Moving to Dubai or UAE for higher studies or moving out of Dubai and UAE for work, you would first need to get your certificate attestation in Dubai.

What is attestation?

It is the process of validating and legalizing certificates and documents of an individual or a corporate entity. The reason why it is important to authenticate your documents is because the use of fake and false papers has been quite prevalent and people often indulge in cheating to prove their identity. To stop such misuse and illegalities, governments of all nations in the world have made it mandatory that individuals and commercial entities go through the process of certificate attestation in Dubai before they move across borders for permanent residency, for their profession or for their studies.

What are the different certificates that need to be attested when relocating to another country?

Typically, there are three types of documents that need to be attested.

1. Personal document attestation that include individual documents like birth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate etc.

2. Education certificate attestation in UAE involves your degree and diploma certificates, school pass certificates, engineering and medical certificates, postgraduate certificates etc.

3. Commercial document attestation involves validating documents that pertain to trading and commercial activities like Incorporation certificate of the company, board resolution, Memorandum of Association and Memorandum of Understanding, legal contracts, technical documents, invoices and bills and more.

Education certificate attestation in UAE

• Professional organizations often require their employees to have education certificate attestation in UAE and then submit the same.

• When you apply for work or student visa even then you need to have your education certificate attestation in UAE.

• Attestation of certificates means that the document that you are providing as a proof of your education should be legitimate and by getting it signed and stamped by relevant authorities your papers become valid and authentic.

• Not everyone can sign and stamp the papers. As per rules and regulations of UAE there are only selected professionals and government bodies who can attest education certificates.

The process involves:

• The documents first need to be attested by the Dubai Notary Public Courts.

• Then the document needs to be attested by the Ministry of Justice; and

• Finally, the documents need to be validated and authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In order to get your education certificate attestation in Dubai

• Get the documents translated if they are in the local Arabic language.

• The original documents need to be submitted for attestation.

• The forms go to two Notaries – while the first notary will have your documents cross-checked and verified, the second notary will carry out a final verification and then sign and stamp the documents.

• For notarization you need to submit the required fees.

• Next the documents need to be submitted in person or through a third-party at the Ministry of Justice.

• Finally, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) will attest the papers.

There are many agencies offering outsourced services of attestation. Make sure that you trust only the credible ones for fast and effective attestation.