The Facts About Certificate Authentication

By doing certificate authentication, any education, non-educational or any other certificate gets legalized by the respective embassy or consulate in India. In case the citizen of India need to get attestation for the documents to be used in UAE then the person has to submit them to the UAE embassy or consulate in Delhi. But before these certificates get submitted to the consulate or embassy they must be attested by the Ministry of External Affairs and the respective Home Department of the particular state to which these documents belong. The procedure of authentication depends on the type of the document. In some cases, the certificates get attested by Notary before they get submitted to the Home Department and in some cases they are to be attested from the respective embassy before sent to the home department.

Why is certificate authentication necessary?

When any legal document has to be presented in a foreign country then it becomes very difficult for them to make out if these documents are genuine or forged so the foreign authorities like to get the proof that these documents that are submitted by the Indian citizens to be used for various purposes are genuine. They may want to check out the signatures of the Indian Officials on the documents which depicts that these are the actual ones. The Indian citizens may need to submit the documents for the reasons like job, higher studies, business, residence visa etc.

The process of certificate authentication

The process of certification authentication or legalization needs to go through various levels of departments. The first step starts from the home department of states and then the documents reach the Central Government offices, Ministry of External Affairs, and at the end the authentication has to be done from India ( in case of Indian citizens) or the country of origin from where the certificates got issued.

The certificates to be attested for the employment visa

For employment visa the highest educational qualification document has to be attested. It is not necessary to get the other educational documents attested unless mentioned or needed otherwise. For some specific jobs, the post graduation qualification, graduation certificates may also be needed to be authenticated. Actually it depends on the nature of the job and the requirements needed by a particular employer.

The documents to be authenticated for student visa or spouse visa

For getting the student visa all educational certificates and mark sheets starting from class 10th are to be attested by the respective authorities. For the spouse or family visa, the marriage certificate and the birth certificate are the required documents to be attested by the respective authorities in India. As compared to the educational certificates, the non-educational certificate authentication can be done easily. They must be first attested from the Ministry of External Affairs in India and sent to the concerned Embassy for further proceeding. It is always better to look for a certified agent or service provider who can help the person in arranging and submitting these documents to get the work done fast, hassle-free and at the most competitive rate.