What is an Apostille Meaning?

An Apostille is simply a certification of Document issued by a legal or registered authority in a country. If a document is Apostilled it shows that the document is verified and it is legal to use in the country to which it is Apostilled. For each country there is a different Apostille. List of countries where the Apostille is Accepted as the highest order of legalization are known as The Hague Nation Convention.

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Benefits a country gets when it becomes the member in the Hague Convention:

The documents which are apostilled to a country such as Germany can be used in the other country such as Poland, because both nations will fall under the Hague nation list.

No need to get Attestation from the Embassy of the destination country on the document which is Apostilled. Because, Apostille is accepted as the highest level of legalization in a country which is in the Hague Convention.

However, if the Apostilled document is older than six months then we should get the documents newly Apostilled once again.

There are three main verification that needs to be done to get Apostille stamp on documents.

• Notary from authorized Personnel
• State Authorisation from concerned state department or secretariat or SDM Attestation depending on the procedure
• MEA Apostille

There is one more step involved finally, if the country you want to get Apostille is not a Hague nation then,

• Legalization from Embassy of the Country ( only if country is not in Hague Convention)

• What all documents are required to get apostille?

  Ministry of external affairs (MEA) only accepts original document to put apostille.

  We need Your original or online verified document.

  Additional to that we need Passport photocopy of the person, On whose name the document was issued.

• Validity of apostille?

  All the Apostille state or SDM has a validity of 6 months. If you have already got apostille 6 months back then you should get a new apostille.

  What all documents are required to get apostille birth certificate?

  Ministry of external affairs (MEA) only accepts original document to put apostille.

  We need Your original or online verified Birth certificate.Additional to that we need Passport photocopy of the person, On whose name the document was issued

• MEA directly does not accepts any document for Apostille, need to go through our Agency.

  We are certified from MEA to get Apostille for you.

  In 1961, countries collaborated together to create a system where documents that are issued in one country will be legal in other country without extra effort to make it legal. Members countries of this system, are collectively called as Hague Convention, adopted a document referred to as an Apostille that would be recognized by all member countries.

  Since July 14, 2005, the India has been part of the 1961 Hague Convention according to the pact made in this convention the member countries do not need to legalize the document in any of the member countries to be legal, simple apostille will suffice.