Three kinds of Pune file
The student with an admission letter
A final-year or recent graduate has a place on a master's course in Germany, Ireland or the Netherlands. The university wants an apostilled degree and transcripts, sometimes before enrolment and sometimes at the visa stage.
The IT professional with a job offer
Someone working in Hinjewadi, Kharadi or Magarpatta accepts a role abroad. The employer's relocation partner sends a list that usually covers the highest degree, and the marriage certificate if a spouse is moving too.
The family that follows
A spouse and children join a few months later. Their file is mostly birth and marriage certificates issued by the Pune or Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations. These go through Notary + SDM or the Maharashtra Home Department before the MEA.
Savitribai Phule Pune University papers
Most of our Pune education documents come from Savitribai Phule Pune University or its affiliated colleges. A complete set often has three parts: the degree certificate, the semester or year marksheets, and a transcript issued by the university. Check your checklist before you courier. Some foreign offices want all three, and others want only the degree.
Degrees issued before the university was renamed carry the old name, University of Pune. That is the same university, and the document follows the same route.
Match the names: compare the spelling and order of your name on the degree with your passport. If they differ, ask the destination office what it accepts before the apostille is done, because a stamped document cannot be corrected afterwards.
Reading a German document list
Germany accepts the MEA apostille. What changes from one list to another is the check that comes before it. The wording on your list tells us which route to use.
| If the list says | What we do | Price |
|---|---|---|
| "Apostille" with nothing more | Notary + SDM, then MEA apostille | ₹1,500 per document |
| "Verified by the state education authority" | Maharashtra HRD, then MEA apostille | On quote |
| "Certified translation into German" | We translate after the apostille is on | On quote |
| "Apostille on the original and on the transcript" | Each document goes through the chosen route | Charged per document |
If you are not sure how to read a line, paste it into WhatsApp. Relocation agencies and universities word these lists in different ways, and a quick check saves posting the degree twice.
Pune documents headed elsewhere
- Italy, Spain and Portugal: a Pune degree needs the Maharashtra higher education department stamp first, then the MEA apostille. Birth and marriage records need the Maharashtra Home Department. There is no Notary + SDM option for these countries.
- Saudi Arabia: only the new MEA e-apostille with a QR code is accepted. See Saudi Arabia.
- The UAE: embassy attestation, not apostille. Pune clients with a Gulf offer should read UAE attestation and apostille for Pune.
- A police clearance certificate: if you already have one, we can apostille it. A fresh PCC is something you obtain yourself from Passport Seva or the police. See PCC apostille.
Sending originals from Pune
- Share the listForward the checklist and photos of each document. We reply with the route, the price and a time estimate.
- Courier to DelhiBook a tracked service to C-5, A/2, New Ashok Nagar, New Delhi 110096 and send us the docket number.
- Track progress on WhatsAppWe message you as each stage is cleared.
- Blue Dart back to PuneOr to any other address you name, such as a relative's home if you have already moved.
We have no office or agent in Pune, and nobody collects documents from homes or IT parks. Clients from Mumbai and the rest of Maharashtra send their papers the same way.
Questions from Pune clients
My degree says University of Pune, but the university has a new name now. Is that a problem?
No. Older degrees carry the earlier name. It is the same university, and the degree goes through the usual route.
Does the SPPU transcript need its own apostille?
If your list asks for an apostilled transcript, yes. It is priced as a separate document, the same as each marksheet.
Can you add a German translation after the apostille?
Yes. We translate into any language. Tell us when you send the list, and we quote the translation with the apostille.
My spouse's documents are from Nagpur, not Pune. Can they come in the same parcel?
Yes. Notary + SDM works the same for any Maharashtra document, and the Maharashtra HRD route covers universities across the state.
I need my degree for both Germany and Dubai. What should I do?
Tell us both countries before work starts. Germany needs an apostille and the UAE needs embassy attestation, so we plan the two separately and quote both.