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Apostille services (MEA)

An apostille issued by the Ministry of External Affairs makes an Indian document usable in the 120-plus countries of the Hague Convention without any further embassy step. We run the whole chain, including the state-level authentication that has to happen first.

Indian documents cannot go straight to the MEA. Educational documents are authenticated by the State Education or HRD Department, non-educational documents such as birth, marriage and police clearance certificates by the State Home Department or the relevant SDM, and commercial documents by a Chamber of Commerce. Only then does the MEA in New Delhi attach the apostille. Getting that order wrong is the single most common reason a file comes back.

We collect the document, arrange notarisation where it is required, carry it through the correct state desk, submit it to the MEA through an authorised collection centre and return it to you with the apostille attached and a scan sent the same day it is issued.

  • State HRD, Home Department or SDM authentication arranged before MEA submission
  • Chamber of Commerce attestation for invoices, board resolutions and certificates of origin
  • Sticker and stamp photographed and emailed the day the MEA releases the file
  • Valid for every Hague Convention country, so no further embassy legalisation is needed

Documents we handle most

How a file moves through our office

  1. Send the document

    Upload a clear scan or photograph through the quote form, or email it. We accept PDF, JPG, PNG, DOC and DOCX.

  2. Receive a fixed quote

    We confirm the price, the exact steps your document needs and the working days involved. Nothing starts until you approve it.

  3. We run the file

    Translation, notarisation, state attestation, apostille or embassy legalisation, handled in the correct order by our own team.

  4. Delivery

    Scans by email as each stamp is issued, originals by courier to any address in India or abroad.

Apostille services by city

Questions we are asked most

What is the difference between an apostille and embassy attestation?

An apostille is a single certificate issued by the Ministry of External Affairs that makes an Indian document valid in any country that has joined the Hague Convention. For countries outside it, such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, China and Vietnam, the MEA stamp is only the halfway point and the document must then be legalised at that country's embassy or consulate in India.

Can I get an apostille without state attestation first?

No. The MEA only apostilles a document that already carries an authentication from the issuing state: the education or HRD department for academic records, the home department or SDM for personal records, and a chamber of commerce for commercial documents. Sending a document straight to the MEA is the most common reason a file is returned.

Do you need my original documents?

For translation, a clear scan is enough. For attestation, apostille and embassy legalisation, the original has to be physically submitted, so it travels to us by courier and back to you the same way, insured and tracked.

How quickly can you work?

Translations are usually ready in two to four working days. State attestation adds roughly one to two weeks depending on the department, MEA apostille three to seven working days, and embassy legalisation anything from two days to several weeks depending on the mission. We give you a date with the quote.

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Signed, stamped translations accepted by consulates, universities and government offices.

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We obtain the original record from the issuing authority when you cannot be there in person.

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Websites, apps, product labels and training material adapted for Indian and international markets.

Ask for a quote

Prices depend on the document, the language pair and the destination authority, so we quote each file individually. Send us a scan and you will have a fixed price and a timeline, usually within one working day.

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