MEA Attestation
MEA Attestation is an important certificate attestation process for immigrants leaving abroad for employment, educational or business purposes. It is the second stage in the certificate attestation process.
What is MEA Attestation?
The full form of MEA is the Ministry of External Affairs. The Ministry of External Affairs is the foreign affairs ministry responsible for the conduct of foreign relations. MEA Attestation means attestation of personal, educational and commercial documents with an official stamp from the Ministry of External Affairs. Legalization of documents from the Ministry of External Affairs is important for getting the embassy attestation.
Types of Attestation by MEA
The Ministry of External Affairs offers two types of certificate attestation services. They are:
- MEA Attestation: It is for attesting documents for travelling to non-Hague member countries.
- MEA Apostille Attestation : MEA Apostille attestation is done for legalizing documents with an official stamp along with an apostille on the document.
An apostille document is acceptable in all Hague member countries. There is no need for doing the attestation separately for travelling to each Hague member countries.
Process of MEA Attestation
The main process of MEA document attestation is as follows:
For Personal documents
- Home/Notary
- MEA Attestation/MEA Apostille
- Embassy attestation
For Educational documents
- HRD attestation
- MEA attestation/MEA Apostille
- Embassy attestation
What is MEA Attestation?
The MEA Attestation can be done through various attestation agencies that offer MEA attestation services. The time required for the mea attestation procedure and the mea attestation charges depends on the number of documents one needs to attest. We provide MEA attestation services for UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait etc. We offer educational certificate attestation services like degree certificates from the Ministry of External Affairs.