Attestation/Apostille is an act of witnessing a certificate or document by authorized person/ persons/ departments/ authorities with their official seal and signature. Attestation/Apostille also confirms that specified certificate or document has been issued by the concerned department and seal and sign of the issuing authority are true and correct.
RAHNUMA TRAVELS PRIVATE LIMITED accepts all kind of personal documents, educational certificates and commercial papers for attestation/legalization Notary Public, SDM, Apostille, Ministry ofExternal Affairs and Embassies.

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  Attestation

  There are three basic types of attestations:
  State Attestation: State attestation is required before MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) 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 (Ministry of External Affairs)
  MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) Attestation: MEA attestation is done only after attestation by the relevant state authorities
  Embassy Attestation: Embassy attestation is done after the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) attestation

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  Apostille

  An Apostille is a type of attestation in which documents are legalised in a particular format that is acceptable in all nations that belong to the Hague Convention. Essentially, Apostille is an international attestation that is acceptable in about 92 countries, and most of the western world recognises Apostille. Under normal circumstances, once the document is apostilled, it does not require to be attested further from the concerned embassy.
  If a document is apostilled, it does not require to be attested.
  For the list of countries that require documents to be apostilled, please refer to the following link: http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=states.listing
  

  Countries that require documents to be apostilled.
  Albania, Andorra, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brunei, Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominican, Republic Ecuador El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of (South), Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Macedonia, FYR of Malawi, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niue, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Sao Tome and Principe Samoa San Marino Serbia Seychelles Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uruguay USA Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela.