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Ministry of External Affairs is the central government authority that is responsible for the management of the foreign affairs of India, which also authenticates the document issued from India. It is mandatory to obtain a stamp from the MEA for all types of documents during the process of document legalization.
Getting an MEA attestation in India can be both complex and time-consuming process but can be made accessible and facile with the indulgence of attestation service providers who are capable of providing MEA attestation service and assistance throughout the complete process.
MEA attestation means getting a verification stamp from the Ministry of External Affairs for attestation on your documents. This central department deals with the external affairs i.e. anything related to foreign countries, hence when you seek certificate attestation in India it is necessary to verify your documents and certificates from the Ministry. This document legalization is the mandatory step for your documents to prove genuineness. External Affairs Department in Delhi has been responsible for centralized attestation but now it’s decentralized.
MEA attestation is needed for a variety of reasons including resident visa, student visa and work visa; performing business from a foreign country; employing candidates from foreign nations among others. It is also priorly required while applying for the visa and also to get an embassy authentication for other purposes. Ministry of External Affairs attestation for Saudi, Turkey, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, etc. is required on many educational and personal documents like birth certificate, marriage certificate, degree certificate, etc.
If you are going out of the country in order to pursue education or job purpose, you need to get a student visa and to proceed for the further process, it is required to get educational certificate attestation from the central government which will prove the authenticity of your educational documents. Before obtaining central level legalization for a degree certificate, the documents necessitate authentication from other governmental departments like Notary and HRD too, then only you can proceed for the degree certificate attestation.
This whole procedure of MEA attestation can be very complex and time-consuming which is hardly possible to perform as an individual. There are various MEA attestation agents who provide apostille attestation services, certificate authentication services. PEC is among those authenticate services that have acquired its reputation. We can help with the start to end process of verification by performing the procedure on your behalf, all you need to do is fill the inquiry form and provide us with your documents.
Ministry of External Affairs attestation procedure requires many stages of prior authentication before verifying the documents. The whole process for central document authentication relies upon the type of documents i.e personal, educational or commercial. The procedure is listed below:
It is the initial stage of the certificate authentication procedure. This level of legalization can be done by the notary or the University from where the documents were issued, as per the requirement or from the Chamber of commerce in the case of commercial documents.
The legalization of certificates from the state is performed by three different organizations as per the necessity of the document type. These departments are the State Home Department (SHD), Human Resource Department (HRD), and the Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM). SDM is independent of the state government, however, the verification performed by this authority is considered on the state level.
MEA or Ministry of External Affairs is the last stage of authentication from the home government after which an MEA stamp or sticker is applied to the document. MEA is the central organization that concerns with the foreign affairs of the country and elects a minister every five years.
While applying for legalization from MEA for personal Documents you first need to get a Notary certificate by local authorities then Home Department verification is required for MEA legalization of Personal Documents. After these authentications, MEA provides a stamp on documents to go for further process of legalization by the embassy. There is an alternative process for Home Department authentication i.e. SDM authentication.
In certification of commercial documents, the first and mandatory process is to get document verified from the Chamber Of Commerce. After verifying, they issue a stamp on your documents as proof of authentication. After the authentication from the Chamber of commerce, you need to get authentication from the central government to go for the further process which will be performed by the embassy.
Eventually, both apostille and legalization work on the same motive, that is to prove the authentication of documents and both are provided by the central government. But there is a difference between these two: In apostille, you are provided with a stamp complimented with an apostille sticker on your documents while in attestation the documents are issued with only a stamp on the backside.
There is a set of documents that require MEA. The time for the procedure varies respectively according to the document issued state, the kind of documents, or the necessity to perform the authentication. Considering these factors, it takes about 7 to 12 business days for the Ministry of External Affairs attestation. It takes more time in case HRD authentication is involved in the process which needs university certificate verification as well.
The legalization fees vary based on the Indian state from which document is issued, your location, the type of your document. The cost could be reasonable or high, but this cost can also be affected by various reasons like the urgency of the requirement or other add-on services like pick-up and drop facility. For best MEA Attestation price, contact PEC executives now.
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