Apostille
In French: apostille means certify, authenticate or complete. Aims to simplify legalizing the documents issued in any country by a registered or recognised institute.Once a document is apostilled it is recognised or considered legal in countries listed in Hague countries which includings India. Countries which are part of hague convention does not require to legalize the document. Simple apostille is enough to validate documents.
Apostille
In French: apostille means certify, authenticate or complete. Aims to simplify legalizing the documents issued in any country by a registered or recognised institute.Once a document is apostilled it is recognised or considered legal in countries listed in Hague countries which includings India. Countries which are part of hague convention does not require to legalize the document. Simple apostille is enough to validate documents.

Typical time required: 3 to 4 weeks
Required Documents
- Original copies of the documents that you want to Apostille
- Passport for identification (also Passport copies of spouses if married or divorced)
- Passport size photographs
- Authorization letter on a Rs 20 bond paper if someone else is collecting on your behalf.
Step by Step Procedure
- Firstly, collect and consolidate all the documents that you want to apostille
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The next step is attestation, which can be done in 2 ways:
1)State attestation ---> HRD attestation ---> Notary --->MEA Apostille
2)SDM attestation ---> HRD attestation ---> Notary ---> MEA apostille - Difference between the two approaches. The first method involves State attestation whereby the state authority body attests the document. This attestation can only be given to the person to whom the document belongs, no other agency can be involved in this. The SDM attestation can be taken care of by the agencies and do not necessarily require the candidate for the whole process. For both the cases, MEA apostille is provided.
- For a state attestation, you will have to go to the concerned state authority and submit the documents. You will have to pay a nominal registration fee and your apostilled documents will be available in a week or so. You may directly apply here for apostille.
- For Poland in specific, it is not mandatory to get state attestation so you may skip it and go for MEA apostille directly. To apply for apostille click here.
- In case you still have to go for a state attestation, you may submit the original document at the Regional commissioner’s office. Get a seal from the notary of the region and then submit the documents to HRD and get the seal on the document for the Apostille.
- Once done, submit these documents to MEA. The process takes roughly one week for its completion and so plan accordingly.

Frequently asked questions
HOW
You can send us via any courier service available in your city.
WHERE
14, 1st Main Rd, Arekere MICO Layout 2nd stage, 1st Stage, Araka Mico Layout, Arekere, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560078
Ph No- 8867608589
Upon receiving your documents through courier, within one week documents will be at your home Apostilled.
We are MEA approved which means here is no middleman between you and MEA, you will have least price in the market out there.We barcode all the documents to keep them in track.
We Apostille thousands of documents not a single complaint was received in past years. We will continue the same. You can be assured that we take care of all your docents as our own.
If you have any further questions or need more clarification, feel free to Contact Us.
More FAQs
Documents that are issues in one country may or may not be recognized elsewhere. To ensure that the same is taken care of, there is a need for authentication or legalization. The Hague Convention simplifies the process by creating a list of conventions which if followed will result in the documents being accepted across globe. These conventions are valid for all the countries that have signed up for the Hague Convention.
Yes, India is a member country of the Hague convention.
Refer to the below link for the list of countries that are a part of Hague convention:
http://www.apostille.net/member-countries-of-the-hague-convention.html
If your country is not listed in the Hague convention, your documents require Consular/Embassy legalization. This process involves two extra steps at the Department of State and the Embassy or the Consulate.
The question is why the price of others is high (they may have involved middleman). We do have anyone else involved in the process, since we have direct contact with the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs)
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