An apostille is a certificate that authenticates the origin of personal, educational or business documents. Apostille can only be issued for documents issued in one country party to the Apostille convention and which are to be used in a foreign country which is also a party to the convention. Essentially, Apostille is an global attestation that is suitable in about 112 countries, and most of the western world recognizes Apostille.
India is a signatory to the Apostille convention; and has designated the equal authorities for authentication of documents for Attestation as well as for Apostille.
Only unique documents duly authenticated by the designated authorities of the state Governments / Sub-Divisional magistrate are Apostilled with the aid of the Ministry of external Affairs. Apostille is accomplished at the reverse aspect of the original document. The applicants need to submit the following documents/fees
- Original document to be attested or apostilled
- One clear photocopy of the document
- One clear photocopy of the passport
In case the document is found, at any stage, to be fake or the authentication forged, the same will be seized by the Ministry of external Affairs. The Ministry may also initiate suitable legal action towards the applicant. The service charge paid to us or the Ministry of external Affairs cannot be returned in any circumstance.
List of Accepted Apostille countries
Albania | Andorra | Argentina | Armenia |
Australia | Austria | Azerbaijan | Belarus |
Belgium | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brazil | Bulgaria |
Burkina Faso | Canada | Chile | China |
Costa Rica | Croatia | Cyprus | Czech Republic |
Denmark | Ecuador | Egypt | Estonia |
European Union | Finland | France | Georgia |
Germany | Greece | Hungary | Iceland |
India | Ireland | Israel | Italy |
Japan | Jordan | Korea | Latvia |
Lithuania | Luxembourg | Malaysia | Malta |
Mauritius | Mexico | Monaco | Montenegro |
Morocco | Netherlands | New Zealand | Norway |
Oman | Panama | Paraguay | Peru Philippines |
Poland | Portugal | Romania | Russian |
Serbia | Singapore | Slovakia | Slovenia |
South Africa | Spain | Sri Lanka | Suriname |
Sweden | Switzerland | Macedonia | Tunisia |
Turkey | Ukraine | United Kingdom | Britain |
Northern | Ireland | United States of America | Uruguay |
Venezuela | Viet Nam | Zambia |