SDM Attestation for Educational Documents Educational certificates are important documents needed for getting employment opportunities and for higher studies. These documents are crucial for people who are planning to immigrate abroad. To use educational documents abroad, you need to legalize the document from the country where the document was issued.
Certificate attestation helps to verify the authenticity of the educational documents. It helps foreign officials to authenticate that the documents are not forged. There are various ways to legalize Indian-issued educational documents. You can either do the HRD attestation from the state where the document was issued or you can do the SDM attestation from Delhi. SDM Attestation is the process of legalizing the educational documents and personal documents from the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Delhi. It is an alternative for HRD attestation if one is unable to do the education document attestation from the respective state HRD department. The main process for SDM attestation for educational documents is as follows: SDM attestation: Sub-Divisional Magistrate verifies the educational document and authenticates it with an official seal and signature. MEA attestation: The educational documents are then attested from the Ministry of External Affairs [MEA]. If you are traveling to any Hague Convention member countries, then you need to do the MEA Apostille attestation.