An apostille is an internationally valid certification of the authenticity of the document. In India it is issued by the Ministry of External Affairs. The document has to first be re-attested (legalized) by the issuing authority before it can be apostilled by the MoEA.

The consulate in Paris will not be able to help you. You will have to get in done in India.

You can either get it done by someone you know in India, or a good agent who will do it on your behalf. www.YourManInIndia.com is an agent with a good reputation, but they are expensive as they will charge about a 100 USD to get your document legalized and apostilled.

I have sent them some documents. I'll let you know how it goes. Thye seem pretty professional.

 

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An apostille is an internationally valid certification of the authenticity of the document. In India it is issued by the Ministry of External Affairs. The document has to first be re-attested (legalized) by the issuing authority before it can be apostilled by the MoEA.

The consulate in Paris will not be able to help you. You will have to get in done in India.

You can either get it done by someone you know in India, or a good agent who will do it on your behalf. www.YourManInIndia.com is an agent with a good reputation, but they are expensive as they will charge about a 100 USD to get your document legalized and apostilled.

I have sent them some documents. I'll let you know how it goes. They seem pretty professional.

Thanks for your reply! So you're saying that the Indian consulate in Paris won't be able to help me? How did you know that?

In any case, please let me know how it goes!

Important: On the other hand, there's a birth certificate issuance process in the Indian consulate in Paris (LINKS:India Visa Information - - port Related Consular Services, India Visa Information - - port Related Consular Services - Birth Certificate ), and according to another Indian I've talked to, it worked for all his purposes. He didn't get it "apostilled". But instead, got the certificate directly from the Indian consulate in Paris.

Now, if the certificate is isssued by the consulate itself (takes one day), then it'd be legalized, no? What do you think?

 

The Wikipedia article on the Apostille Convention explains some of the quirks and limitations of the apostille: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention
Cheers,
Bev

 

If I issue a new birth certificate by the Indian consulate in Paris, will it act as the valid certificate or apostilled certificate?

 

You should check with the Indian Embassy, but I'm not certain if they can or will issue "birth certificates."
Cheers,
Bev

 

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From the link (and also I've been told by someone who issued birth certificate)

India Visa Information - - port Related Consular Services - Birth Certificate

it's true that they will issue a birth certificate. However, whether it'll be a valid one, equivalent to apostilled, is probably another question. AM told me to go to Indian consulate (true for any other country too) to get the apostille. But I was informed in a separate post here that they don't give us apostille. However they give a new birth certificate.

The only thing I'm not sure now is whether this birth certificate issued by Indian consulate works for AM's purposes.

 

What AM wants (or what most French agencies want) is a "long form" birth certificate - i.e. with your parents' names and nationalities at the time of your birth. And the document should be "certified" (with some sort of stamp or embossing from the agency issuing it - in this case, the Embassy) with the date of issue. This relates to the French requirement for birth certificates issued within the last 90 days.
Cheers,
Bev

 

although the 'long form' requirement seems to be applied all over the 90 day requirement isn't ......my local AM accepted my original birth certificate when it was more than 70 years old

worth a try

 

I've just responded to another thread of yours. You need to get this sorted ASAP - I would suggest you phone your Consulate and ask what they can provide. Otherwise there should be a service (I assume online) in India where you can ask for a certified copy of your birth certificate. AM didn't ask me for an apostilled version and the stamped/embossed copy provided from the Indian registry of birth, deaths, etc should suffice.

 

This is a rather old thread so some things may have changed. However - as far as the requirement for a "long form" birth certificate, their main concern is usually that of particular information that may appear on the "long form" (in some countries, not all).

Your best bet is probably to offer your aadhar letter (or whatever certificate or other listing of the data from that record). The social security folks (AM) are generally pretty reasonable about making do with whatever document is most readily available. You may want to the local AM office and simply ask them which of your documents works best for them given that you don't have (and can't get) a birth certificate. And also ask them about the need to apostille the certified copy. AM usually doesn't require that, though that's not always the case.