sluriname

Tonga

Trinidad & Tobago

Turkey

Ukraine

UK

USA

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

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