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When a person from India go abroad for job his certificates has to be authenticated by that country's embassy or consulate in India. Since there are many Indians working in GCC countries - Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Kingdom Saudi Arabia (KSA), and United Arab Emirates (UAE) it is necessary for them to attest their documents in corresponding foreign embassy or consulate in Delhi or Mumbai. Same procedure is applicable for other countries in Europe, Africa, Australia and American continents. Attestation Procedure Exact attestation procedure depends on the type of the certificate and destination country. To get embassy or consulate attestation the document has to be attested by Govt. of India. It has two separate department to take care of certificate attestation procedures, Human Resource Development Department (HRD) and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA). 1. Educational Certificates These are the certificates obtained from school and college like SSLC/10th/CBSE, PDC/+2/HSC, Degree certificates like BA, Bsc, Bcom, BTech, BE, BBA, CA, MBBS, Post graduate certificates like MA, Msc, Mcom, MBA, MCA and other Diploma, Nursing and ITI certificates. 2. Non-Educational Certificates This includes marriage and birth certificates, affidavit, transfer and leaving certificates, medical, death, divorce, experience and provisional certificates. 3. Supporting Documents These documents has to be submitted along with the above mentioned documents for attestation. Exact number and type of supporting documents may vary from country to country. Some of the supporting documents are mark lists, transcripts, registration, selection letter, passport copy, photo etc. Human Resource Development Department(HRD) and Ministry of External Affairs(MEA) Attestation
procedure also different for education and non-educational certificates
and again it depends on the destination country of the applicant. Normally
to attest an educational document from the embassy it has to be
authenticated by MEA. To get an MEA authentication it has to be
authenticated by HRD. For a non education certificate, prior to MEA and Embassy authentication, it has to be authenticated by the respective state home ministry or Sub-divisional Magistrate (SDM). If the certificate is from Andhra Pradesh then it has to be authenticated by General Administration Department (GAD) prior to MEA/Embassy Attestation. University Verification, Translation and Notary Attestation For some embassies it has to be
authenticate by a Notary before submitting to the home ministry.
University verification and translation also required by some embassies.
For UAE attestation and Kuwait attestation education certificate
procedures are same but non-educational certificates are dealt in
different way. So you have to enquire with the corresponding embassy or
consulate for exact procedure of attestation. At present most of the HRD and MEA
authentications are done in Delhi. But state level HRD authentication also
happening in some state home ministry departments. If attestation is done
in Mumbai consulate then certificates has to be authenticated by Mumbai
notary, home ministry, mantralaya prior to the consulate submission. Govt. of India and respective embassies change their rules quite often. So visit their sites or consult with respective offices before going for a certificate attestation. Now for HRD authentication it is necessary to submit the document in person or by a blood relative otherwise it will not be accepted. Latest information can be obtained from Govt. of India departments and their web sites, NORKA (Non Resident Keralites Affairs Department by Govt of Kerala), NRI based sites, Gulf News and Media etc Urogulf Attestation Services
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