How to get Apostille for GST certificate
GST Certificate apostille is required if you are running business in foreign country.
For exporting your service or product to outside world from India, It is important for the foreign country to know that the company that is exporting is a legal one.
GST certificate is one of those certificates that prove that a company is registered in the parent country.
In order to be more sure of the company is complying with all the norms the foreign country will ask for a GST certificate which is dated less than 3 months.
This is where the problem begins. We have seen lot of people who submit GST certificate apostille which is older than 3 months to the foreign country and got rejected straight away from the foreign country. So it is compulsary that the GST certificate should be dated less than three months to get it Apostilled. If you don’t, you will lose valuable time, money and in the worst case you will lose the customers itself.
So always get a new GST certificate while applying for apostille.
Getting a new GST certificate will take 2 weeks of time and you can apply for GST certificate here.
In case of any doubts feel free to contact us by registering for apostille
4 Simple steps to get MEA Apostille on your Documents
- Register on Apostille Portal
- Collect all Documents you want to Apostille
- Submit the Original / Photocopies of documents
- Receive Documents with Apostille Directly to your home
What is GST certificate apostille?
Apostille is legalizing the document issued in India for the other countries.
Apostille is a rectangular sticker pasted behind the GST certificate.
It has a tracking number for the other country to authenticate the GST certificate apostille.
What are the documents are required for apostille of GST certificate?
Mainly 2 Documents are required for GST certificate apostille
1. GST certificate not older than 3 months
2. Passport photocopies of the Directors or founders of the company.
Do we require to get state attestation?
GST certificate, Passports, Police clearance certificates come under central government. So, no need to get state attestation for these certificates. To Understand whole process you can read here
How much time will it take for GST certificate apostille?
Generally it will take 3-4 working days to get apostille. Depends on how early the different government departments will attest.
Register for Online MEA Apostille
Provide applicant details
What to do if the country asks for Translations of Apostille Documents?
STEPS TO FOLLOW TO GET COMMERCIAL DOCUMENT APOSTILLE
Frequently asked questions
A GST certificate apostille is required when you need to submit your GST certificate in a Hague Apostille Country. An apostille legalizes the use of GST as a valid document abroad.
If you need to submit your GST certificate in a Hague country, you need to get an apostille on it. On the other hand, if you want to submit it to a non Hague country, you need to get attestation from the embassy.
Original GST certificate
Company PAN card or business owner’s PAN card.
No. If details on the GST certificate such as business name and address has been changed, you need to first update it through GST portal. Then only you can apply for GST apostille.
Yes. you can get a duplicate GST certificate from GST portal and notarize it before processing for apostille.