It’s been 2 years since I have been working as a web developer. It was high time for a change and my folks told me to try out options abroad. And so, I started my research as to which would be the best place.
UAE was always my first choise. Two reasons for that – I had been there till my 12th grade so know the place better . And Relatively more IT companies. Research number 2 – How to get there ?… what are the visa procedures ?… what about certificates ?…etc etc.
This post is mostly about your professional degree certificate attestation . Why – Well coz it’s a long process no one seems to be having an idea about. So I thought it would be helpful to share it.
Right – Where were we ?.. yes - The process. After contacting a few of my friends, I found out that my engineering certificate attestation has basically 2 stages.
An HRD attestation (That’s the human resource department of the state where your university is located ).
Embassy Attestation from Delhi ( In my case – The UAE Embassy )
Now, The HRD attestation has to be done in Vidhan Soudha ( So I thought ) . And I Packed off to Bangalore for that. Its an 8 hours journey from my place. I boarded a KSRTC from mangalore at 9:00 and reached early morning. I had to freshen up and I was on my way to the BMTC bus stand.
The funniest thing about Bangalore is that – Even though it is the IT capital of our country , most of the buses have kannada writings on them . I asked a few elders which bus to catch for Vidhan Soudha ( Cant always trust the guys here – They keep misleading you ) and I hopped into one after confirming it from the conductor .
Alright - it was just 10AM and I hoped to finish it by noon. Again – No proper direction as to where to go or whom to see. So, Obviously I had to enquire my way to the attestation room. I saw a long queue there, so I asked a couple of guys in the line about the whole process. I heard different versions and so decided to check it out on my own. I went inside the room , got pulled out by a security guy who suddenly appeared out of no where. Another gentleman came upto me and asked for my certificates ( In Kannada of cource ) . The moment I gave him, he shook his heard and told me I had to go to belgaum . Apparently - The new rule of attestation says:
“Attestation of certificates of Belgaum, Gulbarga and Mysore regions will be done by the respective District Commissioners ” . Lucky me – I have just wasted another day and a lot of money doing basically - nothing . I had to catch another bus to Belgaum – 10 hours from Bangalore . Great !!!.
So – Bought a ticket and got into a KSRTC bus to Belgaum .
My bus arrived at 6:30 AM . I have heard from a couple of guys that Belgaum is probably the last place you would want to visit. Except for the University, that place is empty. Have to say - It was better than expected .
I was done with freshening up by 9 Am . Had a quick breakfast and off I went to the DC Office. Again I found myself dodging kannada writings on boards and busses and finally when I reached the concerned building, I was told to wait till 10. Lucky for me there were a couple of guys out there who had come for the same. So we teamed up to get this done with asap.
The building that you have to approach is to the left of the DC Office ( Dark , Stone built building ). You are never going to meet the DC as there are people assigned to guide you on this ( They don’t know English either ) . You have to see the guys in the rightmost office in the ground floor. They will guide you through the process. And hey – There is an office boy , a pune who seems to be knowing better than the guys inside the office – This guy can guide you better.
Documents
You need to hand over the below mentioned documents
1) Your BE degree certificate ( Or provisional ) – Original and Two self attested copies
2) Two passport copies – self attested
3) Two Election ID card copies – self attested
4) As per the new rules, for attesting our certificates we need to produce an offer letter or any other document showing that you have either been hired or that you have been an employee for some time in that company [ This point has been edited based on user comments. Thanks a bunch for your inputs guys . Appreciate it 
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Alright , Once you meet the guys, they will give you three forms to fill.
1- Certificate attestation request letter
2- A checklist form where you have to mention the following
a. Addresses of two important persons of your locality.
b. particulars of the documents you are handing over
c. 3 specimen signatures ( make sure they look alike )
3 – A chalan form of Rs 105 to be filled – They will give you the instructions on how to fill that
Once done, go to the SBI office on the other side of the road , pay the chalan amount, get a DD of Rs 175 and come back to the office. Take a Xerox of the chalan sheet received and the filled check list .
Right, now you have to pin up all documents and meet the Tahsildar – Seated at the far end. He will verify your signatures and check your documents. Then you will have to go to room number 11 ( I think ) and get some signatures and seal from there.
That’s it . Now you will have to go back to the office, hand over your documents, get their contact number and leave. Attestation will take 1 weeks time and you will have to wait for that. I have tried my best to negotiate a faster process but in vain.
The worst part is – They wont send it to you. You will have to go back to Balgaum to get it . The very thought that I am going to waste another day on this totally freaks me out. I am supposed to be giving those guys a call this evening. Hopefully the certificate is ready and I can go grab it soon .
So Once thats done, I will have to give it to an agent to get the Delhi attestation done .
Thank God all this has to be done only once .
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Woot.. things are messy when it comes to VTU and stuffs.. I had a hard time making an transfer myself..
Definitely it would be amusing to stay in UAE.. Ah! Good luck..
Thanks mate… Fingers crossed
HI, searching through the web , i found this post. i finished my bds from mysore. so do i have to get my hrd attestation from the mysore district commissioners office?
thanx
Guess so, Not sure about BDS. My guess is that you will have to get it attested from Mysore District commissioner . To confirm this, you can ask any of your friends in bangalore to check it out on vidhan saudha … just go there and ask for the attestation area and they will guide you through the process … 10 minutes work .
Hope this helps
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thanks a lot,friend!!!! one question though, what if you don’t have a voters ID??
You may have to produce another document instead - which one ?.. I am not sure. Carry a copy of your Driving License / Residence Certificate / any other address proof just in case .
Hope this helps
I think for Bcom from Dharwar university the procedue will be same. pls do clarify
Hi Abdul Aziz,
I got job in Riyadh, my requirement is also same like to get “attestation from HRD ministry of INDIA”. Should i follow your path? you have not written climax..! That when you got certificates from Belgum!!
and one more, 2nd stage of Aunthntication, from Dheli!! how you done it!! can you please tell me? I am totally messed up with this “attestation” work!!
Thanks for writing this Blog it is really helpfull
Thanks& Regards
Santhosh Kumar
@ Santhosh: As far as I know, you just need to get your Professional Certificates attested. Just to make sure, call your company up or email them and confirm that. Things could change from companies, but normally only the professional degree has to be attested.
Yeah, I had got it done from a travel agent in my home town. You can do the similar thing and contact any reliable travel agent in your area. That would be the best option. Donno whr u are from but I got it done from my hometown in kerala so… I really dont know if the same place will work for you .
Let me know if u need more clarification on anything . Hope this helps
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And Thanks for the feedback
@ Alex… Not really sure about that.
It should be the same but we know our system don’t we.. So just check it out before you proceed.
And yeah guys… the climax : I FINALLY GOT IT !!! woohhooo . I called them up … confirmed that it was done… and that it was mine etc etc… went the next day… and grabbed it. The whole process took a weeks time. I was disappointed with the fold in the middle though. I had given it neat and clean without a mark….
i want embassy attestation of my v.t.u engineering certificate.i heard that it consumes lot of time. 1)to give copy of certificate in vidhan saudah,bangalore
2)it takes 1 month for this procedure.
please give me if there is any other option.i am presently in kerala
@Narayana: Firstly , you don’t have to go to vidhan saudha any more . As mentioned in the post, its all done in Belgaum. It will probably take around a weeks time for this.
For embassy attestation, if you go to delhi, you can probably do it in a couple of days, else, get it done through an agent. That takes around 15 days.
So, If you can travel all the way to Delhi, you can get the HRD and the embassy attestation done in around 10 - 12 days.
Dear Abdul,
I have got a job in Saudi Arabia and i need to get my VTU certificate attested ,It would be really help full if you could give me the following details.
DD amount:
DD to be drawn in the favor of:
Can any other photo ID can be submitted other than Voters ID ,Eg:PAN CARD
Address of DC office in belagaum.
@Pramod :
DD amount: Rs 105
DD to be drawn in the favor of: The financial officer, VTU
Can any other photo ID can be submitted other than Voters ID ,Eg:PAN CARD : Not sure
Address of DC office in belagaum: Near Court & SBI . 5 MINS rick drive from the bus stand
And Congrats on your new job
Assalamalaikum Aziz,
thanks a lot for providing lot of information regarding attestation ( vtu ). Aziz i wud like to ask is that since i from delhi i need to come down to delhi and i am planning to come dow to belagaum for attestation on 1 st jan ( friday). can you let me know is it feasable or they work on 1st jan of a new year and wether they work on saturday or not.
Assalamalaikum aziz,
aziz can you let me know wether there is any way or chance of speeding up the attestation work in belgaum. can u let know if there is any hotel there in belgaum or not.
Allah hafiz
Assalamalaikum aziz,
last but nt the least can you just meknow that is it necessary to bring marksheets of all the semester with original degree certificate for degree attestation
@ Asif : Hi Asif - Apologies for being late for the reply… Was stuck with 14 hour work days for a week. I hope you are gonna see this asap . alrite - here are your answers
- Do they work on 1st jan and saturdays : Yes they do work on saturdays , 1st Jan - that’s today
I,m not sure . you,ve gotta check that out .
… I stayed in a place called keerthi - Found the rooms neat and the cost relatively less.
- Hotels in Belgaum -> Many
- Do you need to get your original degree certificate ? -> Yes, If you have received your degree certificates, else you can get your provisional degree certificate and get that attested. No need of any semester mark sheets.
Hi,
I want to know how to make attesation B.com degree certificate
@ ayaz: im not very sure… check this .
Hi azy bhai….attestation ka toh pata nahin par saale tera matter sahee laga…. VTU ki toh jai hooooooooooooo… saala degree paana hee badi baath thi… attestation ka itna lafda………….. carry on your good work ho sake toh gmail pe aaya kar… bahut busy hogaya aaj kal………
Nice one haraaa :)…. Thankfully we have cleared those stages without much hiccups . Thanks for the feedback mate .
hi… the latest news… from january 10, 2010 onwards, attestation is being done for guys having offer letters or salary slips only…. and it will take a minimum of 10 days they say…..
Hi,.
There is some changes in rule now a days. for attesting our certificates we need to produce the offer letter from the company, and if we are already employed means we need to produce the employement certificate from the respective company.these things are must without these the officer wont attest the certificates
thnxxx bro for the information
Dear Abdul Aziz..
Wonderful work, very helpful… Thanks for posting….
hello.
The Hrd process is now changed ,now to get your documents attested you should have a offer letter of abroad company and its mandatory.
Hi all,
Good job Aziz. Can be really useful for a huge load of chaps out there. Even I had been through the same process a week back, and luckily had a friend with me to confront through the same. So it wasn’t that tedious. Now I am stuck with the Delhi attestation. A lot of fakes around. Not sure of which agents to give off the certificates to. I have contacted an agency called UROGULF in Bangalore that does the Delhi attestation. But the rate they charge is a bit tooooo much. I had my Provisional degree certificate attested from Dubai for 800 Dhms compared to which 6500 Rs is more as from they got the University attestation, UAE embassy attestation and all in one weeks time. So is there a better way to get the job done other than going to Delhi or paying 6500 Rs. I have also had a chat with an agency in calicut (Al Hind) and they charge you 3500K which is reasonable. But they still speak about Vidhan Soudha and stuff when things have changed. They seem to still live in the Neandrathal age. A bit confused at this stage. Tell me how exactly you moved after the Belgaum attestation.
Regards
Varun Jagadeep
@Varun : Firstly … woohooo… I have just got the biggest comment ever on my site
… Glad to hear that you had a better encounter compared to my MARS fairy tale 
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Regarding Delhi attestation, the cost ranges from 1800 to 3000. but 6.5k is just 2 much. If you are from calicut ( or somewhere in kerala ), you can try moulavi travels . Those guys have been doing this for sometime and I have got it done from them for 1.8k . I don’t really know about other agencies around. It took 10 days for them to get it done. Thanks again for the feedback
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hi aziz, i got job in oman, i am required to get my certificates attested as it is told by the company. is it better to go through agents or wat? i am in mysore. then i came to know its requires to get attestation in 3 places, viz …bangalore,belagaum and delhi.pls help me wat to do?? is it true?? if so how many days does it require and wats the cost for all this?? waiting for ur reply.
Hi Sharath,
Congrats on your job . Regarding the process, I think its 2 places - Balgaum and Delhi ( Unless the rules are changed again ). You can refer the blog and the comments discussion for more details on that. If you are going through an agent , just make sure the guys are reliable .
thans aziz……. ur blog has helped me for sure..good work
Hi All,
Certificate attestation in itself is a very complicated thing as the laws keep changing all the time. I have found out that no one hiring company has a complete idea about it as the central / state laws in India keep changing reg the attestation. rather than waste precious time researchin this and travelling so much i serious say consider just giving this job to agents / companies. I suggest goto http://www.urogulf.com as they have their branches all over India and are very professional & sincere in there job. Giving it to small time agents for a lesser amount will only complicate things further as the agent u give will belong to one state say kerela and for emabssy attestation he send’s the document to some other agent in delhi. If that agent in delhi looses or does fake attestation you cant imagine the headache involved later. So for something so important rather than look for cost look for the quality and reliability.
Regards,
Sachin.
asalam Abdul Aziz
What this chelan of 105 and DD of 175 how i had proceed with this stuff can u clearly explain me……..
Salam Shahab - Well Challan is basically any legal form - As far as I know . They will hand it over to you and ask you to fill some details in it ( Just basic ) .Get the payment done in SBI. The same goes for DD ( Demand Draft ). End result - 280 more gone from our pocket
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hi
very nice explanation,,,after the belgaum, again u went to bangalore (vidhan soudha)? can you give me your mobile no..so i can talk and get some more clarification. y id is jawahar_as@yahoo.com
@jawahar : Nop - no need to go back to bangalore. Just go and collect it after a weeks time. You can use the contact form below in case you want more info . Thanks for the feedback
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means HRD is done at belgaum itself?
pl tell me wherer we have to complte HRD? in bangalore or belgaum
thanks for your help
good job
you guided a lot of people
@jawahar : The HRD is done at Belgaum. No need to go to bangalore.
@sandeep : Thanks mate . Glad I could be of some help
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i just got an offer from saudi .
i would have taken the same path what u have suffered
thanks to you
can i do my attestation with PDC provisional degree certificate
do saudi emmbasy accept that
if any information regarding that inform
thank u aziz
i liked ur reply and helping nature
keep in touch
once again thaks lot
jawahar
@jawahar: No probs dude.
@sandeep: Well, If its PDC, I think you can attest it from any government officer / gazetted high school teacher / headmaster of your area . I am not really sure about this so please do confirm.
Hi Aziz,
Thanks Aziz for your excellent blog. I have received a offer letter from Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Initially, I also thought of visiting Vidhana Soudha to get HRD attestation, i was almost prepared to visit Vidhana Soudha, and then i saw your blog while googling in the net, it made me realize i will be wasting my time if i visit Vidhana Soudha. Thank you friend, you saved my time !!
I exactly carried all the documents as mentioned in your blog. I got my BE certificate authenticated in 4 working days from Belgaum. On the backside of my original certificate, there is a round stamp saying “Regional Commissioner (Belgaum Division)” , second line says “Authenticated”, and third line contains signature and address seal of “IAS Officer, Regional Commissioner, Belgaum”
Now i have one question, my company agent in Mumbai says i must get this certificate notarized and get it stamped from Mantralaya etc., but he is not giving me address where to go exactly. I assumed authentication from Regional Commissioner Office(RCO), Belgaum itself means completion of HRD attestation process and is sufficient to proceed for MEA attestation and Embassy attestation, Delhi. !!
Please help me, if my assumption is wrong and still need some more stamps (such as notary, ministry etc.,) on my BE certificate (issued by VTU University, Belgaum) to complete HRD attestation process for my employment visa for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Thank you !
Hi Vinodh,
Firstly, Congrats on your new job . Regarding attestation, As far as I know, once you are done with HRD, all you need is the embassy attestation from delhi ( Unless there are new procedures now - which is pretty unlikely ). This was the process I went through. It would be better to contact a reputed agent in your area who does it and ask them about the process ( just to be 100% sure ).
Thanks for the feedback Buddy . Glad it was helpful
Hi Aziz,
Thanks Aziz for your reply. I am not sure whether my HRD attestation process is complete after stamping and seal from regional commissioner office, Belgaum !!!
Can you please reply, “Whether do i need some more stamps or notary to complete HRD process before going for embassy attestation at Delhi ?” If yes, please tell me where to get those stamps to complete HRD ?
Thank you once again !!
Thanks for the info!!!! I had no clue how I was supposed to get all this done!
Now I have to do the same thing!!
Totally dreading it
@Sushmita : Dreading ? tell me about it !!!
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Well, like I said - the positive part - You just have to get it all done once . My advice - try to get some company on your way ( who needs the same thing done maybe … ) - will reduce the boredom . Thanks for the feedback
@Vinodh : Like I said - AFAIK - the process is HRD + Embassy . No notary etc required .
hello azy, i just want to ask u, Is it necessary to get job offer to gone through degree attestification in belgaum hrd……
@varun: apparently, yes
My biggest doubt is , do we have to do this each time we apply for a VISA, I mean like different countries we might travel …
Hi Aziz,
First of all thanks a lot for the info ,
Have some doubts …
Do we have to do this each time we get to intiate a VISA, or is it only for UAE or can I carry multiple copies of photocopies so that I can get it attested at one shot …
How is it like ???
thanks for the valuable information..
i have heard many are doing the attestation without the offer letter .
they do it before they get the job in uae.
do you have any information regarding this?
@Vani - Good Question - And my answer would be - yes . Thing is , You need an embassy attestation of the country you are travelling to. So my guess is that - You need to do it for each country . Im not 100% sure though as there may be cases where a single attestation is ok. for example - getting it done for 1 GCC country might work for all . Same goes for EU . Please confirm this from somewhere ( a travel or recruitment agent ) . Like I said - not 100% sure .
Regarding getting it all done in one shot - Havent tried it , But I think thats possible . Approach an agent near you - will save you a lot of time and hassle .
@ ajith : Well - that last I heard was - that you need an offer letter for attestation . I have no update on that since - But we all know how fast rules change .
Thanks for the feedback
Hi Aziz,
Thanks a ton for the information, I’m surprised that no proper information is available on the internet about the procedure, other than your Blog ! I’m currently planning to go to Kuwait & was confused about the procedure. All the agents that I have contacted gave me a set of different procedures to be followed. Man I’m so relived that I have some information now. However I have a problem currently, i do not have a Job offer from any Company, so will it still be possible to get my certificate attested? Also you should think about a way in which your Blog gets the maximum weight-age in search results.
Matthew
@Mathews : Thanks for the feedback mate
I am not really sure if its possible without a job offer. The last that I have heard was that you need an offer letter.
Reg: search optimization, Im working on it - Depends on a lot of factors though. Kinda hard to find time between work hours . I am also planning a complete design revamp - So its definitely on the cards .
Hi Aziz,
Your blog was quite helpful. I got an offer from Kuwait and they are asking me to get my BE degree certificate attested. I called UROGULF, Mangalore and response was to go to Belgaum for attestation and then submit to them for attestation from Embassy…..well going to Belgaum is a tideous task…but no option…..one question it might be silly but still want to clarify…are they going to attest the original cert or the photocopy?… pls advice….
@shreesha : You will have to get the Original attested . Thanks for the feedback shreesha
One question - Name and address of two important persons of which locality are to be given - the one where I am residing currently? and also what is meant by “important” !?
@Samarth - It depends on what address you have given as “yours” . Give them the closest two. “important” means if they cant contact you with your info, they should be able to do it through theirs.
Thanks Aziz. However I am still not clear. Can you please give any example.
I need to go to Belgaum ASAP for first level legalization for applying Spain WP.
Your help is highly appreciated.
@Samarth: For Example - Your neighbors address , friends address, colleagues address etc
Dear Aziz, As-Salam Alaikum,
Thanks a lot for creating such a useful and imformative blog, u r really doing a gr8 job by helping people, may Allah give you the best reward for your work. I was very confused abt the attestation process for my Abudhabi travel, but your blog has helped me clarifying all my doubts. Congratulations for the good work and wish you all the best for your future.
Regards,
Minhaj Khan.
Hi,
Is UROGULF a genuine company.
Hope someone who has done business with them will reply.
I need some advice soon.
Thanks,
Hi
I got my BE certificate attested before travelling to KSA in 2008.Now i have left KSA & i am in India.
If i get job offer in UAE is it neccessary to do all the procedures again?
My doubt is that all comes under GCC.So i have already got HRD & MEA authentication on my degree certificate.Is it neccessary to do the same procedure again.
Please reply
@Shiva : As far as I understand, you have a KSA embassy attestation. I really don’t know if UAE will accept a KSA attestation . If they accept attestation to any GCC, great.
You need to check this out. I am not really sure on this .
DEAR SIVA
you have to take only UAE embassy atteststion in mumbai or delhi
Hi Aziz
Thanks for ur blogs ..I would like to get the HRD attestation from belgam sam like .Would like to know this offer letter is mandatory or not ? because I am applying for a migrating program where u will not have job offer ,secondly can please send me a good agencies from thrissur to process delhi attestation
Thanks
Rajesh