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C-228, New Ashok Nagar
New Delhi - 110096
+ 91 97 165 11 034
abrodex@gmail.com
All Days 09 AM - 09 PM
Call 24 X 7
Congratulations on the wedding — and welcome to the part of moving abroad together that nobody warns you about. Somewhere between the visa checklist and the embassy appointment, you have likely been told that your Marriage Certificate needs to be Apostilled before it will be accepted overseas. It is a routine requirement, but the process itself can feel anything but routine if you do not know which office to approach first.
At Abrodex India Pvt. Ltd., Marriage Certificate Apostille is one of the services we manage most often, particularly for couples preparing spouse visas, PR applications, and family sponsorships. We are familiar with how each State handles Marriage Certificate attestation, we know the common reasons applications get sent back, and we take responsibility for getting it right the first time — so you can focus on the move itself, not on paperwork.
An Apostille is an official certificate or sticker affixed to your Marriage Certificate by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, confirming that the document is authentic and was issued by a recognized Indian authority. Once Apostilled, your Marriage Certificate is legally valid in any of the 125+ Countries that are members of the Hague Apostille Convention, with no further Embassy verification required. If your destination Country falls outside this Convention — UAE, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are common examples — the certificate instead proceeds to Embassy Attestation after the MEA stamp, which we also arrange on your behalf.
Most of our clients approach us for one of the following reasons. If any of these match your situation, we can help:
Send us your original Marriage Certificate, or opt for our doorstep pickup if you are in Delhi NCR. We check the names, dates, and seals carefully first — a small mismatch here can delay the Apostille later, so we catch it early.
Depending on the issuing State and the age of the certificate, some Marriage Certificates need a Notary attestation before they can move to State-level verification. We take care of this step for you.
Your Marriage Certificate is attested by the State Home Department, General Administrative Department (GAD), or the Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of the State where the marriage was registered. This is the mandatory step before MEA will accept the document.
Once State attestation is done, we submit the certificate to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for the final Apostille sticker — the step that makes your Marriage Certificate valid in Hague Convention Countries.
If you are headed to a non-Hague Country, we carry the process forward to that Country's Embassy or Consulate in India for the final Legalization stamp.
We courier your completed, Apostilled Marriage Certificate back to you and keep you posted at every stage — no vanishing act, no guessing where your document is.
Keeping these ready in advance speeds things up considerably:
Marriage Certificate Apostille is an authentication certificate or sticker attached by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, that confirms your Marriage Certificate is genuine and can be used legally in any Country that is a member of the Hague Apostille Convention.
A Marriage Certificate is commonly Apostilled for spouse or dependent visa applications, joint immigration or Permanent Residency filings, adding a spouse's name to overseas insurance, banking or property records, and for name-change formalities after marriage in another Country.
The Marriage Certificate first goes through State-level attestation from the Home Department, GAD or SDM of the State where the marriage was registered, and is then submitted to the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) for the final Apostille. Embassy Attestation follows afterward for non-Hague Countries.
In most cases Abrodex India completes Marriage Certificate Apostille within 2 to 4 working days, depending on the issuing State and current processing times at the State Attestation Department and MEA.
Yes. Abrodex India arranges Marriage Certificate Attestation and Apostille for documents issued from any State or Union Territory in India, including Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and beyond.
You will generally need the original Marriage Certificate, a photocopy of both spouses' passport or ID proof, and an authorization letter if someone else is submitting the documents on your behalf.
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