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Documents & Embassy Support

Document Legalisation in the UAE

A marriage certificate is only worth what the country you take it to will accept. We handle MOFA attestation, embassy legalisation and certified translation — and we confirm which of them you actually need before you start paying for any of it.

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  • MOFA Attestation
  • Embassy Legalisation
  • Certified Translation
  • Worldwide Courier
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Choose Your Route

Two Routes. Your Home Country Decides Which.

Almost everything starts the same way — MOFA attesting the UAE's own document. What happens after that depends on your home country: whether it accepts your certificate directly, or whether it wants its own embassy here to attest it as well.

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    Direct Acceptance

    Some countries take a MOFA-attested UAE certificate as it is, with a certified translation and nothing further.

    • MOFA attestation, then straight to your authority
    • Certified legal translation where required
    • No embassy appointment involved
    • The shorter route, where your country allows it

    Whether your country does this is the first thing we check, and it is decided by the authority receiving the document rather than by any general rule. We confirm it for your case before you pay for a step you may not need.

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    Embassy Legalisation

    The full chain — MOFA attestation, then your destination country’s embassy here in the UAE.

    • MOFA attestation, then the destination embassy
    • Certified legal translation where required
    • Appointments and submissions handled for you
    • Courier and worldwide delivery

    Each embassy sets its own requirements, fees and waiting times, and they change. We confirm the current ones for your country rather than quoting you a timeline we cannot hold.

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Not sure which one your country needs? Send us the country and we will tell you

Requirements, fees and waiting times are set by each authority and change. We confirm the current ones for your case before anything is submitted.

In Preparation

The Georgia Package

An apostille cannot currently be issued on a UAE document. For couples who need one, we are preparing a route through Georgia — we will announce it here once it is something we can stand behind. Ask us in the meantime and we will tell you where your case stands.

What It's For

When Couples Need This

Every one of these asks for a legalised version, and each authority is particular about which stamps it wants to see.

  • Registering at Home

    Your own country recording the marriage. The most common reason, and the one with the strictest requirements.

  • Visas & Residency

    A spouse visa, a residency application, a family reunification file. All of them want the certificate legalised.

  • Changing Your Name

    Passports, licences and civil records at home generally will not act on a UAE certificate until it is legalised.

  • Banking & Insurance

    Joint accounts, mortgages, pensions and beneficiary changes — the paperwork nobody thinks about until it stalls.

  • Documents From Abroad

    The chain runs inward too. A certificate issued elsewhere can be legalised for use here — same work, reversed.

  • Before the Wedding

    Proof of marital status, a decree from a previous marriage, a birth certificate. These usually have to be legalised first.

Your Journey — Simple, Fast & Secure

From Certificate to Recognised Abroad

  1. 01

    Consultation

    You tell us the document and the country. We tell you the route it needs.

  2. 02

    Document Review

    We check the original is in a state the authorities will accept.

  3. 03

    Translation

    Certified legal translation where the destination requires one.

  4. 04

    MOFA Attestation

    The UAE attests its own document — the step almost everything runs through.

  5. 05

    Embassy Step

    Where your country requires it. We submit, attend and follow up.

  6. 06

    Delivery

    Your legalised documents couriered to you, wherever you are.

What's Included

We Handle the Queue. You Keep the Certificate.

One house holds the whole chain — the checking, the translation, the counters and the courier — so nothing is handed off, repeated, or lost between one authority and the next.

  1. 01

    What We Check

    • Which route your destination country requires
    • Whether your document is eligible for it
    • Whether a translation is needed, and into which language
    • What the current fees and waiting times actually are
    • Whether anything has to be reissued first

  2. 02

    What We Handle

    • Certified legal translation
    • MOFA attestation
    • Embassy submission and appointments
    • Courier to and from each authority
    • Follow-up on anything returned or delayed

  3. 03

    What You Receive

    • Your legalised documents, complete
    • Certified translations alongside the originals
    • Worldwide courier delivery
    • A written note of what each stamp is for
    • Guidance on using them at home

Frequently Asked Questions

Questions Couples Ask Before They Book

01 What is the difference between attestation and legalisation?
Attestation is the UAE confirming its own document — that is MOFA, and almost everything starts there. Legalisation is the country you are taking it to confirming it in turn, through its embassy here. Some countries accept the MOFA-attested certificate directly and need no second step at all. Same starting point, two different endings.
02 Which route does my country need?
It depends on your home country: whether it accepts your certificate directly once MOFA has attested it, or whether it wants its own embassy in the UAE to legalise it as well. We check that with the authority that will actually receive the document, before you commit to a route rather than after.
03 Can you get an apostille on our certificate?
Not at present — an apostille cannot currently be issued on a UAE document. Where your destination insists on one, we will say so plainly rather than sell you a route that ends nowhere. We are preparing an alternative through Georgia and will announce it once it is something we can stand behind.
04 How long does it take?
MOFA attestation is usually quick. The embassy step is not ours to promise — each embassy sets its own appointment availability and processing time, and they change. We tell you the current position for your country and update you if it moves.
05 Can you legalise a marriage certificate from another country for use in the UAE?
Yes. The chain runs the other way — attestation in the issuing country, then the UAE embassy there, then MOFA here. It is the same work in reverse and we handle it the same way.
06 Do we need this if we married online?
Often, and it is the harder case. An online marriage is recognised in fewer places to begin with, and some authorities will not legalise one at all. Where a route is open we take it; where none is, we will say so plainly rather than take the work on. This is worth settling before an online marriage, not after.
07 Can you help before the wedding, not just after?
Yes, and it is often where the delays are. Documents you need in order to marry — proof of marital status, a decree from a previous marriage, a birth certificate — usually have to be legalised first. We prepare those too.

Have more questions?

Send us the document you are holding and the country you need it accepted in. That is almost always enough for us to tell you which route it takes and what it will involve.

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Ready When You Are

Ready to Have It Recognised?

Tell us which document you are holding and where it needs to be accepted. We come back with the route it takes, what it requires, and what it will cost — before anything is submitted.

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