Marriage Certificate Attestation Process from Home Dept and Apostille Attestation in India
Certificates are attested by Home department of each State before Apostille Attestation. I belongs to Haryana so Certificate was attested by Home Department in Chandigarh.
1) To Approach Home Department you should have Original Marriage Certificate and Forwarding letter by Local SDM office.
i) Arranging Forwarding letter is a project itself. First Step is to write a request letter to SDM office requesting forwarding letter for Home Department.
ii) SDM office will issue a request letter to Marriage Certificate issuing authority (MC in my Case) for authenticate Marriage Certificate.
iii) Registrar will reply the letter guaranteeing the originality.
iv) SDM office after receipt of same will issue a Forwarding Letter.
2) Take Marriage Certificate and Forwarding letter to Home Department at Chandigarh which is at Civil Secretariat Sector-1, Near Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. Contact No. was-0172-2740178
3) Reach Early to Secretariat. They will attest the Certificate on the same day.
Apostille Attestation
The address is Ministry of External Affairs, CPV division. Tilak Marg, Near India Gate, Next to Patiala House Court. The Process of Attestations from MEA was changed from 1st March 2012. Documents are collected by Govt. prescribed agencies and retured after stamping. The details are given in below mentioned web address.
Certificates are attested by Home department of each State before Apostille Attestation. I belongs to Haryana so Certificate was attested by Home Department in Chandigarh.
1) To Approach Home Department you should have Original Marriage Certificate and Forwarding letter by Local SDM office.
i) Arranging Forwarding letter is a project itself. First Step is to write a request letter to SDM office requesting forwarding letter for Home Department.
ii) SDM office will issue a request letter to Marriage Certificate issuing authority (MC in my Case) for authenticate Marriage Certificate.
iii) Registrar will reply the letter guaranteeing the originality.
iv) SDM office after receipt of same will issue a Forwarding Letter.
2) Take Marriage Certificate and Forwarding letter to Home Department at Chandigarh which is at Civil Secretariat Sector-1, Near Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh. Contact No. was-0172-2740178
3) Reach Early to Secretariat. They will attest the Certificate on the same day.
Apostille Attestation
The address is Ministry of External Affairs, CPV division. Tilak Marg, Near India Gate, Next to Patiala House Court. The Process of Attestations from MEA was changed from 1st March 2012. Documents are collected by Govt. prescribed agencies and retured after stamping. The details are given in below mentioned web address.
MEA website with details of attestation
http://passportindia.gov.in/AppOnlineProject/online/consularServices
