Marriage Certificate Attestation
The Marriage Certificate needs to be authenticated to show that you and the document are Genuine.
You must have your marriage certificate Attestation if you plan to travel abroad or stay with your family, according to international law.
If your spouse is working abroad and you wish to stay with him, you'll need an attestation of your marriage certificate.
What Is The Need For Marriage Certificate Attestation?
The need for Certificate Attestation arises in the given situations:
- It is a way to legally prove your married status or your relationship with another person abroad.
- Attested marriage certificates help to migrate couples to live in a country that is not a part of the Hague Convention.
- Marriage certificate attestation is an essential requirement while applying for work visas in.
- It is also needed as it is used for applying for a resident visa or a dependent visa in a country.
Documents that are required for Marriage Certificate Attestation
These are necessary for verification purposes and for the process to be smoothly and legally conducted. However, attestation is done only on original documents.
Documents required for Marriage attestation include:
- Original Marriage Certificate
- Photocopies of the passport (both person)
- Passport-size photographs
Process
Marriage Certificate Attestation
Attestation of documents, especially educational documents is a very comprehensive process that happens at different levels.
Notary Attestation
While getting the marriage certificate attested, the first step involves the verification of the original certificate by the concerned district's notary.
Home Department Attestation
Personal documents like marriage certificates are attested by the concerned state's Home Department. At the state level, the Home Department is the authorized governmental body that verifies and legitimizes the certificates or the documents.
Attestation by the MEA
After documents and certificates are attested at the regional and state level, they are attested by the Ministry of External Affairs. Attestation is in the form of a stamp or a signature on the document.
Embassy Attestation
Attestation by the embassy of the country which you are planning to visit is an essential step that legitimizes the document or the certificate and information contained in it, making it eligible for usage in the concerned country.
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are few of the few of the frequently asked questions related to your travel.
Attestation involves various steps of verification and attestation which often takes a lot of time to complete.
Time taken can vary on the basis of the type of documents and the country for which it has to be attested.
It takes 8 to 10 day’s time for completion of the attestation process, but it may get stretched as well.
If you wish to avoid such delays in the process of attestation and want it completed quickly, you can hire 99Country for high-speed attestation services.
You only need to submit your documents to us at our office. If that is not possible for you, we send our trusted agents to collect your documents from your doorstep in just one day.
You will also receive a tracking ID to track your courier and regular updates will be given to you by us through email.
The type of document, the origin of the document, as well as the country where it has to be used, together predicts the cost of the attestation process.
If you wish to get your documents attested individually, you will have to shell out more money since you will be required to travel to different departments which are located all over the country.
To steer clear of these additional costs, you can avail attestation services provided by 99Country. We at 99Country offer free pick-up and drop-off services for your documents and certificates and get them attested in a week’s time. Thus, neither are you required to travel physically to any of the departments nor do you have to be present anywhere with us throughout the process.
We also do not charge anything extra for our quick services. The price range of our services is affordable and reasonable.
To start the process, the first step is to contact our executive at 99Country. The Executive attends to all your doubts and queries and will inform you about the entire process in detail.
Once this is done, our executive will help you complete all formalities. After this, our agents pick up the documents and certificates from your doorstep and furnish you with a receipt. As soon as we receive the documents at our office, we initiate the attestation process. 99Country adheres to all government guidelines and gets the documents attested in a legal manner.
Our system enables you to keep a track of the progress of the attestation process online and you will also receive updates from us on a regular basis.
The process followed by us is highly systematized and we ourselves verify every step of the attestation process in order to ensure that your documents and certificates are safe.
After the attestation process is complete, your documents are dispatched by us and we send you a tracking ID to trace the courier.
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