Birth Certificate Apostille in India

Birth Certificate Apostille in India

We Abrodex Consultancy provides Birth Certificate Apostille from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Guwahati Center in India. The Certificate The MEA, Govt. of India provides two kind of Certification, one is normal Attestation and another one is Apostille Attestation.

The Birth Certificate Apostille from India is require for the Countries those are member of Hague Apostille Convention. The Hague Conventional Countries (HCC) are Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Kingdom of Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Kingdom of the Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, Oman, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, São Tomé and Príncipe, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela.

The Birth Certificate Apostille in India will be done by Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi after the Attestation from the competent Government recognized authority in India. The competent authority for personal and non educational documents Attestation prior Apostille are Regional Attestation Center (RAC), General Administrative Department (GAD), Home Department etc. of the respective state from where the Birth certificate has been issued.

Apart from the above said mentioned Birth Certificate Apostille process, there is an alternate, time effective as well as cost effective process practiced in India. In this process, the Birth Certificate Apostille in India could be completed from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi after the Attestation of Sub Divisional Magistrate, New Delhi and the Attestation from Notary. In this process the Birth Certificate Apostille will be done within three working days. The said process of the Birth Certificate Apostille is the time as well as cost effective and widely accepted in The Hague Conventional Countries (HCC) across the Globe.

***Please be informed that, very few Country never accept the Birth Certificate Apostille in this process and the acceptance of the could be confirmed before Apostille from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi.

Apostille is the simplified certification of public documents (including notarized), for their international use in all nations that have joined the Apostille Section of the Hague Convention. Signatory countries have agreed under the Apostille Section of the Hague Convention to recognize public documents certified by the “Apostille”. This certification ensures that public documents are valid within the country where the document was originally issued or notarized. The main function of the Apostille is to certify the authenticity of the signature on the document (i. e: State Registrar, County Clerk, Judge, Vital Records Officer or Notary Public). The Apostille also certifies the capacity in which the person signing the document acted and the identity of any stamp or seal affixed to the document.

The Apostille is a one page document embossed with the Seal of the State (see sample image) and includes the facsimile signature of the individual issuing the certificate. There are currently over 105 member including India of the Hague convention, and in the future, many other countries will join the Apostille Section of the Hague Convention to be able to recognize the Apostille for the international legalization of documents.

The Apostille is applied only to public documents, signed by an authority or official connected with a court or tribunal of the State (including documents issued by an administrative, constitutional or ecclesiastical court or tribunal, a public prosecutor, a clerk or a process-server); administrative documents, notarial acts, and official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures. Almost every kind of document including: Birth Certificate, Adoption Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Decree, Death Certificate, Power of Attorney, School Diploma and/or Transcripts, Corporate Documents, Affidavits, Identity documents and/or Passports, Deeds and Wills, Agreements, Bills of Sale, Proof of Ownership, Private Documents.