In India Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is the authorized sole
Government Authority to Attest any Indian public or personal document and issue
Apostille Stamp for the counties demanding Apostille Certificates. MEA issues
Apostille Stamp for a country who is the member of the Hague convention and
where General MEA attestation is not accepted and respective embassy attestation is not required. An
"Apostille" is a type of authentication issued to documents in favor
of countries that participate in the Hague Convention of 1961 and are therefore
one of the Hague Convention Countries. An Apostille is a Square shaped
sticker Stamp that validates any Document be it personal, educational or
commercial document.