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Apostille Marriage Certificate in India
How to Apostille Marriage Certificate in India?

How to Apostille Marriage Certificate in India?

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A marriage certificate is the legal proof of a person being married. This is valid in our country. If the married one wants to go abroad for any reasons, this certificate needs to be attested.

However, both attestation services serve the same purpose. But, apostille makes it legally accepted in all member countries of the Hague Convention. It is recognised worldwide. You can see it as a square-shaped stamp on your marriage certificate, which makes it valid across 92 member countries of this convention.  

India has been incorporated with the Hague Convention since 2005. It was set up on October 5, 1961, which retired the need for legalizing the proof of marriage. This service is for legalizing all documents that are required for immigration.

Once Indians get this stamp on the paper, no further verification of documents is required.

But before that, you need to get through notarization. It furthers the process of how to apostille marriage certificate in India.

Notarisation

Notarisation refers to authenticating done by the notary officer. It certifies that the certificate is valid as per notary public and whatever is written in it is verified.

Mostly, NRIs require it. These applicants should notarise their marriage proof from the court. Then, the same should be apostilled from these departments the Home/ General Administration Department of the State/ Union Territory.

How to apostille marriage certificate in India

  • Visit Regional Authentication Center (RAC)

To get an apostille sticker on this proof, Regional Authentication Center (RAC) is the competent authority. The government has located RACs in different states & union territories. You can filter the address nearby your location here.

Then, contact the outsourcing agent.

Note: Only four agencies hold a legal right to collect documents for apostilling. Only these agencies can directly send them to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), where the sticker with its stamp is put on it. Here is the list to get through & select the one nearby your location.

  • Submit the certificate

Once you have contacted the agent, send the duly notarized documents to him. Enclose original proof and its photocopy for authentication.

  • Outsourcing Agent to Visit RPOs/ Branch Secretariat

As the agent receives your paper, he forwards them to the branch Secretariat/ RPOs. He wisely selects the one that has jurisdiction over it. It’s certainly MEA that apostilles it. Once verified, the outsourcing agent is informed to collect the paper. He again goes there to pick it up.

  • Deliver to Applicants

Finally, you get the verified marriage certificate from the outsourcing agent via a courier or email or in-person.

Personal Request To MEA in Not Permitted

Since July 2012, the MEA has not been apostilling marriage certificate directly at the Ministry of External Affairs Counter at CPV Division, Patiala House, New Delhi.

You have to follow the hierarchy of the steps to authenticate the true copy & photocopy directly. It is to be sent to any of the four outsourced service providers. Do send original and photocopy of the passport also.

15 RPOs Across India

The central government of India has decentralized apostille services to Branch Secretariat since January 2019. The applicants can approach any of the nearest RPOs through outsourcing agents in 15 cities. These are located in Ahemdabad, Bengaluru, Bhopal, Chennai, Chandigarh, Cochin, New Delhi, Guwahati,, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Panaji, Raipur and Thiruvanantapuram.

Fee for Attestation in India

The authority accepts fee through debit cards or cashier cheque here.

  • The MEA charges Rs 50 for Apostilling the marriage proof.
  • The outsourcing agent charges Rs. 93 per document, which includes fee for delivery and (Rs 3 per page) scanning.

What documents should be enclosed with?

  • Document
  • Valid visa photocopy
  • Original visaapproval notice, if any
  • Original passport and photocopiesof first & last two pages

If you want to ask further queries or clear doubts regarding this NRI service from Services2NRI, call or contact.

Power of Attorney
How to Apostille a Power of Attorney in India?

How to Apostille a Power of Attorney in India?

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What is Power of Attorney?

Power of Attorney refers to delegating authority to someone, who can be a family member, business partner or a near one. It proves incredible when you are unable to carry out your responsibility or any legal task by yourself. The third part takes charge on your behalf.

Let’s say, you live in the USA. Your signature is needed in a sales deed of your property that you have owned here in India. As it’s urgent, but you are unable to come down here on the due date, you can handover your authority to a relative for a time-being via this attorney.

Simply put, the PoA represents a legal arrangement between the principal and the agent, which permits the agent to take care of the matter.

Here, the principal is the one who has delegated the authority to third party (called the agent). On the flip side, the one who is entrusted with authorities is the agent.

Why is it created?

There are many cases wherein it is created to resolve. Concisely, it is assigned for the following purposes:

  • Finance-based cases
  • Property related issues
  • Commercial or company related matters

Types of PoA

  1. General PoA

It is a document that legally allows the agent to take decisions or sign paper or anything on behalf of his principal. Generally, this authority is meant to carry out more than one matter for an unsaid duration, unless it is specified.

  1. Special PoA

As its name suggests, a special power is delegated to an agent for a particular purpose or matter. Unlike General PoA, it gets expired once the matter is closed or the job is done.

Creating an attorney is not enough. You have to make it universally acceptable, which requires:

  • Notarisation by notary public
  • Attestation & apostille from consulate

What is Power of Attorney Apostille in India?

The Power of Attorney Apostille in India is an attestation service provided by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).  The state government officials verify the notarized PoA to check if it is authentic or valid. All of the commercial and business related matters require this service.

Apostille is a stamp put by the embassy of the countries that are members of the Hague Convention. India is also its member. Once you get this square-shaped stamp on your attorney paper, there remains no need to get any other attestation.

How can you get it?

In general case, you don’t need to get a stamp paper for drafting. You can write the power of attorney and its all terms & conditions on a plain paper. Then, follow this procedure:

  • Apply as per your jurisdiction for which you have a valid proof of address
  • Get it signed by two witnesses. Make sure that the address of witnesses and applicant is clearly mentioned.
  • Get it notarized from the notary public.
  • Or, contact NRI services consultant, as Services 2 NRI, for notarising it from India.
  • If your matter relates to any commercial matter or a company, raise a request for apostilling with the Secretary of State, wherein Authentication Office puts the seal.
  • If your matter is concerned with the property & finance, contact the consultant to collect your document and get it signed from the Indian consulate. Here, you should enclose your passport also.
  • If your document is concerned with nationality, it won’t be apostilled. It would be attested, as it is a proof indicating you being originated from India.

Fee Structure at the Consulate

  • $20 for each attestation, which is non-refundable
  • $10 for attestation of each photograph, which is non-refundable
  • Pay via money order or cashiers’ cheque, which should be drawn in favor of the ‘Consulate General of India, City of Consulate’
  • Personal cheque, credit cards or other banking transactions are not accepted. But, debit cards are accepted with an additional service fee

Documents Required

  • Original passport and photocopiesof first & last two pages
  • Copy of address proof in abroad, which can be a bank statement, driving license, utility bill, home lease agreement, etc.
  • Valid visa photocopy of H1, H4, L1, or any other one
  • Original visaapproval notice, if any
  • 2 passport size photographsto be affixed against your name on the power of attorney

Registration in India

Once all things are done, send it to India. Here, you should keep into account that the PoA should be registered in India.

Once all legalities are followed correctly, it would be ready to be used.

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