Notary Attestation
Certification by notary is performed before all other proedures involving the course of action. It is acquired from the local notary, mostly in the form of a signature and a stamp as well. The notary is the most fundamental necessity of any legislature related certification proceure. It is first step in attestation in India of personal and educational documents.
Home Department Attestation
Verification for personal documents is performed by the State Home Department. Personal document certification includes a marriage certificate, death certificate, birth certificate. Home Department is exceptional to performing legalization for the personal documents and the authorities hired are the only ones allowed to attest documents. It is the second step of legalization of personal documents.
SDM Attestation
The Sub-Divisional Magistrate is a variant for the Home Department and in rare cases, for HRD as well. However, some authorities strictly obligate HRD attestation for educational documents. Sub-Divisional Magistrate is autonomous of the main state government and performs individually.
MEA Stamp
MEA or Ministry of External Affairs is the last level of legalization from the home government after which an MEA stamp is applied on the document. MEA is the central organization that deals with the foreign affairs of the country.
Embassy Attestation
It is carried out by the officials of the respective country the documents are being certified for. It is the final stage of the certification for most countries after the Ministry of External Affairs.