Japan Certificate Attestation Procedure

Japan, one of the highly educated countries in the world and also world’s largest industrial economy. It is a meadow of opportunities to talented persons not only to residents but also for immigrants. On behalf of their presence Japan government issues various kinds of certificates to them to certify or testify a fact or information. They issue various kinds of certificates related to different fields like education, medical, employment, business, legal, etc..

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.

These certificates have a significant importance in international communication. But to use those Japanese certificates beyond the boundaries of Japan territory the certificate holder should take authentication from the intended country where he/she is going to use this certificate. Certificate authentication process commonly known as Attestation and Apostille. Attestation and Apostille are two legal verification process and which will make your document genuine and legally authenticate in the destination country. The Apostille is a certification, but which is necessary only in Hague convention countries and countries that are not part of Hague convention comes under attestation process. These two procedures have certain validity after that it will expire, but in some countries it have unlimited validity. Every countries strictly requires this verification process to all outside documents. In every country embassy is the supreme authority of issuing this confirmation and issue authentication with their official seal or signature. It is an obligatory process required for international communication.

• Previous educational document attestation is mandatory for achieving higher education in abroad.
• Family visa and residence visa is only can be obtained through noneducational certificate attestation like migration certificate and migration certificate attestations.
• For getting job opportunities in foreign countries educational document attestation is required.
• Transfer certificate attestation is needed for abroad school admission purpose.
• For renewing or registering a property in a foreign, power of attorney attestation is needed.
• Attestation is also mandatory for obtaining equivalent certificates in abroad.
• Commercial document attestation is mandatory for international trade.
• MOH (Ministry of Health) and DOH (Dept. Of Health) examinations are two important medical field examinations and candidates should attest all the required documents for attending these exams.