Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai: MEA Apostille for Graduates, Seafarers and Transferring Professionals
Degree certificate apostille services Mumbai applicants need cover a wider range of documents than anywhere else in India, from University of Mumbai degrees to merchant navy competency certificates, and INFINITYGRO completes the Notary, SDM, Ministry of External Affairs and embassy stages for all of them.
Mumbai is where India's shipping industry is administered, which is why so many of our files from this city are not academic degrees at all but certificates that have to satisfy a flag state rather than a university.
- Degrees, maritime certificates and corporate transfers
- Courier from any suburb, or from Navi Mumbai and Thane
- Built for short notice periods and sailing dates
- Every stage of Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai tracked and confirmed on WhatsApp
What do degree certificate apostille services Mumbai involve?
Degree certificate apostille services Mumbai applicants use end with the Ministry of External Affairs applying a numbered sticker to the reverse of the original document, which makes it valid in every country that has joined the Hague Apostille Convention with no further embassy stamp.
The Ministry certifies only what has already been vouched for. That prior step is either authentication by the Maharashtra authorities, or a Notary Public followed by a Sub-Divisional Magistrate in Delhi. Countries outside the convention, such as the UAE, Qatar and Kuwait, require MEA attestation followed by embassy legalisation instead.
In short, degree certificate apostille services mumbai is completed entirely in Delhi, whichever of the two routes your file takes.
Which body issued your Mumbai document
Maharashtra has no single technical university, so engineering degrees here are awarded by the same university as arts and science ones. That makes Mumbai simpler than most States on the academic side, and more complicated on the maritime side.
University of Mumbai
St. Xavier's, Jai Hind, K. C. College, Ruia, Sydenham, VJTI and most engineering and commerce colleges in the city are affiliated to the University of Mumbai, which awards arts, science, commerce, law and engineering degrees alike.
This is the seal on the majority of files we handle from the city, whatever the subject.
SNDT, IIT Bombay, TISS and ICT
SNDT Women's University, IIT Bombay, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, the Institute of Chemical Technology and NMIMS all award degrees in their own name.
ICT and IIT Bombay graduates dominate our German, Dutch and American research and chemical industry files.
Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nashik
MUHS at Nashik awards the MBBS, BDS, nursing, physiotherapy and allied health degrees held by graduates of Grant Medical College, KEM, Sion, Nair and the nursing institutions across the city.
So a Mumbai-trained doctor's degree names Nashik. See MBBS apostille and B.Sc Nursing apostille.
Merchant navy and maritime certificates
Mumbai is the centre of India's shipping administration, and seafarers here need competency certificates, watchkeeping certificates, course completion certificates and pre-sea diplomas legalised for foreign-flag employment.
What the file needs is set by the flag state and the shipping company, not by any Indian university, so send us the company's written list before anything is posted.
Degrees issued outside Maharashtra
Mumbai's workforce comes from every State in India, and authentication follows the seal on the degree rather than your address here.
We handle all of them: Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Gujarat, West Bengal and the rest.
What we handle and what stays with you
Maritime files in particular run to sailing dates that cannot move, so the boundary needs stating before anything is sent.
INFINITYGRO carries out every Delhi stage. We do not apply for university verification and we do not lodge files with the Maharashtra higher education directorate.
The two columns below divide degree certificate apostille services mumbai between our desk and yours, so nothing is assumed.
Handled by INFINITYGRO
- Notary Public seal on your degree
- SDM attestation in Delhi
- MEA apostille for Hague Convention countries
- MEA attestation plus embassy legalisation for the Gulf and other non-members
- Taking over from the MEA stage if your degree is already State-authenticated
Arranged by you, if asked for
- Verification of the degree by the awarding university
- State authentication from the Maharashtra authorities, where the employer or council demands it
Once that stamp is on the degree, courier it to us and we resume from the MEA stage.
Two routes for degree certificate apostille services mumbai
Both routes finish at an MEA apostille or an MEA attestation. The difference is who vouches for the document before the Ministry sees it.
Corporate and maritime files usually take the shorter route; Gulf employment and healthcare licensing often do not.
State authentication route for Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai
For employers and councils that require Maharashtra's authentication first.
- Arranged by you
Authentication by the Maharashtra higher education authorities
Maharashtra administers higher education through the Directorate of Higher Education in Pune and a network of regional Joint Director offices, one of which covers the Mumbai region.
Open the Maharashtra Directorate of Higher Education portal - Handled by INFINITYGRO
MEA apostille for Hague Convention countries
Courier the authenticated degree to our Delhi office. We submit it to the Ministry of External Affairs through the authorised channel and collect the apostilled original.
- Handled by INFINITYGRO
Embassy legalisation for non-member countries
For the UAE, Qatar, Kuwait and others outside the convention, we complete MEA attestation and then legalisation at the relevant embassy in New Delhi. Read our guide to degree certificate attestation for the UAE before you start.
Choose this for: Gulf employment, nursing and medical registration, and sponsors naming State authentication.
SDM route for Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai, handled end to end by us
Nothing to arrange locally, and the faster option for a fixed date.
- Handled by INFINITYGRO
Notary Public authorisation
We present your degree or certificate to a registered Notary Public in Delhi, who records the entry and applies seal and signature.
- Handled by INFINITYGRO
SDM attestation in Delhi
The notarised degree goes to a Sub-Divisional Magistrate's office in Delhi, which confirms the notary's signature and adds the attestation the MEA looks for. Our step-by-step guide to attestation in Delhi NCR explains this stage in detail.
- Handled by INFINITYGRO
MEA apostille or embassy legalisation
Degrees for Hague member states receive the MEA apostille sticker. Degrees for the Gulf and other non-member states receive MEA attestation followed by embassy legalisation.
Choose this for: Maritime employment, corporate transfers, study abroad and residence files.
Maharashtra authorities and the Mumbai MEA question
Mumbai is one of the sixteen cities where apostille processing was decentralised in 2019, which leads a great many people here to expect a counter. There is none.
- Identify the issuing body: a university for a degree, a maritime authority or institute for a certificate.
- Ask the employer, council or shipping company in writing what must be legalised.
- Carry or send the original, all mark sheets, a passport photocopy and the offer letter.
- Send us the file for the MEA and embassy stages.
Designations and counters change over time. Confirm the present procedure before you hand over originals. Our reference list of Department of Higher Education authentication addresses and our step-by-step HRD attestation guide are updated separately.
Courier from Mumbai or drop off in Delhi
Mumbai has overnight courier services to Delhi from every suburb, and most of our files from the city arrive that way.
Option 1: visit our Delhi office
Applicants travelling to Delhi, or with relatives here, are welcome at our New Ashok Nagar office near the Blue Line metro station. We check the file, confirm the route and issue a signed receipt while you wait.
- File check and route advice in a single visit
- Signed receipt covering every original
- Call ahead so a counsellor is free when you arrive
Office address:
C – 5 A/2 New Ashok Nagar, Delhi – 110096, IndiaWorking hours: Monday to Saturday, 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM (Sunday closed)
Option 2: courier from any part of Mumbai
Overnight services run from Andheri, Bandra, Borivali, Dadar, Fort, Navi Mumbai and Thane, and Speed Post works equally well.
- Ask for the checklist on WhatsApp before you seal the envelope
- Keep unlaminated originals flat in a rigid envelope
- Include a passport photocopy and a signed authorisation letter
- Seafarers: send the sailing date and the company's document list
- Share the tracking number once dispatched
Collect in person or receive by return courier
We WhatsApp you a scan as soon as the apostille is on, so the spelling and dates can be checked before anything moves. The originals then travel back to your Mumbai address by tracked courier. Nothing in your degree certificate apostille services mumbai file moves without you being told first.
Comparing the two Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai routes
Use this to place your own file. If the shipping company and an agent disagree, go by the company's written list.
| Factor | Process 1: State route | Process 2: SDM route |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-authentication by | Designated Government of Maharashtra authority | Notary Public and SDM, Delhi |
| Arranged by | The degree holder | INFINITYGRO |
| MEA stage | INFINITYGRO | INFINITYGRO |
| Embassy legalisation | INFINITYGRO, if needed | INFINITYGRO, if needed |
| Time taken | Longer, because of State and university processing | Shorter, with fewer offices involved |
| Your involvement | Applying at the regional or Pune office | Office visit or courier only |
| Best for | Gulf employers and health councils | Maritime, corporate and study files on fixed dates |
Area-wise notes across Mumbai
The process is the same across the city and its suburbs. What differs is the kind of document people are legalising.
Fort, Churchgate and South Mumbai
The university's Fort campus, the older colleges and the shipping offices are concentrated here, so both academic and maritime files originate in this belt.
Finance professionals from Nariman Point and BKC move mainly to Singapore, London and Dubai.
Andheri, Bandra and the western suburbs
The largest residential and corporate belt in the city, producing a steady stream of transfer files to the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore.
Family relocations from here usually need the degree, marriage certificate and children's birth certificates legalised together.
Powai, Chembur and the eastern suburbs
IIT Bombay at Powai and the chemical and pharmaceutical belt around Chembur and Vikhroli supply research and industry files, mostly for Germany, the Netherlands and the United States.
ICT graduates are a recurring category in this group.
Navi Mumbai and Thane
Vashi, Belapur, Airoli and Thane hold a large professional population along with the port and logistics sector around Nhava Sheva.
Seafarers and logistics staff from this belt form a substantial share of our maritime files.
Everywhere in Mumbai and Maharashtra
We accept documents by courier from across the metropolitan region and return them the same way. Other documents follow the same path: PCC apostille in Mumbai, birth certificate apostille and marriage certificate apostille.
For the State page see Maharashtra, and for other cities Pune, Nagpur and Nashik.
Countries that accept Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai
Mumbai's outflow is the most varied in India: corporate transfers to the West and Singapore, Gulf employment, and seafarers sailing under flags from Panama to Malta.
Apostille is enough
The United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands, Singapore, Australia, Canada and Panama accept the MEA apostille on its own, as do Saudi Arabia since December 2022, Oman and Bahrain.
Embassy legalisation is also needed
The UAE, Qatar and Kuwait are outside the convention. Degrees for jobs there are attested by the MEA and then legalised by that country's embassy in New Delhi. See our notes on Qatar embassy attestation and Kuwait embassy attestation.
Membership of the convention changes from time to time. Check the official HCCH status table or ask us before you commit to a route.
Documents needed for Degree Certificate Apostille Services Mumbai
Courier or bring these to start. Maritime files have their own document sets.
- Original degree certificate from the University of Mumbai, MUHS or your institute
- State-authenticated degree, only for Process 1
- Competency or course certificates, for maritime files
- Transcripts and consolidated mark sheets, where the receiving authority asks
- Photocopy of your passport, photo and address pages
- Signed authorisation letter (we email a template)
- Sailing date or joining date, so we can tell you what fits
Before you post anything, it is worth reading the common mistakes people make during degree certificate apostille.
What degree certificate apostille services mumbai costs
Every file is quoted after we see it. The figure depends on:
- Whether we run the SDM route or start from an already authenticated document
- An apostille, or attestation followed by embassy legalisation
- The destination country and that embassy's own charges
- How many documents you send: degree, mark sheets, transcripts
- Office collection, or tracked courier both ways
See the detailed fee structure
Our fees page sets out apostille, attestation and embassy charges document by document. Ask for a written quote for degree certificate apostille services mumbai before you commit to anything.
Sailing date fixed? Send it with the documents
Send us the details and we will place your degree certificate apostille services mumbai file on the right route. WhatsApp a photo of the degree and your employer or university checklist to +91-8595558517. We will tell you which route fits before you part with any original.
FAQs on degree certificate apostille services mumbai
Short answers to the questions we are asked most often about degree certificate apostille services mumbai.
Mumbai is an MEA apostille centre. Can I submit my degree there?
No. Mumbai is one of the sixteen cities where the Ministry decentralised apostille processing from January 2019, but the Ministry has not accepted documents over the counter from members of the public anywhere in India since 2012. Files are lodged through authorised agencies. The decentralisation changed where processing happens, not who may submit.
I am a seafarer. Which of my certificates need apostilling?
That depends on the flag state and the shipping company rather than on any Indian rule, which is why we ask for the company's written list first. Competency certificates, watchkeeping certificates, course completion certificates and pre-sea diplomas are the usual candidates. Sailing dates do not move, so send the date with the documents.
My MBBS is from a Mumbai college but the degree names Nashik. Is that right?
Yes. Maharashtra University of Health Sciences at Nashik awards the medical, dental and nursing degrees for the whole State, so graduates of Grant Medical College, KEM, Sion and Nair all hold degrees naming Nashik. Verification requests go there rather than to your college.
My engineering degree is from the University of Mumbai, not a technical university. Is that normal?
Yes. Unlike most States, Maharashtra has no single technical university, so engineering colleges affiliate to the regional university. A VJTI or Sardar Patel graduate therefore holds a University of Mumbai degree, which is handled exactly like any other degree from that university.
I live in Mumbai but studied in Kerala. Which State authenticates it?
Kerala. Authentication follows the seal on the degree rather than where you live, which matters in a city where most of the workforce came from elsewhere. You can still courier everything from Mumbai; only the State step, if required at all, is different.
My transfer is to Dubai next month. Is an apostille enough?
No. The UAE is outside the Hague Convention, so the degree needs MEA attestation followed by legalisation at the UAE embassy in New Delhi. Build in the embassy's own processing time, which varies. Saudi Arabia is the opposite case, having joined the convention in December 2022.
Does INFINITYGRO do HRD attestation or university verification?
No. We provide Notary and SDM attestation, MEA apostille, MEA attestation and embassy legalisation. Where a destination requires State authentication or verification by the University of Mumbai or MUHS, you arrange that directly, and we handle the MEA and embassy stages afterwards.
What do degree certificate apostille services Mumbai cost?
A consultant sending one degree to Singapore pays differently from a seafarer legalising four certificates for a foreign-flag contract, or a family relocating to Dubai with embassy legalisation. The figure depends on the route, the number of documents, the destination and the courier. Our fees page sets out the structure, and a WhatsApp message brings a quote for your own file.
Start your Mumbai file this week
Andheri, Powai, Fort, Thane or Navi Mumbai: tell us what is being legalised, the destination and the date, then courier your documents.
+91-8595558517Disclaimer: INFINITYGRO is a private document facilitation service, not a government authority. Only the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, issues apostilles, and embassy legalisation is carried out by the respective embassies. We do not undertake State authentication or university verification. Official procedures and destination requirements change, so please confirm current rules with the receiving authority.