Q.937 Power of attorney from UK

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Question: Dear Sir, I would appreciate if you kindly solve my problem by answering my query at an earliest. My daughter is an Indian citizen and has applied for an educational loan at nationalised bank in India to study in Queen Mary, University of London. The process took more than expected time and she joined her course in-between ( last week). Now bank has sanctioned the loan and need power of attorney from her to sign the official documents by me on her behalf. My question here is that, what is the procedure of executing power of attorney by her from UK and what is the cost and time involved. Keep in mind that she is new to the city of London. Bank will provide the sample of the power of attorney to us. Plz help. w/brds Manoj Kr. Yadav Answer: Generally documents executed in UK by the applicants themselves can be: 1. Apostilled by UK authorities. The fee of Apostille of documents is £30 per document. For information on Apostille of documents in UK click HERE or 2. Attested at the Consulate General of India. The procedure for document attestation from the Indian Consulate generally involves: • POA document (on a plain white sheet of paper) produced in from of an Indian consulate official in person by the person signing the Power of Attorney along with their visa and ID proof. The fee in UK is around £17 for each signature and stamp of the Consular Officer that is attested. o Things I believe have changed now and two witnesses are also required. So your daughter should check with the concerned Indian consulate before visiting them. Since your bank will provide you with a sample power of attorney, why don’t you check with them if attestation of Indian consulate is required or whether your daughter could simply have the POA document notarized and avoid a personal visit to the Indian consulate. While notary route may save time involved in visiting the Indian consulate, the cost would probably be around £60 per document which may be pretty high for a student. Another option that may be worth exploring would be to check with your bank if they have a branch in UK where the bank manager could attest the required documents. This would probably be free.