Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Find solution of Certificate Attestation, Apostille query.

1. WHY IS CERTIFICATE AND DOCUMENT ATTESTATION NECESSARY?

Educational certificates

Purpose of attestation –

• To get a labour card/ employment visa in a foreign nation for most of the designation.
• To write DOH (Department of Health) and MOH (Ministry of Health) examinations by doctors, laboratory technicians, pharmacists and nurses
• To pursue higher studies abroad.
• To obtain equivalent certificates

Non-educational certificates

Purpose of Attestation

To get residence visa for in-laws, wife and children; For child’s admission in the school (through transfer certificate) Power of Attorney – (a) for the removal of LLC partnership provided partner in India does not want to extend the partnership (b)to obtain the right to sell properties in India. To get the experience certificate attested  needed by pharmacist, doctors, technicians and nurses.

2. IS THERE ANY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN APOSTILLE AND NOTARY?

Both verify that an applicant held a Notary commission at the time you notarized the certificate. Apostille is used and considered legal when public documents are transferred between nations that are a member to the Hague Apostille Convention of 1961. An apostille is done by the Notary commissioning agency or Secretary of State’s Office.

3. WHAT IS THE PROCEDURE TO GET A CERTIFICATE ATTESTED OR DOCUMENT ATTESTED FROM INDIA?

There are several ways to attest educational documents from India, it is a chain process. The authorities of the respective nations checks all certificates and documents before attesting them. Here is a quick glance at the steps involved in attestation process:

• Home Department (Mantralaya)
• Ministry of External Affairs – MEA Delhi
• Embassy Attestation
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs

4. WHICH ARE THE CERTIFICATES AND DOCUMENT APOSTILLED/ AUTHENTICATED?

Any type of commercial, personal or educational document can apostrophized/ legalised/ authenticated. It is important to have the document in the digital repository to get the attestation. Apostille through VLS International.

5. WHAT ARE THE EFFECTS OF AN APOSTILLE?

An apostille only certified the origin of the public certificate or document to which it relates, it certified the authenticity of the seal or signature of the authority or person that sealed or signed the document and the capacity in which this was done.  An apostille does not certify the content of the public document or certificate to which it relates.

6. CAN APOSTILLE BE REJECTED IN THE NATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO BE USED?

Apostille issued or done in accordance with the requirement of the convention should be recognised in the nation where they have to be used.

7. IF THE RECIPIENT OF THE APOSTILLE WANTS TO VERIFY THE APOSTILLE, WHAT SHALL I SUGGEST?

Each competent authority is needed to keep and maintain a register in which it records the number and date of every Apostille it issues and also the information related to the authority or the person that sealed or signed the underlying public documents and certificates.

8. CAN WE TRUST THE COURIER PEOPLE?

We have our carefully chosen courier companies and messengers who are reliable and trustworthy. As soon as they collect certificate and document from you, they will give you the receipt of VLS International that would act as the proof or evidence for the future. The receipt voucher would have all the necessary details regarding your documents and payment.