Are you planning to submit your US issued documents to UAE? Getting a UAE Ministry of foreign affairs attestation from US is mandatory to legally accept US documents in UAE. Although US is a Hague country, UAE does not accept apostille. Thus, getting an attestation from the UAE Embassy in US followed by UAE MOFA attestation is the standard procedure for legalization of US documents in UAE.
4 Easy steps to get US Apostille on the documents
As part of visa applications and business activities abroad, a document issued in one country need to be submitted in another country. While submitting documents in a foreign country, they need an attestation for documents by higher authorities. This attestation is the proof of authenticity of the document.
The attestation procedure existed earlier was lengthier. Thus a group of countries joined together to simplify the process. An apostille seal was introduced as a result. Thus a document with an apostille is accepted in a Hague Apostille country without further verification.
However, UAE is not a Hague Apostille country. Thus, when you submit a US document in UAE, you need to get attestation from UAE embassy and Ministry of foreign affairs.
Whenever a document issued in the USA is submitted to government authorities, employers, courts, higher education institutions, or immigration departments in the UAE, getting an attestation from UAE MOFA is mandatory for legal acceptance. Following are the situations where a UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs Attestation is required in US:
Any of the personal, educational or commercial documents issued by a US state or federal government needs to get UAE MOFA attestation before submitting to any UAE authority.
Major documents that need to get UAE MOFA Attestation from US are:
Follow below given steps to get UAE Embassy attestation from US:
If you are submitting copy or non vital documents, you may need to get notary attestation. For vital documents you can skip this step.
2. State Level Attestation
Except for federal documents, an attestation from the document issued state is mandatory. SLS will be submitting it to the office of the secretary of the state were your document was issued.
3. Federal Attestation
For federal documents, you can do this step directly. For state issued documents after state attestation, your documents are submitted to the US department of state for attestation.
4.UAE Embassy and MOFA Attestation U
Finally, your documents are submitted to the UAE embassy or any of the consulates in the USA. Earlier, only the UAE embassy attestation was done here. Now, the embassy provides MOFA attestation as well. After verifying attestations, UAE embassy will generate a digitally signed page which is called UAE MOFA attestation. With this MOFA certificate attached, your documents issued in US is legally valid in the USA.
Securing a UAE MOFA Attestation in the USA involves obtaining an attestation from the UAE embassy or consulate in the USA after multiple steps of verification and attestation. Although USA is a Hague country, UAE is not. Thus MOFA attestation is mandatory to legalize US documents in UAE.
Yes. a US university issued degree certificate should get attestation from the respective state secretary before submitting to UAE embassy in US for MOFA attestation
Yes. UAE MOFA attestation for FBI background check can be obtained after authenticating it from the US department of state secretary office. Since it is a federal document, a state level attestation is not required.
To get a UAE MOFA attestation for US birth certificate, following steps are followed: