Travco Holidays is a professional agency based in Goa that provides reliable Attestation, Authentication, Legalization or Apostille Services for all Educational Certificates/Birth Certificates/ Marriage Certificates or any other documents issued in India for use within India or UK, USA, Europe, Australia, Canada, Portugal, all Gulf Countries and other countries worldwide.
In today’s increasingly globalized economy & technology, there’s greater demand for skilled Indian human resources almost everywhere. Goans today, have immense opportunity to travel abroad, be it for migration, higher studies, business set up or work. Hence, no matter what the purpose of immigration may be, one needs to ensure that all their certificate attestation, authentication or legalization procedures are followed properly.
Attestation procedures may vary i.e. if the country is a member of Hague Convention, you would need to Apostille and otherwise, you would need to normally attest/ legalize/authenticate the certificate from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
Both Apostille and Attestation procedures are lengthy and complicated. These may take anywhere between 15-30 working days. Thus, it’s essential to get it done in advance, to avoid any eventualities in case of an emergency. And if not done properly, could lead to waste of money. Hence, it is important to entrust your document in the hands of a professional like Travco Holidays Pvt. Ltd., Goa.
We are the pioneers in the field of certificate Attestation and Apostille. Our extremely professional & experienced document Clearing personnel are leaders for attestation/ legalization/authentication and Apostille.
Why is Attestation/Apostille required?
- To apply for a Visa (Student Visa and Family Reunion Visa)
- To obtain Work Permit from foreign countries
- To obtain Residential Permit from foreign countries
- To prove authenticity of a document
- To prove the authenticity of a Company/Firm
- To acquire Portuguese/Foreign Nationality
- To register Birth/Marriage/Death in a Foreign Country
- To adopt a child
What is MEA Attestation?
- MEA Attestation demonstrates that a copy of an original document is a true copy, in case wherein an individual is planning to go abroad, the individual’s original documents need to be attested and to attest the same, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India (GOI), has given the power to various General Administrative Departments, State Home Departments, Higher Education Department or Sub-Divisional Magistrate, New Delhi, etc.
What is Apostille?
- Apostille is the facilitated certification of public documents for their use globally and internationally in all nations that are a part of the Hague Convention’s Apostille Section. India, since 2005, is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961 that abolished the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in 105 member-countries of the Convention.
Apostille is done for personal documents like birth/death/marriage certificates, Affidavits, Power of Attorney, etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc. Any document Apostille in one member country is acceptable in all the other 104 member-countries, signatory to the referred convention of 1961 thus greatly simplifying the process of attestation by making it needless to get the documents attested in each or for each of the countries separately.
Our service for attestation and apostille of documents:
- Notary Attestation
- Collector Attestation
- Home Department Attestation
- Mantralaya Attestation
- Human Resource Development (HRD) Attestation
- Chamber of Commerce Attestation
- Consular/Embassy Attestation (especially Gulf Countries)
- Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Attestation
- Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Attestation
- Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Apostille
- Kuwait Employment & Resident Visa Stamping
- Saudi Arabia Visit & Resident Visa Stamping
Procedure for attestation of Educational Documents (MEA/EMBASSY OR CONSULATE)
- Educational documents like Degree Certificate, Diploma Certificate, Mark sheets from Goa and other states can be attested.
- The document should be first attested by the Human Resource Development (HRD)/Home Department of the concerned State/ SDM.
- The document is thereafter attested by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- Finally, the document is attested by the Embassy / Consulate of the intended country (especially Gulf).
- Time Frame – 3/4 weeks.
Procedure for attestation of Non-Educational Documents (MEA/EMBASSY OR CONSULATE)
- Personal documents like Birth Certificate, Death certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Decree/Order, Affidavit, General Power of Attorney, Marriage Ability Certificate, Work Experience Certificate, Driving License etc can be attested.
- The document should be first attested by the Home Department / General Administration Department (GAD) of the issuing State.
- The document is thereafter attested by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- Finally, the documents are attested by the Embassy / Consulate of the intended country.
- Time Frame – 3/4 weeks.
Procedure for attestation of Commercial Documents (MEA/EMBASSY OR CONSULATE)
- Commercial Documents like Deed of Partnership, Business Agreement, Memorandum, Business License etc., can be attested.
- The documents should be first attested by the respective Chamber of Commerce.
- The document is thereafter attested by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA).
- Finally, the documents are attested by the Embassy/Consulate of the intended country.
- Time Frame – 3/4 weeks.
Apostille: India is a member of the Hague Convention of October 5, 1961, abolishing the requirement of legalization of foreign public documents. Apostille is acceptable in 98 member-countries of the Convention. Apostille is done for personal documents like birth/death/marriage certificates, Affidavits, Power of Attorney, etc. and educational documents like degree, diploma, matriculation and secondary level certificates etc.
Procedure for Apostille of Educational and Non-Educational Documents
- Documents like Degree Certificate, Diploma Certificate, Mark sheets, Birth Certificate, Death certificate, Marriage Certificate, Divorce Decree/Order, Affidavit, General power of attorney, Marriage Ability certificate, Work Experience certificate, Driving license, Deed of Partnership, Business Agreement, Memorandum, Business License etc., can be Apostille for use in countries under HAGUE Convention.
- The documents should be first authenticated by the Notary, Home Department/Regional Authentication Centre(RAC) of the state/Sub-Divisional Magistrate(SDM).
- Finally the document receives an Apostille Sticker from Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), New Delhi.
- Time Frame – 3/4 weeks.
The Hague Conference has currently 98 Members where any type of document can be Apostilled.
Albania
Andora
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Bolivia
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cape Verde
Chile
China, People’s Republic of(Hong Kong & Macao Only)
Colombia
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Estonia
Fiji
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Korea, Republic of
Kosovo
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxemburg
Malawi
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova, Republic of
Monaco
Montenegro
Mongolia
Morocco
Namibia
Netherland
New Zealand
Nicaragua
North Macedonia, Republic of
Niue
Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Philippines
Paraguay
Poland
Peru
Panama
Portugal
Romania
Russian Federation
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Serbia
Seychelles
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Singapore
Tajikistan
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey
Tunisia
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Procedure for Kuwait Employment and Residence Visa Stamping
- Documents required: Current Passport, Aadhaar Card and 2 Photographs.
- Appointment for Police Clearance Certificate (PCC) and Medical Clearance is taken.
- Visa approval to be received from Kuwait in Original.
- PCC Attestation.
- Medical Clearance (Should be declared FIT).
- Finally, the Employment/Residence Visa is stamped by the Embassy of Kuwait on the Indian passport.
- Time Frame – 10 to 15 working days.
Note: The time frame would be longer in case of Passports issued from Outside Goa as PCC may take longer time.
Procedure for Saudi Arabia Visit and Residence Visa Stamping
- Documents required: Current Passport, 2 Photographs, Marriage Certificate or Birth Certificate, Sponsor’s valid passport copy and Iqama Copy.
- Visa approval should be received from Saudi Arabia.
- In case of Residence Visa, Medical Clearance required for all family members above the age of 12 and Children under the age of 12 require Polio Certificate.
- Finally, the Visit/Residence Visa is stamped by the Embassy of Saudi Arabia on the Indian passport.
- Time Frame – 10 to 15 working days.
Our mission is to ensure that all our valued customers’ documents are processed timely and efficiently with zero trouble to the client. All you need to do is to submit the required documents and we will take care of the rest.
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