Legalization is a process of authenticating the documents issued in one country and intended for use in another country in order to be recognized as valid in foreign country. The documents are first verified and authenticated by respective State Government from where the document is issued and then authenticated by Ministry of External Affairs. After MEA authentication, it is submitted to the Embassy / Consulate for final attestation. In case the documents are supposed to be submitted in the country which is a member of Hague Convention then separate embassy attestation is not required. The document will be first verified and authenticated by respective Home Department / HRD and then apostilled by Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India.
The following documents are legalized (as per country requirement):