Q1. Why is Certificate Attestation for UAE required?
Ans: When you are moving to the UAE, applying for a job, admitting your child into a new school, or applying for a family residence visa in the UAE, you must process Certificate Attestation for UAE. Failing to submit attested certificates can strict you from being admitted into educational institutions, being hired by a company, legally immigrating, and working in the UAE. It would be best if you processed your degree, birth, marriage and certificate attestation to move to the UAE with your family. Certificate Attestation is a procedure to confirm the validity of the seal and signature on certificates issued abroad and proves that they are genuine. The attestation of certificates process applies to any applicant looking to work, study, and live in the UAE.
Q2. What is attestation?
Ans: Attestation is the sign or stamp of an authorized individual or institution that verifies the authenticity of a document. Some attestations validate the authenticity of the content of the papers themselves, while others verify the legitimacy of the signatures present on the document.
For example, Ministry of Education attestation is required for degree certificates. By putting their stamp of approval on the degree, the Ministry guarantees that it is legitimate.
If you intend to work abroad, degree certificate attestation is required to ensure that all the paperwork is legitimate. Countries reserve the right to reject visa applications if certificate attestation is not done.
Q3. Stages of Attestation:
Ans: • State Attestation: State Attestation is simply a validation from a state institution that guarantees the authenticity of a document.Ministry of Education department is responsible for attesting educational certificates – degree certificate attestation, diploma attestation, transcript attestation, etc.General administration departments usually process personal certificates – marriage certificate attestation, birth certificate attestation, etc.When applying for immigration, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation is required.
• Ministry of Foreign Affairs Attestation: Any documents for abroad use (for immigration, education, etc.) must have MOFA Attestation. These include original papers and certified true copies. Citizens of countries from the Hague Convention will need to ask for Apostille authentication from the Ministry of External Affairs.
• Embassy Attestation: After the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Attestation, we will send them to the embassy (of the country you’re looking to move to) for its signature/stamp of approval. Suppose you are moving to the UAE. We will process UAE Embassy Attestation.
Q4. Understanding an Apostille
Ans: An apostille authentication is a type of legalization issued on documents for use in the more than 110 nations participating in the Hague Convention.
If you send the documents to a country that does not participate in the Hague Convention, the documents must be “certified” or “authenticated.”
An Apostille can be provided for: corporate paperwork (trade license, certificate of incumbency, memorandum and articles of association), power of attorneys, educational documents (diploma and transcript attestation), experience certificate, police certificate, marriage certificates, and more.
Apostille authentication and certificate attestation are long and stressful processes. Benchmark Attestation will do the hard work for you. Hand in the original copies of your papers (diplomas, certificates, etc.) and your passport photos, and leave the rest to us!
