HRD attestation is a process to verify that educational documents are legal to use in a foreign country for study or job purposes. It is a mandatory process that should be initiated by the candidate looking forward to visiting abroad for academic or career-related opportunities. The HRD department of the State performs HRD attestation, which is the first step of educational document legalization to authenticate an educational document. The state HRD verifies educational documents to prove their authenticity to get a certificate of attestation from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and the embassy of the applicant’s destination country. HRD attestation signifies that a particular educational document is certified genuine by the university that issued it and the state the applicant has applied for attestation.
The HRD attestation procedure involves two steps to authenticate and verify the document:
- University Verification
- State HRD Verification
Generally, the state HRD attestation takes fifteen to twenty-five days. However, the duration may extend up to a couple of weeks or a month depending on the agency you have applied for HRD attestation, the state from which you have sent your request for HRD attestation, and the type of education document you want.
HRD attestation is a mandatory process that should be initiated by the candidate looking forward to visiting abroad for academic or career-related opportunities. All the attested educational documents confirm the authenticity of the applicants document and confirm the certificates authenticity to the authorities of the respective nation.
