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Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Authentication (Apostille) 
An Apostille is a certificate issued by a designated authority in a country where the Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement for Legalization of Foreign Public Documents, Apostille Convention, is in force. 

Apostilles authenticate the seals and signatures of officials on public documents such as birth certificates, notarials, court orders, or any other document issued by a public authority, so that they can be recognized in foreign countries that are parties to the Convention. In Kingdom of Bahrain, Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the only designated Competent Authorities to issue Apostilles. 

Apostille Certificate fee is BD 20.

Click here of the list of countries accepting Apostille. 

Offices: 
1. Legalization Office at Manama Center 
Manama 
Sunday – Thursday, from 8:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. 

2. Legalization Office at Labour Market Regulatory Authority 
Manama 
Sunday – Thursday, from 8:00 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. 

1. Chief Registrar, Deputy Chief Registrar and Registrars of the Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam;
2. Chief Magistrate, Magistrates and Registrars of Subordinate Courts of Brunei Darussalam.

Ministry of External Affairs of the Government of India

There are two ways of doing an apostille in India

a) Get the state attestation then MEA apostille
b) Get MEA apostille skipping state attestation

A- with state attestation

This is a safe way but more elaborate way where you have to go to state govt who issued this document submit your documents there and pay a nominal fee get your documents state attested.

But above explanation makes you feel the state attestation easy but in really it is totally different.Since state govt are slow like a snail you it will take months together to get the state govt attestation.

For birth certificate state attestation following is the procedure

Go to secretariat of your district submit the documents pay a nominal fee 
after getting the permission from Secretariat take your original documents to birth certificate issed authority such as municipal in your locality. Get a seal from them, take this sealed original documents to Secretariat again get the state attestation seal from them.

Now its time for MEA apostille

To get MEA apostille you cannot directly go to mea just like you went to state authority. You must go to any certified agent and get your documents apostille.

It will take 3–4 days or 1 week or 2 week depending on the charges you pay.

I would suggest make a informed decisions before handling to any other agent once you submitt the documents they will have control over you so I recommend you to search on google maps and go with the agents who have hieghest ratings and feedback, so you will be more informed on with whome you should go.

b)Get MEA apostille skipping state attestation

The procedure for getting Apostille without state attestation is as same as getting MEA apostille after getting state attestation. You give the documents to agents and they will get it done for you.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tokyo

When do you need an apostille ?

An authentication / apostille will be required when you need to submit Japanese official documents for various procedures (such as marriage, divorce, birth registration, visa application, incorporation or real estate purchase) in foreign countries and when its relevant agency asked you to obtain a certification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Mongolia
(Монгол улсын Гадаад Харилцааны Яам)

For the purposes of the Article 6 of the Convention, the following authorities are designated to issue the Certificate (Apostille), referred to in the Article 3 of the Convention:

• Ministry of Justice – on official documents emanating from courts and justice authorities;
• Prosecutor general’s Office – on official documents emanating from the prosecution, investigation and inquiry authorities;
• State Testing Center under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan – on official documents emanating from education and science authorities;
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs – on all other official documents.

PROCEDURE FOR ATTACHING APOSTILLE TO PUBLIC DOCUMENTS

Law “Republic of Uzbekistan accession to Convention, canceling requirements a legalization of foreign public documents” (Hague Convention) adopted by Oliy Majlis Republic of Uzbekistan Legislative House on January 27, 2011, approved by Senate Oliy Majlis Republic of Uzbekistan on March 25, 2011 and came into effect on April 5, 2011.

Under the Provision of procedure for attaching Appostile, confirmed by Order of the Cabinet of Ministers under the No. 307 on November 17, 2011, Appostile attaches to public documents for certifying genuineness of the signature, capacity where acted a person who signed a document and authenticity impressed or sealed document.

Public documents accept for attaching Appostile to original or at the election of applicant notarized copies.

Appostile cannot be attached to:

 Documents, executed by embassies or consular establishments of the Republic of Uzbekistan in another country;

Documents which have a direct bearing on commercial or customs operations; passports; military cards.

Time for consideration an application of attaching Appostile to public documents is no more than 5 working days as from the date of presentation of documents;

If so required vindication a specimen of signature or confirmation of power for signing authority of particular office holder who signed submitted for attaching Appostile to public document, and (or) vindication a specimen of seal impression of institutions where from issues a public document is no more than 20 working days.

For consideration an application of attaching Appostile charges a fee in the amount of 10 percent of minimum salary.

State Authority and other State Institution who apply for attaching Appostile release from payment of fee.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Consular Department)

The apostille document is a valid and legalized type attestation in all those countries which are members of the Hague Convention. Any document which are issued from the home country and that need to be used in another country must be legalized, or apostille before they can be certified as authentic in foreign countries. Apostille is a valid certificate that verifies and confirms the signature and seal of the person who validated the specific document. Oman joined the Hague Convention by signing in the Apostille Treaty on Jan 30, 2012. This is the only country to accept the Apostille treaty in the Gulf Cooperation Council. By this treaty the government of a receiving country is bound legally to accept those documents issued by the apostille office of the sending country, mostly the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. So the receiving country accepts any document even if they are not attested by its embassy in the sending country.

The procedure for Apostille is:

Apostille from Home Department

Every documents issued from your home country must be validated by the HRD of your respective state. This verifies that the certificate was issued from a legitimate authority and that the document is real, also, the seal and signature it holds are genuine.

Apostille from Ministry of External Affairs(MEA)

After getting legalized by the HRD, it must be authenticated by the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi.

Apostille from Oman Embassy

This is the final step in making your documents valid to be used in Oman. After the apostille from Oman Embassy, your documents become authentic and can be used for employment, education, commercial purposes, apply visa, and many more.