1. Submit the necessary documents to the Reception of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2. If the document did not meet the criteria, you will be informed to provide, as per the criteria.
3. After checking if the document meets all the criteria to attest a document, the Ministry will inform (via phone) the date and time to collect the attested document.

• Letter requesting to attest the document (the reason to attest and importance of attesting should be stated in the letter)
• The document to be attested, with the stamp and signature of the relevant government authority.
• If the attested documents are collected by someone else on behalf of the requesting citizen, a letter signed by the requesting citizen should be submitted along with the ID card of the person who is collecting the documents.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

Consular Services Division,

Boduthakurufaanu Magu,

Male, Phone: (+960) 3323400.

• A document can be attested if it is required to be attested for a particular purpose.
• All original certificates (educational/marriage) submitted for attestations should be photocopied and stamped by that relevant government authority.

This service is available for free.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents which can be used by people who would like to follow this procedure.    

Please attach sample completed documents which would help other people who would like to follow this procedure.    

• Average time for service: 2 (two) days
• No of visits required: 2 (two)

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications. 
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type="website">video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the "&" inside the tags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver, 
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M" Video ID is "Y0US7oR_t3M". 
	

Please provide instructions on obtaining the certificate/documents.
e.g. The state office holds birth records since january 1908.

A list which displays the kind of information which is required to complete the procedure.
e.g.
1. Date of Birth.
2. City or County of Birth.

Documents / Certificates that need to be used abroad can be attested from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

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More information which might help people.