The Ministry of External Affairs attests original documents for use

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 105 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

Andhra

Pradesh

Special Secretary (Protocol), General Administration

Department, Hyderabad.

Joint Secretary (Law & Order), General Administration

Department, Hyderabad

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh in

New Delhi. Tel- 23387036, 23384016

Arunachal

Pradesh

Deputy Secretary (Home), Government of Arunachal

Pradesh, Itanagar

Director, Department of Higher & Technical Education

Government of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar.

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Arunachal Pradesh

in New Delhi. Tel- 23014136

Assam

ACS, Joint Secretary (Home), Home Department, Assam

Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-6

ACS, Joint Secretary (Political), Home Department, Assam

Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati-6, Telefax 0361-2261421

Director of Technical Education, Guwahati Tel.0361-

2382276

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Assam in New

Delhi. Tel- 26118069

Andaman and

Nicobar

Assistant Secretary (Home), A & A Administration,Port Blair

(Fax: 22879703)

Bihar

1 Joint Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Patna,

Deputy Secretary, Home (Special) Department, Patna.

09939608674(M), Tel: 0612-2217225

Deputy Secretary (Verification), Bihar School Examination

Board, (Senior Secondary), Patna.

Controller of Examination, Health Services, HRD for

Medical Related Certificates, Patna.

Deputy Director (Higher Education), HRD Department, New

Secretariat, Patna-15

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.

Tel- 23014945, 23015067

Chandigarh UT

1 Secretary (Home),

2 Joint Secretary (Home),

Under Secretary (Home), Home Department, Chandigarh

Administration, Tel: 0172-2740290

Joint Secretary (Finance), Home Department, Chandigarh

Administration

5 Registering and Licensing Authority, Chandigarh.

District Education Officer, Education Department,

Chandigarh Administration, O/o, DPI, U.T. Sector 9,

Chandigarh

Office of the Resident Commissioner of UT in New Delhi.

Tel- 23353359

Chattisgarh

Secretary, Technical Education, Chattisgarh

Administration, Raipur

Under Secretary, Home (Passport) Department,

Mantralaya, Raipur

Deputy Secretary, Home (Passport) Department,

Mantralaya, Raipur

Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education,

Government of Chattisgarh, Raipur.

Under Secretary, General Administration Department,

Mantralaya, Raipur

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Chattisgarh in

Delhi. Tel- 46092500, 46092555

Dadra and

Nagar Haveli

1 Deputy Secretary (Home), Home Department, Silvassa

Resident Deputy Collector, Silvassa for the UT of Dadar &

Nagar Haveli.

Resident Deputy Collector, Khanvel for the UT of Dadar &

Nagar Haveli.

Resident Collector (Head Quarter) for the UT of Dadar &

Nagar Haveli.

5 Deputy Collector/SDM Collectorate, Daman

Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. Tel-

23385369

Daman and

Diu

1 Collector & District Magistrate, Diu

2 Deputy Collector/SDM Collectorate, Daman

3 Addl. Dist. Magistrate, Diu w.e.f. 22.06.2010

Office of the Resident Commissioner in New Delhi. Tel-

23385369

Delhi NCT

Regional Director of Education (South), C-4, Vasant Vihar,

New Delhi. Phone 26144508

Regional Director of Education (East), C-4, Vasant Vihar,

New Delhi. Phone 22522458,

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.

All District Judges (DJ) and Sub Divisional Magistrates

(SDMs) in Delhi

Marriage Registrar, Indian Christian Marriage Act, Delhi

Secretariat, New Delhi Tel.-011 23392028, Fax-011

23392034

Goa

Director (Higher Education), Junta House, 2nd Lift, 5th

floor, Panaji, Goa. Tel: 2425582/85, Fax: 2425582, Mobile:

9822802572

Director (Education), Junta House, 2nd Lift, 5th floor,

Panaji, Goa. Tel: 2425582/85, Fax: 2425582, Mobile:

9822802572

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

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Goa in New Delhi.

Tel- 24629964/67/68

Gujarat

Deputy Secretary (Fax No.079-23252035), General

Administration Department, Government of Gujrat,

Sachivalaya Gandhi Nagar

Under Secretary (Tel: 079-23250481, Fax: 079-23251638

09978406305(M) for Enquiry-09978406311), General

Administration Department, Government of Gujrat,

Sachivalaya Gandhi Nagar.

Section Officer, General Administration Department,

Government of Gujrat, Sachivalaya Gandhi Nagar.

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Gujrat in New

Delhi. Tel- 23343147, 23742413

Haryana

Higher Education Commissioner/Director Higher Education,

Haryana for certificate(s)/degree(s) issued by Universities

situated outside the State of Haryana

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.

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.

Deputy Director Colleges-II O/o Higher Education

Commissioner, Haryana (0172-2562036) Fax: 2562042

Special Secretary to Government Haryana, Home

Department

Under Secretary Home Department, Government of

Haryana 09416967813(M), 0172-2740526(Fax)

7 Deputy Dir. Cadet Corps, Director General Higher

Education, Sector-5 Haryana Panchkula Chandigarh

Assistant Director (Administration), Director General of

Higher Education, Panchkula.

Assistant Director, Colleges VII, Higher Education

Commissioner, Haryana Panchkula.

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Haryana in New

Delhi. Tel- 23384354, 23386131/425

Office of the Chief Secretary, Government of Haryana. Tel-

0172- 2740118

Himachal

Pradesh

Principal Secretary (Home) to the Government. of

Himachal Pradesh, Shimla

2 Deputy Secretary (Home), Shimla

3 Under Secretary (Home), Shimla (Tel: 0177-2626450].

Joint Director (C-I), Directorate of High Education, Shimla-

171001

Joint Director (C-II), Directorate of High Education, Shimla-

171001

Additional Director (Colleges), Directorate of High

Education, Shimla-171001

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Himachal Pradesh

in New Delhi. Tel- 23716574, 23716124, 23711964

Jammu &

Kashmir

Principal, GGM Science College, Civil Secretariat, Higher

Education Department, Jammu

Principal, Amar Singh College, Gogji Bagh, Srinagar (J&K)

Fax: 0194-2476828, 9419010839(M), 0194-2476828

Deputy Secretary, Home Department 0191-2543261,

0941942533(M)

Director Colleges, Higher Education Department, Civil

Secretariat, Srinagar/Jammu. Te/Fax: 0194-2479584,

0191-2549616 (w.e.f 26.10.10)

5 Office of the Resident Commissioner of J&K, in New Delhi.

Tel- 24611506, 24611210

Jharkhand

Director, Department of Human Resource Development,

Ranchi.

Deputy Secretary, Department of Human Resource

Development, Ranchi.

Under Secretary, Department of Human Resource

Development, Ranchi

Deputy Secretary, Home Department, Ranchi,

09334359534(M), 0651-2401447

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Jharkhand in

New

Delhi. Tel- 011-26739011, Fax 26739005

Karnataka

Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance Projects and

Misc.), Government of Karnataka, Bangalore

Additional Commissioner (Administration and

Development), Government of Karnataka, Mysore

Under Secretary, Home Department (Passport and

Foreigners), Bangalore, Phone: 080-22033371,

22254451(Fax)

4 Regional Commissioner, Mysore

Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance, Projects and

Misc.), Government of Karnataka, Mysore

6 Regional Commissioner, Gulbarga

7 Regional Commissioner, Bangalore

Additional Commissioner (Land Maintenance Projects and

Misc.), Belgaum

9 Regional Commissioner, Belgaum

Additional Commissioner (Administration and

Development) Belgaum

Additional Commissioner, (Land Maintenance Project and

Misc.), Gulbarga

Additional Commissioner (Administration and

Development) Gulbarga.

Additional Deputy Commissioner & Additional District

Magistrate, Bangalore Urban, Bangalore.

Additional Deputy Commissioner & Additional District

Magistrate, Bangalore Rural, Bangalore

Additional Deputy Commissioner, Department Of A.D.C,

A.D.M, Bangalore.

Additional Distt. Commissioner, Department Of Deputy

Commissioner Office, Bangalore Rural

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Karnataka in New

Delhi. Tel- 26889814

Kerala

Additional Secretary, General Education Department,

Certificate Authentication, Thiruvanathpuram.

Deputy Secretary General Education Department

Certificate Authentication Centre Ernakulam.

Additional Secretary General Education Department

Certificate Authentication Centre Kozhikode.

Additional Secretary (HRD) Certificate Authentication

Centre, Thiruvanathpuram.

Joint Secretary to Government, Home Department and

Under Secretary, Home (Attestation) Department 0471-

2517107, 2317950, 2317951

Additional Secretary to Government, Home Department,

Secretariat, Thiruvanathpuram

Joint Secretary to Government of Kerala, General

Education Department, Certificate Authentication Centre,

Ernakulam 0484-2371810, 2371830

Additional Secretary to the Government. of Kerala, General

Education Department Certificate Authentication Centre,

Ernakulam

Joint Secretary, GED, Certificate Authentication Centre,

Kozhikode

Under Secretary, Home Department, Secretariat,

Thiruvanathpuram.

Joint Secretary, General Education Department, Certificate

Authentication Centre, Kozhikode.

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Kerala in New

Delhi. Tel- 23362656, 23368581, 23367833

Madhya

Pradesh

Deputy Secretary, Higher Education Department,

Mantralya , Vallagh Bhavan, M Block, 3 Green City, 35,

Gulmohur Bhawan, Bhopal , Tel: 0755-

2741024,09926966011(M)

Under Secretary (HRD), Maltralaya, Vallabh Bhawan,

Bhopal.

Under Secretary, Higher Education Department,

Maltralaya, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Madhya Pradesh in

New Delhi. Tel- 23019899, 23348484, 23361705

Maharashtra

Joint Secretary, Higher & Technical Education Department,

4th floor, Mantralaya Annexe, Mumbai-400032, Tel: 022-

22025206(O), 24367773 (R)

Deputy Secretary, Employment & Self-Employment

Department, Mantralaya, Mumbai

Section Officer, Home Department, Government of

Maharashtra 022-22794093, 09322650065(M)

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Maharashtra in

New Delhi. Tel- 23388075, 23383876

Meghalaya

Secretary, Education Department, Government of

Meghalaya, Shilong Telefax: 0364-2226684 (For Education

Documents only)

2 Secretary, Political Department, Government of Meghalaya

Principal Secretary, Political Department, Government of

Meghalaya

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Meghalaya in New

Delhi. Tel- 23015503, 23014341, 23015605

Mizoram

Under Secretary, Government of Mizoram, Higher &

Technical Education Department (Telefax: 0389-2310680)

Additional Secretary, Home Department, Government of

Mizoram

Secretary, Home Department of Mizoram, Aizawl. Tel:

0389-2310680

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Mizoram in New

Delhi. Tel- 23016408

Manipur

Additional Secretary, Home Department, Government of

Manipur, Tel:0385-2443366, 0385-2452829(fax)

2 Under Secretary (Home), Government of Manipur

OSD, University & Higher Education, Imphal.

09856086410(M]

OSD University & Higher Education, Imphal

09856170467(M)

5 Under Secretary (GAD), Government of Manipur

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Manipur in New

Delhi. Tel- 26873009, 26873311

Nagaland

Special Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland,

Kohima, Tel. 0370-2270074 Fax: 0370-2270268

2 Secretary (Home), Government of Nagaland, Kohima

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Nagaland in New

Delhi. Tel- 23013751, 23794680

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)

Joint Secretary, High Education Department, Department

of Higher Education Government of Orissa, Bhubaneswar

0674-2322434

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Orissa in New

Delhi. Tel- 23019771

Pudducherry

1 Joint Secretary (Home), Chief Secretariat, Puducherry

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

Punjab

Deputy Secretary, Department of NRI Affairs, Tel: 0172-

2742243, Ext.286, 2741723(Fax]

Assistant Director (Funds), and Assistant Director (CC),

Punjab Education Department, Chandigarh Tel: 0172-

2704431, 2702857, 09356062952(M) 09815333077(M)

2783660(Fax), 9855683544(M)

Assistant Director, Office of Director Public Instruction

(Colleges)

4 Under Secretary, Department of NRI Affair, Chandigarh

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)

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Punjab in New

Delhi. Tel- 23383804, 23385399

Port Blair

Assistant Secretary (Home), A & N Administration, Port

Blair.

Rajasthan

Officer on Special duty (OSD), Home (Jail Department),

Government. of Rajasthan Tel.0141-5153222-Ext.2330

Deputy Secretary (Administration), Education Department,

Administration Secretariat, Jaipur. Phone: 0141-

2227399(O) 9829480205

Deputy Secretary (Administration], Education Department

Phone: 0141-2227724

Deputy Secretary, (Coordination) Home Department,

Government of Rajasthan,

Assistant Secretary, Higher Education (GR.III), Secretariat,

Jaipur, Tel. 0141-5153222 Ext. 4852, 09414335554 (M),

0141-2227017(Fax)

Deputy Secretary, Higher Education (Gr.III) Department,

Room No.2202, 2nd floor, Main Building, Government.

Secretariat, Jaipur Tel: 0141-5115995, 9828051054(M),

Fax: 0141-2227017

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Rajasthan in New

Delhi. Tel- 23073747, 23381333, 23383472

Sikkim

Deputy Director (Exam), Human Resource Development

Department, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok

Assistant Director, Exam Cell, Human Resource

Development, Government of Sikkim, Gangtok

Joint Secretary (Protocol), Home Department, Government

of Sikkim, Gangtok

Joint Secretary (Con), Home Department, Government of

Sikkim, Gangtok

Office

of the Resident Commissioner of Sikkim in New

Delhi. Tel- 26113747

Tamilnadu

Under Secretary, (Foreigners) Department, Government of

Tamil Nadu, Chennai

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Tamil Nadu in New

Delhi. Tel- 23010035, 24193333

Tripura

Deputy Secretary to the Government of Tripura, Agartala,

Tel: 0381-2326041-224(EPBX)

Deputy Secretary to the Government of Tripura, Agartala

Tel:0381-2324001/0381-2324002

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Tripura in New

Delhi. Tel- 23012693, 23015157

Uttar Pradesh

1 Under Secretary, HRD, Secretariat, Lucknow

Special Secretary, General Administration Department,

Secretariat, Lucknow

Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education 0522-

2238001 Extn.3041, 09936043902

Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education,

Government of Uttar Pradesh, 0522-2238001 Extn.3967

Joint Secretary, General Administration Department,

Government of Uttar Pradesh 09415014247-(M)

Under Secretary, Department of Higher Education,

Government of Uttar Pradesh

Joint Secretary, Department of Higher Education,

Government. of Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow Tel: 0522

2238001 Extension 3202, Fax: 2238287

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Uttar Pradesh in

New Delhi. Tel- 23310408

Uttrakhand

Deputy Secretary, General Administration Department,

Government of Uttrakhand, Dehradun

Under Secretary, General Administration Department,

Government of Uttrakhand, Dehradun Tel: 0135-2712802,

09411173553(M)

Under Secretary, General Administration Department,

Uttrakhand 0135-2712096(Fax)

Office of the Resident Commissioner of Uttrakhand in New

Delhi. Tel- 23738498, 23358434

West Bengal

Section Officer, Home (Foreigners'& NRI's) Department,

Government of West Bengal, Kolkata

Section Officer, Home (Foreigners'& NRI's) Department,

Government of West Bengal, Kolkata

W.B.C.S (Exe), Joint Secretary, Home (Foreigners'& NRI's)

Department, Government of West Bengal, Kolkata. Tel:

09830005306(M), 033-22527391(Fax)

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.

1. M/s. BLS International Services Ltd., 910 Indra Prakash Building, 21

Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110 001.

Phone: 011-23716531, 23755263; Fax: 011-23716531

M/s. BLS International Services Ltd., SCO 37/38, Sector 17 C, Near Batura

King, 3rd Floor, Office No. 4, Chandigarh. Phone: 09915167321.

2. M/s. IVS Global Service Pvt. Ltd, 119, New Delhi House (1st Floor), 27

Barakhamba Road, Connaught Place, New Delhi.

Phone: 011- 61608080; Fax: 011- 43115800

IVS Global Service Pvt. Ltd. S.C.O. 83/84, Sector 34 A, Chandigarh, Phone:

0172-61608080.

3. M/s. Superb Enterprises, 100 G, LGF 8A, Milap Building, Bahadur Shah Zafar

Marg, ITO, New Delhi-110 002.

Phone: 011- 23355999 ; Fax: 011- 23350999

Email: att@superbenterprisesindia.coms.

M/s. Superb Enterprises, SCO-23, 24 & 25, Office No. 4, Near Regional

Passport Office, Sector 34A, Chandigarh-160 022.

Phone: 0172- 2601075.

4. M/s. VFS Global Services, Attestation-Collection Centre, S-2 level (Upper

Ground Floor), Block-E, International Trade Tower, Nehru Place, New Delhi-

110 019.

Phone: 011 -40548204

Applicant can, however, submit and collect documents directly at the

four under-mentioned Branch Secretariats of the Ministry of External

Affairs. They also Attest/Apostille documents in addition to MEA.

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MEA Branch

Secretariat

Address

1 Chennai

Ministry of External Affairs Branch

Secretariat,

68, College Road, E.V.K. Sampath

Maaligai,

7th Floor, Numgambakkam,

Chennai -600006.

Phone : 044-28252200, 28251323

Email :usbs.chennai@mea.gov.in

2 Guwahati

Ministry of External Affairs Branch

Secretariat

House No. 307, Beltola, Basistha Road,

Guwahati-781028.

Phone : 0361-2229155, 2229156,

Fax : 0361-2229157

Email :hobs.guwahati@mea.gov.in

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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