India is a member of The Hague convention and Ministry of External Affairs can legalise a document using an apostille stamp. MoEA has attested my birth certificate, but did not put the apostille stamp. The reason they gave is they have stopped for some time and it will reopen maybe in 1.5 months. How and why do they stop? They are part of international treaty! All the development and bureaucracy is the same in India!
2007-05-13 21:49:03 · 2 answers · asked by marwah 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This may be due to some policy decision regarding putting apostille stamp, if they say it will open maybe 1.5 months time get it done then, still if they refuse you have right to ask them reason for it under the newly enacted Right to Information Act,2005, under which they are supposed to give you information regarding this within 30 days.
2007-05-14 02:57:51 · answer #1 · answered by vijay m Indian Lawyer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each country has it's own rules, and the USA can't do anything about it, unless too many people in the other country are being persecuted or killed because of them. So, you need to go visit the Indian embassy close to you, and go have a talk with them.
2007-05-14 04:57:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋