eSanad is the Government of India's online Apostille and Attestation portal operated by the Ministry of External Affairs in collaboration with the National Informatics Centre. Indian documents (educational, personal, commercial) bound for use in Hague Convention countries receive an Apostille — a square stamp digitally generated and verifiable online. Documents for non-Hague countries receive MEA Attestation followed by destination-country embassy attestation. eSanad replaces the earlier physical-stamp model, delivering tamper-proof verification with a unique 14-character Apostille Number. Citizens, employers and foreign authorities verify any Apostilled document online by entering the Apostille Number and document type.