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Educational Certificate Attestation: The Complete Guide

Attestation is a chain of official stamps that proves your certificate is genuine and valid abroad. Here's the exact chain for Indian education certificates.

The attestation chain

Notary → State HRD (or SDM) → MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) → UAE / GCC Embassy → MOFA on arrival in the destination country.

  • Notary attestation
  • HRD / SDM attestation
  • MEA apostille or attestation
  • Embassy of destination country
  • MOFA on arrival
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