Denmark Embassy Attestation: Apostille Rules, SIRI Files and Why English Is Usually Enough

No. The Hague Apostille Convention came into force for Denmark on 29 December 2006, so an MEA apostille from New Delhi is the complete legalisation of an Indian public document for Denmark. Nothing goes to the Danish embassy. A quotation that includes a Danish consular legalisation charge is working from pre-2006 information.

Usually not. Danish authorities, universities and employers routinely accept documents in English, and Indian certificates are normally issued in English already. This is the main reason a Danish file costs less than a Croatian or Czech one. Confirm it in one email with the receiving office rather than assuming, because individual offices can differ.

SIRI, the Danish Agency for International Recruitment and Integration, publishes a document list for each residence scheme, and the schemes differ considerably. Typically it wants the apostilled qualification with transcripts, proof of the job offer or admission, and identity documents. Read the list for your specific scheme rather than a general guide. None of it involves Denmark embassy attestation at a consular counter.

No, and conflating them costs people a semester. The apostille makes your Indian document legally usable in Denmark. Assessment is a separate Danish judgement about what your qualification is worth, decided on your transcript and course content. Start the assessment enquiry first, because it is much the slower of the two.

There is no Danish mission charge, so the quote covers the Ministry's statutory charge per document, the Notary and SDM stages, our handling and the courier. In most Danish files there is no translation cost either. Send a photograph of the documents and you will have the whole thing in writing before anything starts.

The Indian stages are short and predictable: the Notary and SDM stages, then the Ministry. What takes time on a Danish application is the Danish side, particularly credential assessment and SIRI processing. Build your timetable around their published processing times, not around ours. The Denmark embassy attestation question itself is settled in one sentence: you do not need one.

Originals. An apostille is applied to the original public document, not to a photocopy, and Danish offices generally want to see the apostilled original or a certified copy taken from it. Send the certificate flat and unlaminated, because a laminated document cannot take the sticker and will be returned.

In Denmark, yes, more than in most countries. The civil registration system ties records to a single identity and a mismatch causes real delay. Correct the spelling at the issuing authority before anything is apostilled. Applying an apostille to an inconsistent document only certifies the inconsistency and does not fix it.

Ask the receiving authority rather than relying on a general answer about Denmark. The two territories are self-governing with their own administrative arrangements, and the safe course is to get their requirement confirmed in writing before you prepare anything. For mainland Denmark the apostille is straightforward.

Company paperwork takes a different chain: Chamber of Commerce attestation, then the Ministry of External Affairs, then the apostille. There is no Notary or SDM stage for commercial documents. Danish commercial practice runs in English, so these files rarely need translation, and a covering letter on company letterhead should travel with the set.

Yes. Send the originals to our Delhi office by tracked courier and they come back the same way, with a scan emailed to you first so you can check the apostille before the parcel moves. You are welcome to drop documents in person and collect them if you are in Delhi, which costs less than courier both ways.