Document Attestation from Pakistan — MOFA, HEC, IBCC & Embassy

For a straightforward set — a degree and a couple of NADRA certificates going to one country — a fortnight to three weeks is a fair expectation once verification is complete. HEC verification is usually the slowest link, particularly if the issuing university is slow to respond, and that part is outside anyone's control. We give you a timeline for your specific documents rather than a general one, and tell you which step is likely to hold things up.

It depends on who issued the document. University degrees, transcripts and diplomas go through the Higher Education Commission. Matriculation and intermediate certificates go through the Inter Board Committee of Chairmen instead, because they were issued by a board rather than a university. People often assume one covers both and lose time finding out otherwise.

Almost certainly not. Personal documents are expected in their NADRA-issued form — a computerised birth registration certificate rather than a union council or municipal record from decades ago. If you are holding the older version, the first step is obtaining the NADRA equivalent, and that is worth starting before anything else because it gates the whole chain.

Yes. Attestation is a physical stamp on the document itself, so the originals have to travel. We keep the time we hold them to what the step actually requires, give you a receipt listing exactly what we have, and return everything together. If you need a document for something else mid-process, say so at the start and we will sequence around it.

Often, yes — this is a large part of the work. If your originals are in Pakistan with family, they can be handed to us here while you stay where you are. Where a signature or an authority to act is needed from you, that is usually handled with a power of attorney executed at the Pakistani mission in your country.