Miscellaneous Service
Rendered By Consulate
Timing for Miscellaneous Consular Services (on all working days):
Document Submission : 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
Document Collection : 4:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Under Miscellaneous Services CGI, Seattle is
offering following Services:
- Attestation of Documents
- Attestation of Power of Attorney
- Affidavit for Child's Passport to be issued in India
- Marriage Certificate
- Life Certificate
- Birth Certificate
- NRI Certificate
- NORI I
- NORI III
- Death Documents Attestation - Transportation of Ashes/Mortal Remains
to India
- Attestation of Will
- Registration of Birth etc.
Following is the Consular jurisdiction of the Consulate: Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, North
Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington,
Wyoming. Applicants only from these states
may apply at the Consulate General of India, Seattle. Please apply strictly as per
your jurisdiction for which you have verifiable proof of address.
Apostille Convention:
The Hague Convention, to which India and USA are signatories, abolishes the
requirement of legalization for Foreign Public Documents. With the certification by
the Hague Convention 'Apostille', the document is entitled to recognition in India
and vice versa and no certification by the
Consulate of India is required.The Convention applies to
public documents which have been executed in the territory of one Contracting State
and which have to be produced in the territory of another Contracting State.
The Consulate does not certify the genuineness of any document issued by authorities
in India. If any document issued by authorities in India (such as birth and death
certificates, affidavits, educational documents/diplomas, marriage certificate and
Driving License, etc.) are required to be presented to authorities in the USA, these
should be apostilled in India. For details, please check the website
“Legalization of Documents” at http://www.mea.gov.in/apostille.htm
It is not mandatory that the apostilled documents should be attested by
the Consulate officials before presenting it to authorities in
India.
GENERAL INFORMATION
A. Local documents like bank
statement, salary statement, employment letter of the applicant, Driving License,
etc. need to be Notarized and uploaded by the applicant and only signature of the
applicant will be attested. On each document to be attested, applicant will
mention “I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONTENTS OF
THE DOCUMENT”.
After that applicant will put his full name and signature (as per passport) on each
document submitted for attestation.
B. For attestation of Indian
passport, Driving License, Pan Card, Adhar Card, Voter ID, Educational documents
etc., applicant may submit Notarized copy of the same. Documents which are not
apostilled from India will not be authenticated by Consulate. Such documents will
only be attested as ‘True Copy Attestation Only”. On
each document to be attested, applicant will state that “I TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE
CONTENTS OF THE DOCUMENT” and write full name and
sign, as in the passport.
C. List of documents valid as a proof of Address/Residence
(Copy of any one of following):
- US Driving License OR
- Utility Bill OR
- Lease Agreement OR
- State Identity Card OR
- Mortgage Deed
D. Proof of US Visa Status (Copy of any one of
the following):
- Visa page of Passport (i.e. H1B, H4, L1, L2 etc.) OR
- Green Card OR
- Employment Authorization Document (Work Permit) OR
- I-797, I-140 or I-20 (If approval is pending, attach a handwritten note
detailing the efforts being taken to regularize status)
E. Payment of
Fees :
The fee may be paid through Cashier’s
Check/ Money Order/ Demand Draft drawn in favor of "Consulate General of the
Republic of India in Seattle, WA" (Personal
Checks, Credit Cards,
Debit Cards Or Other Banking Instruments Are Not
Accepted)
F. How to apply?
- Applicants are requested to read the above mentioned General Instructions
carefully before applying for Misc. Service.
- Once you are ready to apply for Misc. Service, please click on below mentioned
“Apply for Misc.
Service” tab and the system will
ask you to provide a few details such as Service, Mode of Submission, etc.
- Once you submit your request system will give you detailed information about
documents required, fees, and link to apply for Misc. Service Application form.
- Applicants are requested to fill in the online Misc. Service Application form.
At the end of this form, select the mode of payment for required fees (i.e.
Through Cashier’s Check/ Money Order/ Demand Draft) and submit the
application form.
- You will get a pop-up message with Application ref. Number and instructions on
how to submit your physical application to the Consulate.
- Regardless of your mode of payment of fees the applicant is required to send a
physical copy of the submitted application form, fees in form of Cashier’s
Check/ Money Order/ Demand Draft (whichever is applicable), copies of documents
or notarized copies of the documents.
G. PLEASE NOTE
- CGI, Seattle has no agents for rendering these services and applicants should
approach the Consulate directly.
- The Consulate reserves the right to reject attestation of documents, the
contents of which are objectionable or contrary to the Rules.
- No Commercial Documents are attested by the Consulate. The same should be
apostilled from the US Government Authorities for presenting in India.
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