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Apostille is a process in which various seals are placed on the document. Such documents range from degrees, transcripts, powers of attorney and other legal papers. If the country where you intend to use your documents is a member of the Hague Convention, you need an Apostille. Don’t know if you need an apostille? It’s easy to find out. Just Contact us and EAS will walk you through it.

A large number of countries all over the world have joined a treaty that greatly simplifies the authentication of public documents to be used abroad. This treaty is called the Hague Convention of October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents. It is commonly known as the Apostille Convention. Where it applies, the treaty reduces the authentication process to a single formality: the issuance of an authentication certificate by an authority designated by the country where the public document was issued. This certificate is called an Apostille.

The Apostille Convention has proven to be extremely useful and is applied millions of times each year throughout the world. It greatly facilitates the circulation of public documents issued by a country party to the Convention and that are to be used in another country also party to the Convention.

Documents issued in one country which need to be used in another country must be authenticated /legalized or Apostille before they can be recognized as valid in the foreign country.

Apostille is certificate which verifies and confirms the seal and signature of person who authenticated the document. Some people call this 'superlegalisation'. There are designated authorities in every country to issue apostille certificates or legalisation. Apostilles are commonly issued for various documents related to adoption cases, for commercial documents, for official documents related to vital statistics, and for court records, land records, school documents and patent applications.

All documents should be first authenticated by the designated agencies in the State from where the document has been issued. In case of personal documents, Home Department/General Administration Departments are the designated authorities. In case of educational documents, State Governments have now opened Regional Authentication Centers (RACs) at various States from where the document should first be attested. Documents attested by these authorities then need to be presented to MEA for issue of Apostilles.

Apostille any document for official use can be a very time consuming and frustrating process, and can even become a waste of money unless it is done properly. It is vital that you trust your documents only to experienced professionals who understand the way apostilles and other notarization processes work. EAS are here to make your apostille process as painless and enjoyable as possible.