How to Get a Certificate Attested in the UAE

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How to Get a Certificate Attested in the UAE
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Introduction
Certification-Attestation is the process of
authenticating documents by an authorized person
or department with a seal and signature.
The attestation of personal or business documents
becomes mandatory, especially if you require a
visa for Dubai. The UAE does not form part of
the Hague Apostille Convention. In other words,
for documents to be deemed valid, authentication
and legalization using the government is
essential. The process of learning all the
technical details can be somewhat laborious and
tedious, which is why we recommend outsourcing
such work to legal consultants. These
professionals are aware of all the technicalities
and can do this work on behalf of you in the
given time-frame.
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Guidelines for Attesting Educational and Related
Documents

• Along with educational documents, the Embassy
  also performs attestation of other documents,
  such as
• Diplomas
• Birth certificates and
• Marriage certificates (issued by your home
  country).
• The presented document should be in original and
  photocopy form and signed in front of the
  Consular Officer. The officer then verifies the
  signature of the candidate from his/her passport
  to validate his/her identity.
• The UAE government needs all educational
  documents, along with professional documents to
  be attested by each countrys respective Embassy
  in the UAE, for further attesting by the Ministry
  of Foreign Affairs within the UAE. This procedure
  is mandatory before granting permission for a UAE
  visa.

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General Steps Involved in the Attestation Process
Attestation in Home Country
To give an international value to the document,
attestation is mandatory. The document
attestation is first done by Foreign Affairs of
the relevant ministry of the candidates home
country. The Ministry checks the notary documents
of the applicant before attesting them.
Attestation by UAE Embassy
After attesting documents from the applicants
home country, the documents reach the UAE Embassy
for attestation. The Embassy then checks whether
the documents are correctly verified, before
stamping them.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) Certification
Documents are submitted to MOFA once they are
brought to the UAE. After submission, MOFA checks
them and ensures that they are notarized,
certified, and attested for the UAE Embassy by
the origin country.
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