Notarial services

What the Consular Officers can do?

• Provide information, advice and consular assistance

• Issue emergency travel document if you lose your passport

• Contact your relatives or friends on your behalf to request them to send you emergency funds for your repatriation or other necessary emergency expenses

• Notify your next-of-kin in the event you are injured abroad

• Notify your next-of-kin in the event of your arrest or detention

• Visit Singapore citizens who have been arrested or imprisoned and affirm that due process under the judicial system of India is accorded to him or her

• Help to obtain a list of officially registered local lawyers and translation services where this is available

• Make arrangements for the return to Singapore of the remains and personal belongings of a deceased Singaporean

• Assist during emergencies such as natural disasters or civil disorder

• Certification of documents as a Notary Public

What the Consular Officers cannot do?

• Pay your medical, hospital, legal, accommodation, travel or other bills

• Provide loans or cash your cheques

• Post bails or pay fines on your behalf

• Intervene in the judicial process of a foreign country or ignore local laws

• Provide legal advice or initiate court proceedings on your behalf

• Act as your guarantor or sponsor

• Arrange for your accommodation or for work