The Apostille Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation of Foreign Public Documents will enter into force in the Philippines. Beginning May 14, 2019, any documents issued in India and to be used in the Philippines need not be authenticated (red-ribboned) by the Philippine Embassy in New Delhi or the Philippine Consulares General in Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai. For these documents to be accepted in the Philippines, they only need to have the Apostill sticker from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), a sample of which is seen below:

For more details on how to have the Apostille sticker on your documents, please visit the following link in the Indian Ministry of External Affairs website:
https://mea.gov.in/apostille.htm

Notarization by Acknowledgement of Certification

When a Filipino national executing a document appears in person before a Consular officer at the Embassy's Consular Section or the Consulate, the Consular officer in the form of an Acknowledgment or Jurat, will notarize the document. The Consular officer in this case performs the functions of a Notary Public. Hence, Filipino individuals personally appearing before a Consular officer are no longer required to have their documents notarized by a Notary Public before submitting the same for notarization.

The original copy of each document must be presented. Each original copy must be accompanied by one (1) photocopy for the Embassy's or Consulate's records. Proofs of identification of the applicant must be presented. Examples of these are the following: passport, driver's license, alien registration card, and other documents evidencing identity of the applicant. A photocopy of the proof of identification must also be submitted for the records of the Consular Section of the Embassy or the Consulate.

The processing time for authentication/attestation is three (3) days upon receipt of complete requirements and payment.

Please go to Schedule of Fees for details on the Notarial and Authentication Fees as well as the courier charges. The authentication fee of each document is charged according to the number of pages attested by MEA. Thus, a four-page document with 2 pages stamped by the MEA is charged twice the authentication fee.

The Embassy of the Philippines is not responsible for delay or loss of documents for authentication/attestation submitted or sent back through courier.

The Philippine Embassy does not perform notarial services for non-Filipino nationals. Documents signed or executed by Indian nationals to be used in the Philippines should be first notarized by a Notary Public then attested by the Ministry of External Affairs (Patiala House) while documents signed or executed by other foreign nationals should have their document attested or authenticated by a consular officer of his or her respective Embassy in New Delhi before it can be authenticated by the Philippine Embassy.