Georgia Embassy Attestation: Apostille Rules for Medical Students and Business Owners

No. The Apostille Convention came into force for Georgia on 14 May 2007, so an MEA apostille from New Delhi is the complete legalisation of an Indian public document for Georgia. Nothing goes to a Georgian mission. A quotation that includes a Georgian consular legalisation charge is working from pre-2007 information.

The country, with its capital at Tbilisi. Documents for the US state of Georgia follow a completely different route, since the United States is itself an Apostille Convention country and its apostilles are issued by state authorities. The two get confused in search results constantly, so check which one your requirement refers to.

Typically the apostilled higher secondary certificate and marksheets, frequently a birth certificate, and a passport copy, with a police clearance certificate following later for the residence permit. A degree certificate matters only for postgraduate entry. Ask the university for its own list in writing, because requirements differ between institutions and none of them involves Georgia embassy attestation at a consular counter.

No, and this is the most important thing on this page. The apostille is quick and inexpensive. The serious question is whether you will be able to practise in India afterwards, which depends on the Indian regulator's rules on screening examination, course duration, structure and internship. Those rules have tightened in recent years. Check the current Indian position before you enrol.

For most official filings, yes, and usually notarised in Georgia. Apostille the original in India first, then have the document and the apostille text translated together so the Georgian version covers the final stamp. Georgian notarised translation is comparatively inexpensive, so it is not the cost burden it is in western Europe, and it is the only stage beyond Georgia embassy attestation that you will actually pay for.

Usually an apostilled power of attorney allowing a representative in Georgia to complete the registration with the public registry, translated and notarised there. Company documents take the commercial chain: a Chamber of Commerce attestation, then the Ministry of External Affairs, then the apostille. There is no Notary or SDM stage for commercial documents.

There is no Georgian mission charge, so the quote covers the Ministry's statutory charge per document, the Notary and SDM stages, our handling and the courier. Georgian translation and notarisation are separate and are modest by European standards. Send a photograph of the documents for a written quote before anything starts.

Yes. The MEA sticker carries a serial number and a QR code. Georgian officials are accustomed to electronically verifiable apostilles because Georgia issues its own that way, so mentioning the QR code in advance usually prevents an unnecessary query. Keep the sticker clean and unobscured by binding or tape.

No. An apostille has no expiry date and nothing in the Convention imposes one. What does happen is that Georgian residence offices often want the underlying certificate, especially a police clearance certificate, to have been issued recently. The limit sits on the document, not on the stamp, so obtain the time-limited papers last.

Yes. The apostille is applied to the original public document, not to a photocopy. Send the certificate flat and unlaminated, because a laminated document cannot take the sticker and comes back unprocessed. If you must keep an original in India, tell us first and we will say whether a certified copy route exists for that document type.

Yes. Send the originals by tracked courier to our Delhi office and they return the same way, with a scan emailed to you first so you can check the apostille before the parcel moves. If you are in Delhi, dropping documents in person and collecting them costs less than courier both ways.