The Death certificate is an official legal document signed by a qualified doctor which gives information about a person’s death (such as when and how the death happened). Death certificate attestation is a type of non educational certificate attestation in which the designated person/ authority/ departments verify and attest the document with their seal or signature. Death certificate attestation makes your certificate valid and valuable. A Death certificate is issued from the home country of the person who died. It contains information regarding the death of a particular person like the name of the person, date of birth, date of death, place where the death happened, the reason for death, verification sign by the doctor etc.. It is a legal process of verification after attestation certificate will be appropriate to be shown in front of the foreign officials.

Required documents for applying Death certificate attestation are – 

• Passport copy of the applicant
• Original death certificate

 Attestation of death certificate have many purposes like for financial purposes, for visa purposes and also for other personal needs. For example, a person has a property in a foreign country, after the death of that person his son wants to sell that property, for that he has to submit the attested death certificate issued by the embassy or consulate of that particular foreign country which is present in their home country. To obtain a death certificate attestation the applicant should face some procedures. All foreign countries ask attestation to avoid complications in future. Financial needs are the main objective of death certificate attestation. Once you got an attestation your certificate will be applicable anywhere in that particular country. Death certificate attestation makes your certificate genuine and authenticate. The embassy is the responsible authority of issuing death certificate attestation. In some cases embassy gives attestation, after the home department attest the certificate. In simple, death certificate attestation is an act of confirmation.