Tag: Apostille Certificate

What is an MEA Apostille? What are the uses of an MEA Apostille?


Apostille is a method of authenticating papers. Documents that have received an apostille are acceptable in nations signatories to the Hague Convention. The Ministry of External Affairs is abbreviated as MEA. The Ministry of external affairs oversees a country's overseas relations. The MEA apostille is the Ministry of foreign affairs attestation of papers used overseas. The MEA apostille is recognized by nations signatories to the Hague Convention.   

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What is an apostille? Why do NRIs need it?


NRIs or Indian diasporas require attestation services to authenticate documents like educational, financial, commercial, and personal documents of the individuals for their personal and commercial use in countries abroad. Also, NRIs who want to set up business in India will need commercial documents duly attested by MEA for export and other business-related purposes. The authentication is done in two forms: normal attestation and apostille certification. It depends on the individual which attestation they want to get done as per their needs.

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