Opt For Appropriate Document Attestation Service

By Author: Naman Vohra
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Have you landed a job overseas? Are you planning to get your visa processed as soon as possible?

Before you get down to visa processing part, you need to set few things right first. And, document attestation is one such as aspect you need to look into. Document attestation is not only a pre-requisite to visa processing in GCC nations and other Middle Eastern countries; attestation is also a norm is some parts of Australia, Europe and the US.

The procedure of getting documents attested is quite an elaborate one, a procedure that might take more than a month to complete. Given this scenario, people tend to opt for professional attestation services. However, even opting of an agency also calls for a bit of caution.

Document attestation service provider would be the entity that will be in possession of your documents. The agency would be responsible for the completion of the procedure that it would be undertaking on your behalf. Other than that, if your certificate is laminated, the agency would also have to make sure that the lamination has been removed carefully for attestation stamp so that the certificate ...
... is not damaged.

With such responsibility and integrity in question, a person needs to be very careful in selecting the right service provider. Following aspects can be looked into before zeroing in on one.

•Company profile- Do some research on the agencies out of whom you need to select ‘the one’. Dig out as much information about the company as you can. You can visit the website and talk to the company’s professionals to fetch information. The most commonly information looked for is since how long a company has been rendering attestation service, how big is the company in terms of market capitalization, what is the brand recall.
•Customer feedback- Tries to get in touch with people who have had to get their documents attested in recent times. Talk to family and friends to know how their experiences have been with the companies shortlisted by you. Also, be open to suggestions provided by them.

Once selected, you also need to remember to keep your expectations realistic. A genuine professional agency would also take at least 15-20 days to go through the whole attestation procedure. In case of any glitch, you may have to step in. For instance, if your documents requiring attestation is lost, you yourself would have to file an FIR and send it along with the request form to the concerned university, simply because this doesn't fall in the purview of attestation.

Being aware and educated about such facts will help you in reaching the right decision and, consequently, a smooth visa process.

Naman is associated with a leading Gulf Attestation & Apostille company which specializes in Document Attestation & Apostille services