Document Attestation in India

Document attestation is a step by step procedure of an original document verification from the respective country’s embassy. 

The detailed procedure for document attestation is elaborated as below

• Regional Level: It is the first step of the document attestation. In this, the original documents or certificates get verified as per its categories such as notary for personal documents or educational, university for educational documents and chamber of commerce for commercial documents.
• State Government: It is the second step of the Attestation process. The verification of documents/certificates from the state is carried out by three different organizations as per the requirement of the document type. These organizations are the State Home Department (SHD), Human Resource Department (HRD), & the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM).
• MEA Stamp: The Ministry of External Affairs in which a stamp is applied behind the original document. MEA is the central department that deals with the foreign matters of the particular country & elect a minister every half-decade.
• Embassy Attestation: It is the final step of the certification for most nations after the Ministry of External Affairs.

The documents are categorised into three types such are Personal, Educational and Commercial documents. The document attestation in India process is slightly different for each document category. 

The document category wise document attestation process is mentioned below:

Personal Document Attestation:

• Notary Attestation 
• Home Department Attestation or SDM Attestation
• MEA Stamp
• Embassy Attestation 

Educational Document Attestation:

• For Maharashtra issued document:
  • Notary Attestation
  • Home Department Attestation
  • MEA Stamp
  • Embassy Attestation
• For out of Maharashtra issued document:
  • Notary Attestation
  • SDM Attestation
  • MEA Stamp
  • Embassy Attestation
• As per the country’s requirement where HRD compulsory
  • University verification
  • HRD Attestation
  • MEA Stamp
  • Embassy Attestation

Commercial Document Attestation:

• Chamber of commerce
• MEA Stamp
• Embassy Attestation

Where you will find the document attestation service provider in India?

PEC Attestation Apostille and Translation Services is the most reliable document attestation provider having offices all over in India.