In international law, legalization is the process of authenticating or certifying a legal document so a foreign country’s legal system will recognize it as valid. Attestation and Legalization refer to the same concept of validating a document as authentic and are used interchangeably.

The Hague Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalization for Foreign Public Documents, the Apostille Convention, or the Apostille Treaty is an international treaty drafted by the Hague Conference on Private International Law. It specifies the modalities through which a document issued in one of the signatory countries can be certified for legal purposes in all the other signatory states. Such a certification is called an apostille.

(Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostille_Convention)

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1. Educational Certificates

   To obtain an employment visa/ labour Card in United Arab Emirates for most of the designation
   To pursue higher education in a foreign country
   To write MOH (Ministry of Health) and DOH (Dept. of Health) examinations by doctors, nurses, pharmacists, laboratory technicians, etc.
   To get the equivalent certificates

2. Non Educational Certificates Purpose for Attestation Services:

   To obtain residence visa for wife, children, in-laws
   For the admission of child in a school (via Transfer Certificate)

3. Power of Attorney

   To obtain the right to sell properties in India
   For the removal of LLC partnership, provided partner in India does not wish to extend the partnership

More likely these terms mean the same. The main intention of all these terms used – finally lands up to get Embassy or Consulate attestation. Authentication – confirms the identity of a person. Attestation is an evidence which states that a document is attested. Legalization is the official confirmation that a signature, seal or stamp on a document is genuine Verification – the documents are verified by the university and termed as authentic Notarization – is the stamping or sealing, dating and signing the document after sufficient evidence and ensures authenticity.