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The Ministry of External Affairs attests original documents for use abroad. Attestation done by the Ministry of External Affairs is of two types:
1. Apostille: India, since 2005, is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961 that abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in 10 5 member-countries of the Convention (For more info please visit the website: www.hcch.net). Apostille is done for personal documents like birth/death/marriage certificates, Affidavits, Power of Attorney, etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc. Any document Apostilled in one member country is acceptable in all the other 104 member-countries, signatory to the referred convention of 1961 thus greatly simplifying the process of attestation by making it needless to get the documents attested in each or for each of the countries separately. 2. Normal Attestation: This is done for all the countries which are not a member of Hague Convention and where Apostille is not accepted. Procedure for Attestation/Apostille Step 1 - Authentication of documents: All original documents requiring attestation or Apostille should be first authenticated by the designated authorities of the State/Union Territory from where the document has been issued. In case of personal documents, Home/General Administration Department of the concerned State Government/Union Territory are the designated authorities. In case of educational documents, the documents should first be authenticated by the Education Department of the concerned State Government/Union Territory. Commercial Documents are to be pre-authenticated by the respective Chambers of Commerce. The details of the Regional Authentication Centres (RACs) in the States/Union Territories from where the documents should first be authenticated are given below. Regional Authentication Centres (RACs) for States/Union Territories 1 Andhra Pradesh
Special Secretary (Protocol), General Administration Department, Hyderabad. 2 Joint Secretary (Law & Order), General Administration Department, Hyderabad
Office of the Resident Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh in New Delhi. Tel- 23387036, 23384016 2 Arunachal Pradesh
Deputy Secretary (Home), Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar 2 Director, Department of Higher & Technical Education Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar. 3 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh in New Delhi. Tel- 23014136 3 Assam 1 ACS, Joint Secretary (Home), Home Department, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati- 6 2 ACS, Joint Secretary (Political), Home Department, Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-6, Telefax 0361- 2261421 3 Director of Technical Education, Guwahati Tel.0361- 2382276 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Assam in New Delhi. Tel- 26118069 4 Andaman and Nicobar
Assistant Secretary (Home), A & A Administration,Port Blair (Fax: 22879703) 5 Bihar 1 Joint Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Patna, 2 Deputy Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Patna. 09939608674(M), Tel: 0612- 2217225 3 Deputy Secretary (Verification), Bihar School Examination Board, (Senior Secondary), Patna. 4 Controller of Examination, Health Services, HRD for Medical Related Certificates, Patna. 5 Deputy Director (Higher Education), HRD Department, New Secretariat, Patna- 15 6 Secretary, Sanskrit Siksha Board, Boring Canal Road, Patna 7 Secretary, Madarsa Shiksha Board, Vidyapati, Marg, Patna 8 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Bihar in New Delhi.
Resident Collector (Head Quarter) for the UT of Dadar & Nagar Haveli. 5 Deputy Collector/SDM Collectorate, Daman 6 Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. Tel- 23385369 9 Daman and Diu 1 Collector & District Magistrate, Diu 2 Deputy Collector/SDM Collectorate, Daman 3 Addl. Dist. Magistrate, Diu w.e.f. 22.06. 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. Tel- 23385369 10 Delhi NCT 1 Regional Director of Education (South), C-4, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi. Phone 26144508 2 Regional Director of Education (East), C-4, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi. Phone 22522458, 3 Deputy Secretary, Home (Passport) and Superintendent, Government of NCT of Delhi, Home (Passport) Department, 5th Level, "C" Wing, Delhi Secretariat, I.P. Estate, New Delhi as authorized by NCT of Delhi. 4 All District Judges (DJ) and Sub Divisional Magistrates (SDMs) in Delhi 5 Marriage Registrar, Indian Christian Marriage Act, Delhi Secretariat, New Delhi Tel.- 011 23392028, Fax- 011 23392034 11 Goa 1 Director (Higher Education), Junta House, 2nd Lift, 5th floor, Panaji, Goa. Tel: 2425582/85, Fax: 2425582, Mobile: 9822802572 2 Director (Education), Junta House, 2nd Lift, 5th floor, Panaji, Goa. Tel: 2425582/85, Fax: 2425582, Mobile: 9822802572 3 Under Secretary (Home-I), Home Department (Foreigner's & Citizenship Division), Secretariat, Porvorim-Goa
4 Under Secretary (Home-II), Home Department 5 Addl. Collector-II, North Goa District, Panaji 6 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Goa in New Delhi. Tel- 24629964/67/ 12 Gujarat 1 Deputy Secretary (Fax No.079-23252035), General Administration Department, Government of Gujrat, Sachivalaya Gandhi Nagar 2 Under Secretary (Tel: 079-23250481, Fax: 079- 23251638 09978406305(M) for Enquiry-09978406311), General Administration Department, Government of Gujrat, Sachivalaya Gandhi Nagar. 3 Section Officer, General Administration Department, Government of Gujrat, Sachivalaya Gandhi Nagar. 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Gujrat in New Delhi. Tel- 23343147, 23742413 13 Haryana 1 Higher Education Commissioner/Director Higher Education, Haryana for certificate(s)/degree(s) issued by Universities situated outside the State of Haryana 2 Director Secondary Education, Haryana in respect of certificate(s)/diploma(s)/degree issued by National open School, Central Board of Secondary Education, ICSE or any other State Board of Education in the country. 3 The Secondary Board of School Education, Haryana, Bhiwani in respect of Matriculation and 10+2 certificates issued by it or by the Haryana Open School. 4 Deputy Director Colleges-II O/o Higher Education Commissioner, Haryana (0172-2562036) Fax: 2562042 5 Special Secretary to Government Haryana, Home Department 6 Under Secretary Home Department, Government of Haryana 09416967813(M), 0172-2740526(Fax) 7 Deputy Dir. Cadet Corps, Director General Higher
Tel- 24611506, 24611210 16 Jharkhand 1 Director, Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi. 2 Deputy Secretary, Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi. 3 Under Secretary, Department of Human Resource Development, Ranchi 4 Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Ranchi, 09334359534(M), 0651- 2401447 5 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Jharkhand in New Delhi. Tel- 011 - 26739011, Fax 26739005 17 Karnataka^ 1 Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance Projects and Misc.), Government of Karnataka, Bangalore 2 Additional Commissioner (Administration and Development), Government of Karnataka, Mysore 3 Under Secretary, Home Department (Passport and Foreigners), Bangalore, Phone: 080 - 22033371, 22254451(Fax) 4 Regional Commissioner, Mysore 5 Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance, Projects and Misc.), Government of Karnataka, Mysore 6 Regional Commissioner, Gulbarga 7 Regional Commissioner, Bangalore 8 Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance Projects and Misc.), Belgaum 9 Regional Commissioner, Belgaum 10 Additional Commissioner (Administration and Development) Belgaum 11 Additional Commissioner, (Land Maintenance Project and Misc.), Gulbarga
Additional Commissioner (Administration and Development) Gulbarga. 13 Additional Deputy Commissioner & Additional District Magistrate, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore. 14 Additional Deputy Commissioner & Additional District Magistrate, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore 15 Additional Deputy Commissioner, Department Of A.D.C, A.D.M, Bangalore. 16 Additional Distt. Commissioner, Department Of Deputy Commissioner Office, Bangalore Rural 17 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Karnataka in New Delhi. Tel- 26889814 18 Kerala^ 1 Additional Secretary, General Education Department, Certificate Authentication, Thiruvanathpuram. 2 Deputy Secretary General Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre Ernakulam. 3 Additional Secretary General Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre Kozhikode. 4 Additional Secretary (HRD) Certificate Authentication Centre, Thiruvanathpuram. 5 Joint Secretary to Government, Home Department and Under Secretary, Home (Attestation) Department 0471 - 2517107, 2317950, 2317951 6 Additional Secretary to Government, Home Department, Secretariat, Thiruvanathpuram 7 Joint Secretary to Government of Kerala, General Education Department, Certificate Authentication Centre, Ernakulam 0484-2371810, 2371830 8 Additional Secretary to the Government. of Kerala, General Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre, Ernakulam
Principal Secretary, Political Department, Government of Meghalaya 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Meghalaya in New Delhi. Tel- 23015503, 23014341, 23015605 22 Mizoram 1 Under Secretary, Government of Mizoram, Higher & Technical Education Department (Telefax: 0389-2310680) 2 Additional Secretary, Home Department, Government of Mizoram 3 Secretary, Home Department of Mizoram, Aizawl. Tel: 0389 - 2310680 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Mizoram in New Delhi. Tel- 23016408 23 Manipur^ 1 Additional Secretary, Home Department, Government of Manipur, Tel:0385-2443366, 0385-2452829(fax) 2 Under Secretary (Home), Government of Manipur 3 OSD, University & Higher Education, Imphal. 09856086410(M] 4 OSD University & Higher Education, Imphal 09856170467(M) 5 Under Secretary (GAD), Government of Manipur 6 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Manipur in New Delhi. Tel- 26873009, 26873311 24 Nagaland 1 Special Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland, Kohima, Tel. 0370-2270074 Fax: 0370- 2270268 2 Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland, Kohima 3 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Nagaland in New Delhi. Tel- 23013751, 23794680 25 Orissa 1 Higher Education Department, Government of Orissa 2 Special Secretary, Home Department (0674-2536761) 3 Principal Secretary, Home Department, Government of
Orissa 0674-2531515(office), 0674-2392666(Res) 4 Joint Secretary, High Education Department, Department of Higher Education Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar 0674 - 2322434 5 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Orissa in New Delhi. Tel- 23019771 26 Pudducherry^ 1 Joint Secretary (Home), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry 2 Joint Secretary (Administrative Reforms Wing), Chief Secretariat 3 Under Secretary (DP&AR), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry 4
- Office of the Resident Commissioner of Puducherry in New Delhi. Tel- 26881703 27 Punjab 1 Deputy Secretary, Department of NRI Affairs, Tel: 0172- 2742243, Ext.286, 2741723(Fax] 2 Assistant Director (Funds), and Assistant Director (CC), Punjab Education Department, Chandigarh Tel: 0172 - 2704431, 2702857, 09356062952(M) 09815333077(M) 2783660(Fax), 9855683544(M) 3 Assistant Director, Office of Director Public Instruction (Colleges) 4 Under Secretary, Department of NRI Affair, Chandigarh 5 Director, Department of Technical Education & Industrial Training, Government of Punjab, Plot No.1-A, Sector- 36 - A, Chandigarh, Tel: 0172 - 2615385, 2615389, Fax: 0172: 2660734, 9988346813(M) 6 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Punjab in New Delhi. Tel- 23383804, 23385399 28 Port Blair 1 Assistant Secretary (Home), A & N Administration, Port Blair. 29 Rajasthan^ 1 Officer on Special duty (OSD), Home (Jail Department), Government. of Rajasthan Tel.0141- 5153222 - Ext.
Deputy Secretary to the Government of Tripura, Agartala Tel:0381-2324001/0381- 2324002 3 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Tripura in New Delhi. Tel- 23012693, 23015157 33 Uttar Pradesh 1 Under Secretary, HRD, Secretariat, Lucknow 2 Special Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariat, Lucknow 3 Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education 0522 - 2238001 Extn.3041, 09936043902 4 Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh, 0522-2238001 Extn. 5 Joint Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh 09415014247-(M) 6 Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government of Uttar Pradesh 7 Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Government. of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Tel: 0522 2238001 Extension 3202, Fax: 2238287 8 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh in New Delhi. Tel- 23310408 34 Uttrakhand^ 1 Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Uttrakhand, Dehradun 2 Under Secretary, General Administration Department, Government of Uttrakhand, Dehradun Tel: 0135-2712802, 09411173553(M) 3 Under Secretary, General Administration Department, Uttrakhand 0135-2712096(Fax) 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner of Uttrakhand in New Delhi. Tel- 23738498, 23358434 35 West Bengal^ 1 Section Officer, Home (Foreigners'& NRI's) Department, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata
Section Officer, Home (Foreigners'& NRI's) Department, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata 3 W.B.C.S (Exe), Joint Secretary, Home (Foreigners'& NRI's) Department, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata. Tel: 09830005306(M), 033-22527391(Fax) 4 Office of the Resident Commissioner of West Bengal in New Delhi. Tel- 23344269, 23742695 Step 2 – Legalisation of documents: The Ministry of External Affairs thereafter, legalises the documents on the basis of the signature of the designated signing authorities of the State Government/Union Territory/Chambers of Commerce. Hence it does not take responsibility of the contents of the documents. Important note: As a result to outsourcing of receipt and delivery of documents for attestation/Apostille with effect from July 2012, no document is directly accepted from individuals at the Ministry of External Affairs Counter at CPV Division, Patiala House Annexe, New Delhi. The original document is to be submitted directly to any of the four under-mentioned outsourced agencies along with a photocopy of the document and a photocopy of the Passport of the applicant. It would be pertinent to point out that the Ministry does not legalize photocopies. Applicants are advised not to rely on unauthorised persons/touts for Apostille or Attestation services.
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Sl.No. MEA Branch Secretariat Address 3 Hyderabad Ministry of External Affairs Branch Secretariat B-Block, Room No. 310-312, Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, Hyderabad- 500022 Phone : 040-23456051, Fax : 040- 23451244 Email :hobs.hyderabad@mea.gov.in 4 Kolkata Ministry of External Affairs Branch Secretariat 2, Ballygunge, Park Road, Kolkata- 700019 Phone : 033-22879701, 22802686, Fax : 033-22879703, Email :meacal@dataone.in Note: With effect from March 14, 2011, the Passport Office, Goa has been authorized to collect documents, duly authenticated by the designated officers of the State Government of Goa, and deliver the same to the applicants after due attestation/Apostille by the CPV Division, Ministry of External Affairs. Fees for Apostille and Normal Attestation MEA: A fee of Rs. 50/- is payable by means of a Postal Order drawn in favour of Pay & Accounts Officer (PAO), Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi, for Apostille of each document. Normal Attestation is done free of cost. Outsourced agencies: As the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is not accepting documents directly from the applicant/individual, all documents for the purpose of Attestation/Apostille by MEA are to be submitted and collected from the four designated outsourced agencies. The fee chargeable by the outsourced agencies per document for its collection and delivery for Apostille/normal attestation by MEA will be Rs.22/- (Personal document), Rs.18/- (Educational document) and Rs.16/- (Commercial document).
For more information, suggestions or any grievance please contact: Attestation Section/Apostille Cell Ministry of External Affairs Jawahar Lal Nehru Bhawan, Janapath Marg, New Delhi-110011. Telephone : 011-49018403 (Attestation) 49018404 (Apostille) Fax : 011- 49016638 Email : sooi@mea.gov.in Appellate authority: Shri P. Kumaran Joint Secretary CPV Division Ministry of External Affairs Tel No. 011- 23387104 Fax: 011- 23782821 Email: jscpv@mea.gov.in
