Germany Certificate Attestation Procedure

Germany, a developed country with a high standard of living, German government issues various kinds of certificates for its resident people to certify or testify certain fact is true. But to use German government issued certificate outside the country the person should face some procedures. These legal procedures are commonly known as attestation and the Apostille. Attestation and Apostille are two legal processes of verification in which a mandatory authority of the destination country will give attestation with their official seal or signature. Apostille attestation is required only in Hague convention countries and countries that are not part of Hague convention comes under attestation process. These two processes are an integral part of foreign relation. Which make the document legally approved in the destination country. German government issue certificates for state an official fact or truth.

1. Educational certificates

• Degree certificates.
• Diploma certificates.
• SSLC certificates.
• HSC certificates.

2. Non educational certificates

• Birth certificate.
• Marriage certificate.
• Experience certificate.
• Divorce certificate.
• Transfer certificate.
• Death certificate.
• Migration certificate.
• Medical certificates.

3. Commercial certificates

• Power of Attorney.
• Certificate of Incorporation.
• Trade license.
• Invoice.
• Certificate of Registration.

The validity of certificate attestation depends upon the type of certificate and issuing country of attestation, in some countries it have unlimited validity. All foreign countries strictly prohibit usage of unattested documents inside the country. Attestation helps to control the application of illegal documents inside the country. The German government issued certificates have a great value whole over the world. Attestation helps you to obtain your so many personal needs.

Some general purposes of certificate attestation are…

• To obtain higher study from a foreign university, you should take educational certificate attestation from the concerned country’s embassy to prove your educational level.
• For residence visa or family visa purposes, we should attest required non educational document like Marriage certificate, Migration certificate, etc.
• For job/ employment purposes, you should submit an attested educational certificate to prove your educational qualification.
• For school admission purposes of your child, you should submit an attested birth certificate of your child in the destination country.
• To get right to sell properties you should take an attestation for concerned document such as a power of attorney.
• To get equivalent certificates
• For company registration, you should attest the required commercial certificate.
• Educational certificate is needed for writing MOH (Ministry of Health) and DOH (Dept. Of Health) examinations by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory, technicians, etc.