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Growth is an important part of everyone’s life. Whether it's your personal growth or growth of your business, both should hold equal importance. When it comes to the growth and expansion of your business, one should always look out for better market conditions. Targeting markets that hold potential always yields higher future returns.
Do you think your business has the potential to flourish in a country abroad?
Are you looking forward to expanding your business abroad or engaging in international trade?Then make sure to keep all your commercial documents in the appropriate form.
Commercial documents of a person are all the business-related documents that record various activities and processes of a business. Whenever a person wishes to engage in any business-related activity in a foreign country, like expansion or opening a branch, it becomes mandatory for them to obtain an Apostille on the necessary documents.
Do you know why an Apostille is needed on commercial documents?
An Apostille is needed to make the commercial documents valid for use in a foreign country. Commercial documents are needed every time a person carries out any business-related activity.
Commercial documents that are issued in one's native country are not eligible to be used abroad until they are verified appropriately. To use them abroad, one has to establish the credibility of their necessary documents. Obtaining an Apostille is the method through which a person can earn legal status for their commercial documents and hence use them abroad.
Is an Apostille on commercial documents needed every time a person visits a foreign country?
It is important to obtain an Apostille on documents whenever a person travels to a Hague Convention country. Every Hague Convention nation mandates obtaining an Apostille to know about the validity of a person’s document. An Apostille has a unique identification number on it. With the help of this number, foreign authorities can verify the authenticity of a document. This helps them to ensure that their visitors hold a legal status and are traveling for genuine reasons.
Do you know how in India your commercial documents get Apostilled?
For the sake of your convenience, MEA Apostille Services brings you a short and quick guide to commercial document Apostille.First, let us know the points that must be known before obtaining an Apostille.
Before obtaining an Apostille, the following things should be kept in mind:
- An Apostille can only be issued on the original documents of a person.
- The country where the commercial document was issued should be a party to the Apostille Convention.<
- The country where the commercial documents are to be used should also be a party to the Apostille Convention.
- An Apostille is issued only on those documents that are recognized as public documents by a country.
How will an Apostille be issued on commercial documents?
An Apostille is issued by the Ministry of External Affairs in various forms. It can be issued in the form of a sticker, a stamp, or a seal. An Apostille can be issued either directly on your commercial certificate or on a separate attached page called an allonge. In whatever form, an Apostille, once issued, will be recognized by all member countries of the Hague Convention.
The process of getting an Apostille for commercial documents
To obtain an Apostille on a commercial document, one has to go through the proper procedure. In India, commercial documents are attested in the following manner:
Step 1) Attestation by the Chamber of Commerce In India, the Chamber of Commerce is the authority that is responsible for verifying all the commercial documents of a person. Here, the officials at the Chamber of Commerce verify the commercial document and attest to it with their official stamp.
Step 2) Apostille by the Ministry of External Affairs The commercial documents at this level are sent to the Ministry of External Affairs. The officials here issue the Apostille stamp at the back of the commercial document.
Will the commercial documents be valid for use after completing the procedure? Or is there any need for further verification? There will be no need for any further verification after receiving an Apostille. However, the case for traveling to a non-member country of the convention differs. In that case, further verification by the embassy of the respective country is also required.
List of Commercial Documents Requiring Apostille:
- Certificate Of Incorporation
- Bill Of Lading
- Invoice
- Power of Attorney
- Board Resolution
- Articles of Association
- Commercial Agreements
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