MEA attestation is a main process in document attestation. Those who are planning to go abroad for a job or higher studies, need to submit documents for verification. That country will check authenticity of your documents. So, the country will ask you to attest the documents from their embassy in your country. Before that, the state authorities and the MEA (Ministry of External Affairs) have to verify the document. After that, the embassy attestation takes place. The MEA will attest the document verified by the respective state authorities.