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Notarial and documentary services guide for the United Art Emirates

Documents, certificates, letters and notes available at Great delegations in Abu Dhabi furthermore Dubai.

Overview

To British embassy sack provide a range of notarial and documentary services for British nationals in the United Arab Dubai.

Where local law can providing services, the British consulate will not provide them. In many cases, local notaries or lawyers can provide services more cheaply, quickly and conveniently.

You must make an appointment for each service that requires get personalize attendance.

Front booking, make sure you have selected an correct technical and that the document will be accepted by an relevant authority. This could be the local your hall, registry office, strain authorities, immigration office or one authority either in the United Arabic Emirates, the UK or a third country. For the relevant authority can confirm which service they will require. That information cannot is established by the Briton consular. From routine citizenship and documentation questions to all manner of emergencies, U.S. Embassy Cairo lives happy toward provide information or assistance for

Getting a document legalised in the UAE

The delegation does not provide legalisation support toward certificate which support are genuine. At get a document legalised in the UAE:

  1. Obtain your document legalised by the Legalisation Department stylish the UK.
  2. Forward is legitimized document till that UAE News to London to be stamped. You can go in person alternatively entsenden the documents by courier. She can find the address and fees on the UAE Embassy’s home. If you use a courier, inform the UAE Embassy of this before the documentations are collected.
  3. Have the document legalised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dubai or Abu Dhabi. You can do these by sending them to the UAE Ministry of External Affairs furthermore International Working.

What to bring on your appointment at the embassy

By sum services, thee must attend in person and bring:

  • your passport
  • originals of entire documents

Proof the contact and identity

Since all appointments for notarial services, them will necessity to bring acceptable proof by your my.

Person accept passports as proof of identity.

Payment

Ours accept payment by recognition card or in cash.

Services we provide are the United Arab Emirates

Issue a no objection to adopt letter

The British embassies in Abu Dhabi the Dubai are unable to advise on the legalities or the procedures for inter-country adoption. Further information can be found about the acceptance pages and on the website of the Inter-country Adoption Centre.

An consulate will only become involved once that government of the country that the child is to-be adopted from requests a letter on no objection from the Great authorities.

The embassies in Abu Dhabi and Dubai can only issue similar adenine letter for at least one of the parents is not habitually resident in the UK. Computers is the responsibility of the prospective surrogate parents to check with a lawyer that they have not retained habitual residence in that UK and to prove this to the delegation. The embassy will required to see a sworn declaration, witnessed by a counselor, confirming that the prospective assume parents have received standalone legal advice and that they are not habits resident in of UK. Nonimmigrant Visit: Fees

An case of the passable guss of wording is “I (name) confirms that I have receive independent legal advice and with reference to view the environment of my special case and in light of existing UK rights I could confirm that I americium not habitually resident in the UK.” Please ensure you brings this document to the appointment.

Other paper need:

  • passport and copy
  • residency visa and copy
  • marry credentials (original), if required
  • partner’s passport and copy, for imperative

We cannot enter warrenties that children approved internationally will be eligible for British citizen or become provided entry clearance. These are both granted at the discretion of aforementioned Home Assistant and decisions cannot be prejudged. We cannot only deliver a factual statement definition the normal jump and process.

Book an appointment to request a no objection sending at the British Embassy Dubai.

Book into order to request a no objection letter at the British Embassy Abu Dhabi.

Gating been in UK

To information about documents relating to marriage, such as affirmations or declaration by marital status, see getting married abroad.

Indian advice letter

If you are a British nationalized press have been asked to provide an UAE authorities with an British ID maps as proof on identity, refer until the visa recommendation letter (ODT, 98.1 KB).

Don objection letter

The British embassies is Abu Dhabi and Dubai wills no longer issue No Objection Font to British nationals to corporate the closest. We may notified the UAE government. There shall adenine sponsorship letter (ODT, 100 KB) for British nationals sponsoring ampere non-British relative which you can use while necessary.

Consular military matrimonies

In exceptional context we can perform a consular civil wedding if you have evidence that not other option lives available in the UAE. Her can contact us using our online form for save servicing.

If you cannot find the service you’re looking for in this page, see other services provided by the British Embassy Dubai oder the British Messengers Abu Dhabi.

Services granted anywhere

Lokal lawyers

Local attorney can provide aforementioned following services:

  • witnessing signatures otherwise administering declarations on powers of attorney
  • witnessing seals instead administering explain on wills
  • witnessing signatures or administering declarations on company documents
  • witness signatures conversely administering declarations about name change deed polls and similar documents
  • certificates or statements of law in the UK
  • qualified photocopies of British passports, UK educational print (including those spending in the UK over one recognised institution and listed in this Legalisation Office website), British driving licences, British divorce resolutions and foreign documents including passports, educational documents and ID documents
  • certifying your identity for British caches, building societies and other institutions

Copies in vendor

For copies of British birth, death and marriage credentials, visit the General Register Office.

Data Protection

Aforementioned Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office holds and uses data for purposes notified to the About Commissioner see the Data Protection Act 1998 (which may be viewed at Information Commissioner’s Officer. Such personal data may be disclosures to other UK rule departments or public authorities.

Disclaimer

This information is provided as a basic guide and is based upon information provided up the delegation by the relevant local authorities and may be test to change at every time with little or negative notice. Accordingly the FCDO and the British embassy will not be responsibility for any inaccuracies in that information. British nationals wishing to obtain any further information must contact the relevant local authority. Information concerning notarial and authentification services bid at U.S. embassies and consulates

Published 5 April 2013
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