General Information

Apostille Services:-

(a) Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Govt. of India is the nodal Ministry for consular legalization i.e. attestation/apostille of documents for use in India and abroad. Please see the link : https://www.mea.gov.in/apostille-menu.htm 

(b) India, since 2005, is a member of the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 that abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in all member-countries of the Convention (For more info please visit the website: https://www.hcch.net/).

(c) Apostille is done for personal documents like birth/death/marriage certificates, Affidavits, Power of Attorney etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc.

(d) As India is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention, 1961, no further attestation or legalization of a document apostilled by a member country, should be required for using such apostilled document in India. An apostilled document should, therefore, be treated as legalized document for all purposes in India by all concerned, in accordance with the international obligation under the Convention.

Apostille Process:-

The Embassy of India is not authorized to provide apostille services for Indian documents. Such documents can be apostilled through the Attestation Section/Apostille Cell, Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. For more information, guidance and contact details visit the MEA website https://www.mea.gov.in/apostille-menu.htm . 

Important Information/Useful Links:-

(a)  Documents issued by foreign authorities must be apostilled by the concerned authorities of that country.

(b) Countries under Hague Convention is available at this link: (https://www.hcch.net/en/states/hcch-members) 

No further requirement of attestation of apostilled documents : (https://www.mea.gov.in/Images/amb/apostille_circular_new.pdf)

Enclosure- Issuing and Accepting Apostilles : (https://www.mea.gov.in/Images/amb/enclosure_1.pdf)

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