324. Send Power of Attorney to

India from Australia

Q: Hello Sir, I have moved to Melbourne reently. I bought the property when i was in india which was under construction. Now i want my relative to take the possession of the same from builder. How can i generate the power of attrony from Melbourne for property in india. THanks. Kailash Kukdeja A. Make a power of attorney document and then contact the Indian Consulate in Melbourne (344, St. Kilda Road, Melbourne, Tel: 61-3- 96827836) They will certify your power of attorney document and you can send it to the concerned person in India. Procedure basically involves filling in a form, select attestation on the form and pay the required fee which is currently Australian $38 (An Additional Fee of A$ 2/- is to be paid towards Indian Community Welfare Fund (ICWF) per Consular Service). Update The Indian Consulate has outsourced services such attestation of documents to VFS Global. Those seeking attestation of documents should contact the VFS Global. The link to their website page is: http://www.vfsglobal.com/india/australia/consular _miscellaneous/index.html Through VFS Global applicants can get attestation of documents such as: • Power of attorney • Property documents • Civil documents • Commercial documents [for companies exporting to India] Applicants should ensure that documents [Except documents issued by Indian authorities] have been Apostilled before submitting them for attestation. Information on Apostille of documents in Australia can be found by visiting https://www.apostille.com.au/

How to prepare Power of Attorney

Power of Attorney document prepared abroad for sending to India does not require a Stamp paper and can be prepared on a plain white paper. See article titled ‘Executing a Power of Attorney from Abroad to send to India’ >>