Apostille

Overview: Apostille – official certificate which is attached to a certified true copy of an original UAE official document and as such confirms the authenticity and legitimacy of this certified true copy. Apostille confirms that the certified true copy has a full legal effect and may be used in that foreign country.

Issuing Authority:

• Apostille Authority

Personal presence: Not required

Content:

• Country of issuance
• Full name and authority of a person, whose signature is being authenticated
• Place of Apostille
• Date of Apostille
• Full name and position of the officer issuing an Apostille
• Signature of the officer issuing an Apostille
• Stamp of the issuing authority

The Apostille is required when you need to use a certified true copy of an official UAE document outside the UAE, in a foreign country, which is a party to the Apostille Convention 1961.