A Certificate Attestation or an Apostille is simply a certification of a Document issued by a legal or registered authority in a country. If a document is Apostilled it shows that the document is verified and it is legal to use in the country to which it is Apostilled.  In every country, there will be a Government arm known as MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) which has authority to put an Apostille stamp on an original document. In India, Any original document issued from any state should be  processed to MEA to get an Apostille stamp. So, even if the document is issued in Karnataka state still it should be processed to MEA to get an Apostille. PROCEDURE TO FOLLOW TO GET AN APOSTILLE FOR QATAR  The document goes to MEA either through state attestation or through SDM attestation. But State attestation takes longer time and more expensive than the SDM attestation. Since Qatar is not a member of the Hague Convention, the document has to get State Attestation only. Once attestation is done, find a legal service provider to send the document to MEA for an Apostille. You can’t submit a document to MEA personally to get Apostille. MEA has given the authority of collection and distribution of an Apostille to us since 2012. Once MEA puts an Apostille stamp on the document, the service provider you have chosen will take it to the Qatar Embassy to get Embassy attestation.  Follow the steps to get a document Apostille and Embassy attestation. Register for Apostille here Submit the documents with us. Pay for the Apostille Receive documents after Apostille to your Address.