Attestation Services

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 Attestation Services
Document attestation is simply the authentication of documents
that is mandatory for various purposes. Attestation in India can be
of various types, at times for local use it requires self-attestation
while at other times, it is mandated from the highest authority like
central government. Attestation of documents shall provide a
document certain immunity to be accepted in different parts of the
nation or abroad. This type of certificate attestation can be for local
use or at times for the national or international cause.

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 What is attestation?
Attestation meaning can be interpreted as a demonstration of
proof of something. It is more of a legal term that deals with the
lawfulness of evidence, a statement or a document or certificate. It
is provided in forms of stamps and signature when one believes in
the authenticity of the entity. An attestation of any document or
paperwork will let the demandant know that the copy of the
original document is credible and can be trusted. It is a formality
by the law helping the legitimacy of the material.

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 What is Certificate Attestation?
The process to attest certificates from authority is called as
certificate attestation. It is obtaining necessary seal or signature
from the concerned officials on your certificate to ratify its
credibility. There are more than one authorities and formalities
present in this process. Each of these authorities provides a stamp
of their own on the back side of the document. This process is
generally followed for a degree certificate, birth certificate,
marriage certificate, medical certificate, and other certificate
attestation courses. It can be done any type of certificate i.e.
personal, educational, commercial.

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 What does ‘Attestation of
Documents’ mean?
Attestation of documents means legalization of significant
documents so as to make them admissible to the authority that
demands them. Document attestation is carried out for three
different types of documents, namely, personal, educational and
commercial. All these documents are classified on the basis of the
information they possess. Sometimes the authentication of
documents needs to be done by multiple authorities to prove the
genuinity of the document.

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 Why is Attestation required?
Attestation certificate or document is required for a variety of
reasons which could be intrinsic or extrinsic to the nation. It could
be required for judicial purposes like submission of important
evidence or non-judicial reasons like opening a bank account,
obtaining a visa, or performing business overseas. There are visas
of all sorts like employment visa, student visa, residential visa and
others that require legalization of documents of different types.
For commercial documents, it is required at the time of doing
business abroad or bringing in the business from the foreign.

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What are the types of Attestation?
There are different types of document attestation in India for
different reasons. Some of the types are listed below:
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Notary Attestation
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Home Department Attestation
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HRD Attestation
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SDM Attestation
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Chamber of Commerce Attestation
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MEA Attestation
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Embassy Attestation
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Apostille Attestation

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What is the process of Certificate
Attestation?
The process varies from document to document. There are three
types of documents and hence, three different procedures.
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Personal Document Attestation
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Educational Document Attestation
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Commercial Document Attestation

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 Personal Document Attestation
Attesting documents and certificates that are of personal, is called
as personal document legalization. This is required in visa
processes like obtaining a short-term or long-term residential visa.
The personal document attestation process consists of the
following steps
1. Notary Attestation
2. Home Department Attestation or SDM Attestation
3. MEA Attestation
4. Embassy Attestation

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 Personal Document Attestation
Personal Document Attestation Procedure

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Educational Document Attestation
Depending on the origin or type of the document, the procedure
for the attestation of educational certificates will vary. Following
are given the different procedures that are specific to the place of
issuance of the document and its kind.
1. For Maharashtra issued documents
2. For out of Maharashtra issued documents
3. As per the Embassy requirement where HRD compulsory

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Educational Document Attestation
1. For Maharashtra issued documents

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Educational Document Attestation
2. For out of Maharashtra issued documents

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Educational Document Attestation
3. As per the Embassy requirement where HRD compulsory

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Commercial Document Attestation
Commercial documents are the documents and certificates related
to your business capital. Commercial document authentication is
the process of attesting these documents.

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How to get Document Attestation in
India?
To get document attestation in India, it’s convenient to approach
the certificate attestation agents so that the legalization is done
faster without any hassle. PEC has attained expertise working in
the area of authentication of documents for 6+ years now and has
been fulfilling the needs of the customers successfully. Our services
are spread all across the nation including the following locations –
Pune, Pimpri, Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai,
Hyderabad, Kolkata, Delhi, Chandigarh, Gurugram, Kerala,
Lucknow, Bhopal, Panaji, Noida, Coimbatore, Vizag.

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For more information contact us
Mail: inquiry@pecattestation.com
Website: https://pecattestation.com/attestation
Call: +91 9404450674

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