MISCELLANEOUS SERVICE/ATTESTATION OF DOCUMENTS:

Please apply only to the consulate of the appropriate Jurisdiction

USPS postage rates are revised from May 14, 2007. All applicants are advised to ensure that the correct postage stamp is used. We regret that we cannot dispatch mails without correct stamps as it will not be accepted by USPS.

1. Birth Certificate/Registration of Birth
2. No Objection Certificate to carry dead body/ashes
   In the event of death of a relative/ friend, if the applicant wishes to carry either body or ashes back home to India, the following documents are required to be submitted along with the “Miscellaneous Service Form”

   a. Death Certificate in original with one photo copy
   b. Burial / Cremation or embalming certificate in original with one copy;
   c. A Certificate from a Medical Officer stating that “ the deceased was not suffering from any contagious diseases” ;
   d. Passport of the deceased [In case of US/Foreign national of Indian origin, only copy of US/Foreign Passport is required.]; and
   e. Miscellaneous Service Form to be filled in requesting for the issue of a No Objection Certificate. The first three Certificates (a, b and c) will be attested, the Passport (d) cancelled and returned by the Embassy along with a No Objection Certificate. All these documents are to be carried by the person accompanying / carrying the body/ashes. Fee will depend upon the number of documents attested. The Miscellaneous Service Form should have the details of the deceased and signed by the person submitting the application along with copy of his passport.
   

3. Marriage Certificate (Requires Passports of both Husband & Wife)
4. Police Clearance Certificate
5. Registration of Marriage
6. No obligation to return to India
7. Waiver
8. Attestation of foreign public documents- As per Hague Convention, to which India and USA are signatories, abolishes the requirement of legalization for Foreign Public Documents. With the certification by the Hague Convention ‘ Apostille’, the document is entitled to recognition in India and no certification by the authentications office or legalization by Embassy of India or Consulates are required. Relevant provisions are contained at Article 1 of the ‘ Convention abolishing the requirement of legalization for foreign public documents’ which is reproduced below:-
   
   Article 1
   
   The present convention shall apply to public documents which have been executed in the territory of one Contracting State and which have to be produced in the territory of another Contracting State.
   
   For the purposes of the present Convention, the following are deemed to be public documents:
   
   a) documents emanating from an authority or an official connected with the courts or tribunals of the state, including those emanating from an public prosecutor, a clerk of a court or a process-server(‘huissier de justice’):
   b) administrative documents :
   c) notarial acts:
   d) official certificates which are placed on documents signed by persons in their private capacity, such as official certificates recording the registration of a document or the fact that it was in existence on a certain date and official and notarial authentications of signatures.
   
   However, the present Convention shall not apply: 
   a) to documents executed by diplomatic or consular agents:
   b) to administrative documents dealing directly with commercial or customs operations. 
   For more details, please refer websites http://www.state.gov/m/a/auth/c16921.htm
   and www.hcch.net.
   
9. Attestation of documents for sale/ purchase of ship/ vessel
10. Authentication of Indian Driving Licenses
11. Attestation of Power of Attorney (POA) (the applicant is required to affix one photograph at the end of the subject matter on the POA, specimen signature below the photograph and the passport details. This photograph along with other details on the POA must be notarized by a local Public Notary before submitting the application form in the Embassy. The Stamp/Seal of the Notary must cover some portion of photograph pasted on the POA. (If the application is submitted in person by the applicant at the counter, notarisation is not necessary but the applicant has to sign the document at the counter.) The applicant has to submit one additional identical photograph, original passport with its photocopy with the application form). In case, there are more than one signatories on a POA, the above requirement is to be completed by each individual. If no space is available on the original POA, a separate sheet may be attached as an enclosure to the original POA and should be notarized. The additional photographs must have their names printed on the reverse of the respective photograph. Each document should also have signatures and address of two witnesses.