Singapore Certificate Attestation Procedure

Singapore, an island country in the Asian continent and a highly developed country. Singapore is garden of vast opportunity for skilled persons. On behalf of their presence the government issues various kinds of documents to its residents and immigrants to testify or certify information or fact. The Singapore government issued certificates are valuable only in Singapore.

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 Singapore government issue certificate is applicable only in Singapore territory, but to use those certificates beyond the Singapore boundaries the certificate holder has to face some legal procedures required by the destination country’s embassy. Destination country authenticate certificates with attestation and Apostille, these are two verification process which makes your document valid and valuable in the destination country. The Apostille is required only in Hague convention country’s and countries that are not part of Hague convention comes under attestation process. Once you got an attestation your certificates become applicable anywhere in the destination country. These procedures help to prove that the custodian of records carries the original document.

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.