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In this blog post, I explain you the procedure to get apostille  on your documents, from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), of the Govt. of India. It’s primarily for students going to study abroad. But generally the procedure to apostille documents is same in most cases. In my experience, only two countries have apostille requirements for students going there to study – Austria and Italy. Before going further, please get a basic reading of what is apostille from the govt of India here. So, here are the steps: 1. State govt authentication The MEA will apostille your document only if you have the state (verification) authentication (from the respective govt of the sate where the document is issued) on your document which you want to get apostilled. On the MEA website, they detailed the officials in-charge of authentication for each states. One has to get documents authenticated from those officials only. I have explained how to get the state govt. aut

In order to get apostille from MEA , you need to get authentication from AP govt if your document originated is issued in Andhra Pradesh. I will explain the overall process here for authenticating your degree certificate (if it is issued by a university in AP) and ICSE/CBSE certificates. Please note that you need to either have an admission letter/email from a foreign university or a job offer in case you are going abroad to work, as the official at the NRI dept. office will ask for it. Also please read through this blog post fully before starting the process. Note 1: At any point in the process if you get any doubt or face any problem, feel free to contact the below mentioned officials from the AP govt who will explain everything perfectly. Also, please read the instructions on this AP Govt.  website regarding the procedure. Mr. Vinod: +919502644012 Note 2 : There was no “Tatkal” service when I went there for authentication. Please consult Mr. Vinod and confirm before

In order to get apostille from MEA, you need to get authentication from TN govt if your document originated is issued in Tamil Nadu. I will explain the overall process here for authenticating your degree certificate (if it is issued by a university in TN) and birth certificates. Please note that you need to either have an admission letter/email from a foreign university or a job offer in case you are going abroad to work, as the official at TN Secretariat will ask for it. Degree Certificate STEP – I: Go to DirectVerify and find your university . Register, upload your degree certificate, enter your details, pay money and submit it. Wait 2/3 days to a week. They’ll send you a mail about the result of your verification. If it is successful, download the PDF they provide which will have a verification seal at the bottom on both the pages of your degree certificate. STEP – 2: Ready all of the following documents: ·          Print-out of the directverify PDF (bot