UAE: How to get your academic certificates attested; a step-by-step guide

UAE: How to get your academic certificates attested; a step-by-step guide

This includes ensuring all documents are authenticated in home country first

Published: Mon 4 Jul 2022, 7:28 PM

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) has advised residents and visitors who need their academic certificates and other documents issued outside the country attested to follow the necessary procedure to avoid being rejected.

These include ensuring that all the documents are authenticated by the concerned authorities in their home countries before submitting them to the ministry for attestation.

MoFAIC attestation in the UAE is (in most cases) a mandatory procedure to validate the authenticity of important certificates and documents required for employment, visa, study, medical or any other purposes.

All UAE attestation services in the country, for documents issued outside or inside the UAE, are provided by the MoFAIC.

The ministry has pointed out that to certify educational certificates issued outside the country, it is necessary to ensure that the documents are verified and attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the country of issuance of the document, and to ensure that the document is ratified by the UAE embassy or consulate abroad or the foreign mission inside the country.

All documents submitted to MoFAIC for attestation must have been issued by the concerned authorities