Ministry of Foreign Affairs

ATTESTATION OF DOCUMENTS

Venues for attestation:

The Ministry provides consular services at it's headquarters in Islamabad as well as at its camp offices in all the four provincial capitals. Addresses and telephone numbers of these offices are as follows:

S. No.	Address	Tel. No.
1.	Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Constitution Avenue , Islamabad	051-9207895
2.	Camp Office Karachi, Main Shahrah-e-Faisal, Adjacent to FTC building Karachi .	021-9204989 021-9206690
3.	Camp Office Lahore , No. 1-AC Off. Club Road GOR-1, Lahore	042-9200247 042-9200249
4.	Camp Office Peshawar , No. 66-C-1, University Road , University Town Peshawar .	091-9218126
5.	Camp Office Quetta , Room 28, 2 nd Floor, Block 07, Civil Secretariat Balochistan, Quetta	081-9203155

Consular Services Provided by the Ministry:

Consular-II Section of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deals with attestation and authentication of:

• All documents issued by various authorities of central, provincial and local government which are intended to be used abroad or submitted in Foreign missions at Islamabad .

• All documents verified/attested by our foreign missions which are intended to be used inside Pakistan .

The Ministry does not attest the genuineness of the document itself. It only countersigns the attestation made by other authorities like the educational certificates which have to be attested by Ministry of Education. This Ministry thus, verifies the signature of the Ministry of Education. The list of requirements for different documents is placed below:

S. NO.	DOCUMENTS	Revenue Stamp	REQUIREMENTS
1.	Nikah Nama	Urdu Rs. 5	Seal of Nikah Registrar; copy may be issued by concerned Secretary Union Council or Chief Officer or Tehsil Municipal Officer or Executive Officer of Cant Board.
2.	Birth Certificates	Urdu Rs. 5	Issued by Secretary Union Council or Chief Officer or Tehsil Municipal Officer or Executive officer of Cant Board.
3.	B. Form	Urdu Rs. 5	Issued by NADRA or old B.form having the stamp of District Registration Officer.
4.	Character Certificate	Rs. 5	Issued by District Police Officer.
5.	Medical Certificate	Rs. 5	Issued or countersigned by Medical Superintendent of any Govt. Hospital .
6.	Death Certificates	Urdu Rs. 5	Issued by Secretary Union Council alongwith ID card Cancellation certificate issued from NADRA or the concerned registration office.
7.	Divorce Certificate	Urdu Rs. 5	Divorce Certificate should be issued by Chairman Arbitration Council of the Area or the Court judgment regarding dissolution of marriage should be presented for attestation.
8.	Unmarried Certificate	Rs. 10 on Affidavit Rs. 5 on Union Council Certificate	Affidavit from Parents and an unmarried certificate from Secretary/Nazim Union Council should be attached with the affidavit.
9.	ID card Cancellation Form	Urdu Rs. 5	Issued by NADRA or District Registration Officer.
10.	Driving License	Rs. 5	Original Driving License has to be presented at the counter alongwith NOC issued by concerned License Issuing Authority.
11.	School Leaving Certificate	Urdu Rs. 5	School leaving certificate of Class I-IX countersigned by District Education Officer and Class X attested by Inter Board Committee of Chairman (IBCC).
12.	Secondary School Certificate	Rs. 5	Attested by IBCC
13.	Higher Secondary School Certificate	Rs. 5	Attested by IBCC
14.	Diploma of One year duration and short courses	Rs. 25	These certificates first have to be attested by National Training Bureau (NTB).
15.	Bachelors and Masters Degree	Rs. 25	Attested by Higher Education Commission (HEC).
16.	Documents of the Doctors (Experience Certificates, PMDC Reg., etc)	Experience Certificate = Rs. 5 PMDC = Rs. 25	All the documents have first to be attested by the Ministry of Health. The MBBS degree has to be attested by HEC.
17.	Documents of Nurses (Experience Certificates, Nursing Diplomas etc)	Experience Certificate = Rs. 5 Diplomas = Rs. 25	All Nursing related documents first have to be by the Ministry of Health.
18.	Succession and Guardianship Certificate	Rs. 10	Issued by Civil Judge.
19.	Special Power of Attorney from Pakistan to person Abroad	Accord. To executants. Ex. 1 = Rs. 60 2 = Rs. 120 3 = Rs. 180 4 & above Rs. 240	Power of Attorney should be presented alongwith Succession Certificate and Guardianship Certificate. To get the attestation the executant(s) has to be present in person to sign the Power of Attorney or it should be registered with concerned Sub-Registrar.
20.	Power of Attorney from Abroad to a person in Pakistan	Same as above	Person authorized in Pakistan has to be present personally with original ID card to get the Power of Attorney attested.
21.	Commercial Documents	Rs. 35	Attested by the concerned Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
22.	Translation in different languages of all above mentioned documents	English = Rs. 25 Arabic = Rs.50 Other languages = Rs. 60	Attested by Govt. approved Translators.

The applicant himself or his blood relatives can submit the documents in the Consular Section. The person presenting the documents on behalf of his relative is required to show his/her original ID card/Passport/Driving License/University Card/School Card/Domicile/Office Card or any of his valid ID. If no blood relative of the applicant is residing in Pakistan , the applicant is required to give an authority letter duly signed by our Mission abroad to the authorized person to be brought at the counter alongwith his documents.

The documents needing attestations can be submitted at consular office window from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. during the working days i.e. Monday-Saturday except Friday. Official timing for Friday is 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The attested documents are returned to the applicants after two hours of submission of documents.

The following documents in original as well as the copies of these documents are not attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs because they do not fall under the purview of the Ministry. The documents are:

• Passports.

• Domicile.

• ID card.

4. Documents related to immoveable property (i.e Registries of Land).