Embassy Attestation in New Delhi

If your destination country is not part of the Hague Convention, an apostille means nothing there. Instead, that country's embassy in New Delhi must attest your document itself, after the MEA has done so.

Every embassy sets its own rules: its own fee, its own application form, its own accepted document formats, its own submission days and its own processing time. There is no single process to learn. This is precisely why this stage causes the most delays for people attempting it themselves — the requirements are not published in one place, and when they change, they change without notice.

New Delhi hosts over 150 diplomatic missions and we submit to them directly rather than through a sub-agent. That matters for two reasons: we know each embassy's current requirements rather than what its website said two years ago, and your original documents do not pass through an extra pair of hands.

Who needs this

• Anyone moving to a Gulf country, China, Egypt or another non-Hague nation
• Professionals whose overseas employer has requested embassy-attested certificates
• Companies submitting documents to a foreign government or tender authority
• Applicants whose documents were returned by an embassy for a formatting or fee error
• Anyone whose destination country has recently changed its attestation requirements

Why embassies reject documents

Missing or incorrect MEA attestation. No embassy will look at an Indian document without it.

An outdated application form. Embassies revise forms without announcement, and the version circulating online is often months behind.

The wrong fee. Fees change with exchange rates and policy. An incorrect amount means the file is returned, not held.

Document format. Some embassies will not accept certain certificate formats, or require a translation, or require the document to be issued within a certain period.

We check all of these before submission, which is the difference between a document that comes back attested and one that comes back with a note.

Do you need to attend in person?

No, and in most cases you could not even if you wanted to. The majority of embassies in New Delhi do not accept walk-in public submissions for attestation, and deal only with registered agencies.

We submit and collect on your behalf, and your document remains tracked throughout.

What we need from you

• The original document, already MEA attested
• A copy of your passport, and the visa or offer letter where relevant
• The embassy’s own application form, correctly completed
• The embassy fee, which varies by country and document type
• A covering letter on company letterhead for commercial documents