Everything you need to know about certificate attestations

Everything you need to know about certificate attestations Whatever official work you go for, you need to present documents. A document here, a document there, and documents everywhere. With so much piling documents, there is a dire need to check the authenticity of documents. But who has the time? The departments who need the documents to be submitted receive hundreds and thousands of documents every day for whatever the purpose is. And if they start verifying the authenticity of each one of them, then we can be pretty sure a child’s birth certificate will be obtained during his wedding. Well, joke aside, to solve this problem, there is something called Certificates Attestation.

Why do we need certificate attestation?

Any official work you seek, be it your child’s birth registration or your marriage registration you require to submit several other documents to get one new document. And if you are going abroad, then you need to make a big file for such documents. The certificates or documents submitted must be genuine and authentic. Therefore certificate attestation is needed. If you are a student of Mumbai University, you need to submit a Mumbai University transcript to your foreign institute. While mostly they are officially attested, you may require getting it attested too.

What is certificate attestation?

There are few authorized personnel or agencies that verify the authenticity of the document. You need to submit the documents that you want to get verified, then these professionals or agencies verify the document and revert the submitted document with their sign and seal. This stamp and sign on the documents mean the document has been verified and found to be genuine. This process is called document/certificate attestation.

Who does certificate attestations?

A document can be attested by any gazetted government employee in the respective department from where the document is issued. There are mainly 3 stages of document attestation depending upon the requirement. First, the Human resource or Home department or authorities from the chamber of commerce do the attestation at the state level. Then the documents are sent to MEA and Embassy for further attestations if they need to be submitted in foreign countries.

What is the difference between Apostille and certificate attestation?

When certificate attestation is done for the member countries of The Hague Convention then it is called Apostille. The Apostille is legalized in a certain form which is accepted by the member countries of this convention.

Conclusion We understand how important documents are. And for the security of the nation and individual rights, submission of authentic documents is even more important. Therefore we need certificate attestation at every stage in the official processes. If you want your certificates attested or your Mumbai University transcript or any other university transcript for foreign studies, then we at Worldwide Transcripts are committed to providing the best transcript and attestation service in the country. Contact us on the belowmentioned details now. For further suggestions or queries related to an apostille or certification, do write in the comments section below.