Certificate attestation in all respects is a step undertaken to evaluate your educational credentials especially when planning to work abroad or pursue further studies. The Educational certificate attestation in Kuwait ensures that you met with a portrayal of degree or diploma is recognized by the local and international authorities alike. This is a prerequisite for getting job offers, orders, visas, or seeking higher educational studies.
Let us explain in detail, how to complete the process of certificate attestation in Kuwait, what documents are needed, what procedures we need to implement and so on.
Why Do You Need Certificate Attestation?
If you are having plans to get a job, join for further education or even migrate to a foreign country, education certificate attestation becomes essential. It provides proof for a person’s degree or diploma and why it is necessary for the government of Kuwait to recognize it. For instance, for Indian degree certificate holders, it is obvious that you will need an Indian certificate attestation for education validation in Kuwait.
Types of Certificates Attestation Types of Certificates Required for Attestation
- Degree Certificates: Bachelor’s or Master’s or Doctorate certificates by universities of accepted character.
- Diplomas: Diplomas marking for vocational or technical training that indicate specific abilities.
- HSC: Certificates obtained at the completion of pre university education.
- Professional Qualifications: certificates from Professional Courses.
All the above mentioned documents need attestation of degree certificate or attestation of document to be accepted legally in Kuwait.
Step-By-Step Procedure of Educational Certificate Attestation in Kuwait
- Notary Attestation: The first of those steps is getting all educational certificates notarized which is the native process here called administration. This helps in understanding the process better in the home country (e.g., India) in this case how a notary public gets to verify your certificates.
- Attestation by Home Country Authority: It is very important that after notary, educational documents are attested by the Ministry of Education or other authorities in the Home country. For instance, in the case of Indian document attestation, after visiting the client’s home country, all relevant state and central certification bodies in India will need to be met.
- Ministry of External Affairs (MOFA) Attestation: The next step after the recognition from your country’s ministry of education would be the recognition by the Ministry of External Affairs (MOFA) of that country. MOFA only validates documents for foreign usage.
- Kuwait Embassy Attestation: After obtaining its MOFA verification, the certificate is sent to the Kuwaiti Embassy or Consulate in the applicant’s home country for additional verification. The embassy checks the validity of the document and has the record of proof that the document is legitimate.
- Kuwait Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Attestation: In the last, the attested application has to be further confirmed at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kuwait to finalize the certificate attestation in Kuwait. In this stage, the paper is validated for its official use in that country.
Required Documents for Certificate Attestation Kuwait
To get the education certificate attestation in Kuwait, you will normally require the following documents:
- Degree or diploma in original.
- The applicant’s passport copy.
- Residency proof or visa copy (if available).
- If doing attestation on behalf of an individual, an authorization letter is necessary.
- Other educational documents as requested by the authority.
Why Choose Professional Attestation Services?
The process of certificate attestation is a bit complicated as it has many stages which include several government departments and it is time consuming. Any slight mistake or miss of anything could cause delay to the process or even failure. It is because of these complex issues that many people prefer to use professional attestation services who facilitate timely and stress free processing of the attestation process.
Attestation of documents, especially in Kuwait, can prove to be complicated. Helpline International helps people in getting their educational qualifications and other documents attested. We have years of experience and understand the local as well as the international laws for getting any document including degree certificate attestation done efficiently.

