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An apostille is not accepted in the Emirates, because the UAE is not part of the Hague Convention. What your employer, sponsor or bank in Dubai or Abu Dhabi expects is UAE embassy attestation: the last seal of a three-step chain that we run for you from Florida, so that you do not fly back to the United States for a stamp.
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Apostille de la Haya (Riveros International Business Corp) is a private company registered in Florida that manages documents. We are not the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, not a UAE government office and not affiliated with the U.S. government, and none of them endorses us. Every seal is issued by the office in charge; we prepare, present, follow up and ship. Our fees are separate from the official fees, and we do not obtain or request official documents on anyone’s behalf: attestation starts with the document you already hold.
Your typing center or company PRO looked at the apostilled degree and shook his head. The Emirates never joined the Hague Convention, so that certificate has no value at the labor ministry. In other words, the wrong seal.
Ministries in the UAE say attestation. In practice it means state certification, U.S. Department of State authentication and the embassy, in that order. Also, each office has its own form and its own clock.
The embassy and the Department of State sit in Washington, D.C. You cannot walk in from Deira. Besides, the phone lines are not built for questions from another time zone.
Transcripts printed from a portal, or a degree copy without the registrar's original signature, are the most frequent reason a file bounces back to step one. Then the weeks start again.
A colleague did it in 2025 with one form. However, the embassy has since changed it, because requirements move without announcement.
Employment visas, family sponsorship and school enrollment run on deadlines. So every returned document eats the margin your sponsor gave you.
First we look at your document and at its use in the Emirates. Then we tell you in writing whether it needs attestation, which office starts and what to send.
State certification, federal authentication and the UAE Embassy are handled as a single file by the same person. Also, that person answers your messages in English or Spanish.
We present the file at the U.S. Department of State and at the embassy or consulate that has jurisdiction over your document. Meanwhile, you stay where you are.
Registrar signature, seals, dates and names as in your passport: we verify all of it before the first submission. That is what keeps the file from bouncing.
We confirm the requirements in force at the UAE mission that will handle your document on the day we submit, instead of trusting an old checklist.
The attested original ships with a tracking number to Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah or any address you indicate. Also, we notify you when it leaves.
The order never changes, because each office certifies the signature of the one before it. The general explanation of the chain, office by office, is on our main document legalization page; here is what matters for the Emirates.
Florida's Department of State (or the department of the issuing state) certifies the document; the U.S. Department of State in Washington then authenticates that certification. Federal documents skip the state and go straight to Washington.
The embassy attests the document once the federal seal is on it. The UAE also runs consulates general in New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Boston, and which office takes your file can depend on the issuing state; we check before submitting.
Documents attested by a UAE mission abroad are normally attested again by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs inside the Emirates. Your employer, sponsor or you complete that step there; we tell you in advance so it does not surprise you.
These are the documents that most often go through our UAE files. Attestation starts with the document you already hold; we do not obtain or request official records for you.
Ministries and courts in the UAE usually want an Arabic version. However, it is produced by a translator licensed in the Emirates after the attestation, so translating in the United States first is wasted money.
Certificates of incorporation, agency agreements and free-sale certificates generally need a chamber of commerce certification before the embassy will look at them. Therefore, we add that stop to the file when it applies.
Whether the company is in JAFZA, DMCC or on the mainland, the embassy chain is identical. What changes, instead, is what the free-zone authority asks for after arrival.
The embassy updates forms, fees and acceptable copies without notice. So we check the current version on the day of submission.
Since 2009 we have prepared documents for use abroad from Miami, and a Florida Notary Public leads the practice, so the notarization that opens many of these files is done in-house. A written quote separates official fees from ours before anything is submitted, the same person follows your file through the three offices, and you can reach us by WhatsApp, by Zoom during office hours or in person in Brickell by appointment.
On WhatsApp or through the form below, with a note on what it is for in the UAE. Then we reply the same business day with the route and the quote.
We check it on arrival and open the file at the issuing state. But if it is a private document that still needs notarization, we do that first.
Once the state, the Department of State and the UAE Embassy are done, the original travels back to you with a tracking number and a note on the MOFA step.
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Yes. «Attestation» is the word used in the Gulf for what other countries call legalization: the chain of seals that ends at the embassy of the destination country.
In most cases yes. After the embassy seal, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs attests the document inside the Emirates. That step is completed there, so we tell you in advance how it works.
Yes, and most of our UAE clients do. You courier the document to Miami, we run the three seals, and the original returns to you attested.
No. Universities and vital records offices issue those only to you. So our work starts when you hold the document; we do not obtain, request or process official records.
The embassy in Washington, D.C., or one of the consulates general, depending on the state that issued the document. Therefore, we confirm the office with jurisdiction before submitting.
Several weeks as a rule, because three offices are involved and each works at its own pace. So we put an estimated timeline in the written quote, and we update you if it changes.
Not before attestation. When the receiving entity needs Arabic, the translation is usually done in the UAE by a licensed translator, after the seals are in place.
Tell us which document you have and what it is for in the Emirates. You will receive the route, a written quote and a timeline; the consultation costs nothing.
Send a photo of the document on WhatsApp and we answer the same business day with the route for the UAE.
State, U.S. Department of State and embassy, explained on the main page.
The neighboring route: Doha instead of Dubai.
Drafting, Florida notarization and the full chain.
Legalización de documentos para Egipto, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar y EAU.
You can verify which countries are part of the Convention in the official status table of the Hague Conference. The other sources we rely on (the U.S. Department of State and Form DS-4194) are listed on the main document legalization page. Our privacy policy applies to every request you send us.
Apostille de la Haya · trade name of Riveros International Business Corp · Miami, Florida · Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM ET
Private document-management company. We are not a government agency, an embassy or a consulate, and we are not affiliated with any agency of the U.S. government. In addition, we do not issue, obtain or request official documents.
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