Apostille of the certificate means the documents issued in our country will be accepted in another country. This is to be signed by the external affairs department which is present in the passport office, Secunderabad.
The following steps to follow:
1. Firstly, The certificate to be attested from the state government.
please note that if u have done the degree in Telangana go to Hyderabad. If the candidate has done in Andhra Pradesh, he/she should go to Amaravathi.
The final highest Degree certificate and the marks memo are the documents.
2. for which, notarization should be done. The purpose of notarization is to certify the genuineness of the documents in order to prevent fraud.
3. Go to a notary person whom you find near the state secretariat and judicial courts.
.4. A notarized document is complete once the notary signs it. He stamps it with a notary seal., his registration number, and date. He also makes an entry of the notarial act in his register. For which he will charge Rs. 50.
5. Then go to meeseva and book a slot.
6. In meeseva, the person will give you a GAD attestation for certificates -application form.
7. Fill it and along with it give xerox copies of the certificates to be attested, your address proof, passport xerox, a passport size photo.
8. For each certificate, he will charge you Rs. 225. and the slot will be booked. There are two options normal and tatkal. if it's urgent do tatkal. but it costs double the amount.
9. On the particular date, go to the state secretariat office along with the application form, receipt of the payment, original copies of certificates to be attested, the xerox copies of all the degree certificates and marks memo, SSC marks sheet, Intermediate also and passport xerox.
10. He will put the red seal and blue attestation seal with a date.
11. Now go to the post office which is exactly opposite to this room and take the postal order of Rs. 50 for each certificate to be apostilled.
12. The go-to Secunderabad passport office, along with postal order and original certificates to be attested, xerox copies of the front and back of the certificates, passport original and xerox of all the three pages of the passport, address proof xerox and original.
Timings between 11.00 to 11.30 am. The person will give you an acknowledgment.
13. you can collect the apostille in the evening or the next day evening with an acknowledgment receipt. timing 4.00 to 4.30 pm.
Before leaving check your certificates.
All the very best
