Procurement Of GOVT Approved MEA

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the exclusive authority to issue Apostille Stamp Sticker to the documents issued in India. The Apostilled documents are valid only in The Hague Convention Countries. The Hague Convention 1961 abolished the requirement of repeated Legalization of foreign public documents by the governments of member countries. A document apostilled by one member country of Hague Convention is accepted by all other member countries of the Convention. MEA Apostille Attestation is done for personal documents like Birth Certificate Apostille, Death Certificate Apostille, Marriage Certificate Apostille, Educational Degree Certificate Apostille Authentication, etc.

Procurement Of GOVT Approved MEA:

The Ministry of External Affairs outsourced its Apostille/Attestation services from March 1, 2012. After outsourcing of collection and delivery of documents by MEA, no documents for apostille are accepted by MEA directly. The original document is to be submitted directly to the outsourced agencies along with a photocopy of the document and a photocopy of the Passport of the applicant for Apostille India.

There are three basic types of attestations:

State Attestation

State attestation is required before MEA attestation, where depending on the type of document, relevant state attestation is required. For example in case of educational documents, attestation from State Education Department is required. In case of personal documents, Home Department or General Administration Department of the concerned state should attest the document prior to attestation by the MEA

MEA Attestation or Apostille

MEA attestation or apostille is done only after attestation by the relevant state authorities

Embassy Attestation

Embassy attestation is done after the MEA attestation/apostille

How Can FACTS Transcripts Help In Obtaining GOVT Approved MEA?

FACTS Transcripts and Verification is committed to delivering a world-class experience as we are partnered with outsourced agencies of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to collect the certificates/ documents for MEA Attestation and Apostille Documents from the individuals. It is relevant to mention that the MEA Apostille original documents and do not Apostille photocopies of the documents. deliver the same attested documents to the individuals/applicants.