Apostille is a type of certificate in which documents /
certificates are authenticated in a specific format applicable to all nations
belonging to the Hague Convention. The Hague Convention or the Apostille Hague
Convention was signed on October 5, 1961. Nonetheless, it only took effect as
of January 14, 1965. The agreement was introduced to wipe out the need for
document legalization and make the countries more convenient. The Apostille is
attached to your document to verify its authenticity and it will be accepted in
one of the other countries who are members of The Hague Apostille Convention.An
Apostille may take the form of a stamp on the certificate or it may be attached
to the certificate. Apostille stamp is a square-shaped sticker stamp that is
computer-generated and attached to the MEA, Government of
India, certificate opposite. It has a distinct ID number, which can
authenticate its validity electronically by any affiliate nation of the Hague
convention.
Documents
required for getting Apostille include:
·
Original certificate
·
Passport copy
Information Apostille is necessary while traveling abroad to obtain
employment visa or work visa, applying for temporary or permanent residency, or
undertaking student visa studies, for business expansion, the need for
information legalization. For the countries that are part of the Hague
Convention this specification is mandatory.
Apostille is valid in 117 Convention member countries. The
Apostille confirms the validity of the text to foreign countries. And only the
member-countries of the Convention accepts this document. The Apostille
Convention needs all Apostille be numbered sequentially, with individual
numbers applied to each Apostille expressed. The accepted Apostille contains a
seal and 10 mandatory references:
·
name of
the country from which the document originated
·
name of
individual signing the document
·
the
scope in which the person signing the document has acted
·
in case
of unsigned documents
·
the
name of the authority that has appended the seal or stamp
·
place
of certification, date of certification
·
the
authority issuing the certificate
·
number
of certificate
·
seal or
stamp of authority declaring certificate
·
signature
of authority declaring certificate.
Apostille
is done for personal documents like birth
certificates, death
certificates, marriage certificates, divorce certificates, etc. and
educational documents like degree, diploma, SSLC and HSC level certificates,
etc. Any document Apostatized in one-member country is acceptable in all other
117 member-countries.
