Attestations

Overview

These services can be sought by Indian nationals as well as others. In case of non-Indian nationals, no form needs to be filled. Only a simple letter, along with the requisite fees is necessary.

There are some documents issued by Indian authorities which might need to be presented to authorities in Peru / Bolivia. For Peru, one method is to get the Indian document stamped (after being notarised by an Indian notary, as the case may be) by the Consular Division of the Ministry of External Affairs in Patiala House, New Delhi. The seal of the Ministry is then authenticated by the Peruvian Embassy, which is subsequently authenticated by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry in Lima for use in Peru. However, the document will need to be translated into Spanish by an official translator in Peru and then legalised again by the Peruvian Foreign Ministry.

Alternatively (particularly for Bolivia, as it has no Embassy in India), this Embassy can certify the original Indian document, which along with its official translation (by an official translator in Peru / Bolivia) can be legalised by the respective Foreign Ministries. However, in case of certain documents, the stamp of the Consular Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi has to be obtained before the Embassy can put its seal. These include all personal affidavits / declarations made in India (which need first to be notarised by an Indian notary), documents issued by an Indian court (divorce certificate, bachelorship certificate, etc), or documents issued / signed by persons / institutions which cannot be verified by the Embassy directly.

Similarly, there are many Peruvian / Bolivian documents that might need to be presented in India. Such documents must first be translated into English (see note below) by an official translator in Peru / Bolivia and the stamped by the Peruvian / Bolivian Foreign office. In case of Peru, this can then be sent to the Peruvian Embassy in New Delhi for certification and then certified by Consular Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. Alternatively, the stamp of the Peruvian / Bolivian Foreign office can be attested by this Embassy, which can then be used in India either directly or in some cases, after the certification of the Embassy's seal by the Consular Division of the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi.

	Note : The Embassy does not insist on the translation but only certifies the seal of the Foreign Ministries. The translation is required only in case the original document in Spanish is not acceptable in India.

Attestation as true copies

This refers to the case when photocopies of documents need to be certified as true copies.

Notary Attestations

Apart from authenticating a document as given above, the Embassy also attests documents as a notary function. These documents normally relate to affidavits, declarations, wills, powers of attorney made by Indian nationals in Peru / Bolivia. These documents have to be signed in the presence of the Consular officer who then attests the same without vouching for the contents. For Bolivia, the document needs to notarised by a local notary and then legalised by the Bolivian foreign office, after which it can be sent to the Embassy for attestation.

The Embassy can also attest, without vouching for the contents, other civil documents pertaining trade, etc.

In all the above cases of attestations / legalizations, the following documents are required:

Miscellaneous application form [115 kb. *.doc] to be filled and signed in four places including the declaration, without which no service will be rendered. In case of application from non-Indians, a simple letter will do.

Passport of applicant. In case of non-Indian, some other identity document, like DNI, carnet, will do.

The document to be attested.

The corresponding fees

Fee structure

There are special fees for documents related to merchant shipping.