Things to know about HRD attestation in Kerala ?

HRD, or Human Resource Development, is a government body that is controlled by the central government of the country. HRD attestations are state-level processes that can only be approved by the ministry's highest-ranking officials. Before applying for international positions, applicants must submit their degrees and other educational or career-related credentials to be attested and confirmed.

HRD attestation is needed for those who are planning to go abroad. If you want to go abroad for higher education, then you have to have your documents attested by the HRD ministry. Everyone from laymen to businessmen to students who apply for a visa needs to do HRD attestation.

Anyone looking for academic or professional prospects overseas must go through the HRD attestation process. The confirmed documents serve as evidence of your citizenship and veracity. Your visa, whether it be for work, study, or other purposes, will be granted by the foreign country based on the HRD certification.

For attesting non-educational and educational documents in Kerala, the candidate should keep some things in mind and follow some procedures. In this blog, we are planning to share those procedures.

For attesting educational documents in Kerala, the procedure is HRD + Embassy attestation. And in the case of non-educational documents like birth certificates, death certificates, and marriage certificates, the procedure is a bit different. In the case of HRD, the candidate should do SDM, i.e., SDM + Embassy attestation.

Kerala pass-out attestation cannot be done by third parties like education consultancy agencies. In that case, attestation in Kerala has to be done through Norka. The candidate itself, or anyone with blood related to the candidate, has to appear for this process. Through this process, the attestation will be done within one day.

A third party or an educational consultancy can do the HRD attestation in Kerala for those who studied outside Kerala. That means students who graduated from universities like Rajiv Gandhi University. The minimum duration that it takes for this kind of attestation will be 60–65 working days. This duration is for educational documents only; the duration will vary in the case of non-educational documents.

In the case of non-educational documents, home attestation has to be done. The process is like home + embassy attestation. For all educational and non-educational documents, supporting documents are needed. Normally, passports are used as supporting documents in all instances. Some may prefer SDM to home attestation since the latter consumes more time. Another option for obtaining the attestation quickly is notary + SDM + MEA + Embassy attestation.



The procedure for obtaining educational documents is HRD + MEA + Embassy. The candidate can select Notary + SDM + MEA + Embassy if they don't want to do HRD.