THIS following post is for those who studied 10th and 12th standard from tamilnadu. Before joining in any medical institution or any institution per se , needs authentication of our certificates (in this case 10th and 12th) , from Government . The Apostille seal and the signature in our certificates will be verified by the institution , which takes us a student. In some colleges/medical institutions , the apostille seal is not a requirement. So, the student need not get the Apostille seal. But you might need this seal for verification of your 10 th and 12th marksheets elsewhere. For example, in TamilNadu Medical Council, they might ask you , whether you had got your certificates apostilled. If not, then you had to pay Rs. 100 (as DD) for verification purposes to Council, which will ask the required departments to verify ( This one is covered in TamilNadu medical council procedures ) The problem here is , it will take about one month long time for the concerned department to veri