Apostille Services in UAE (APOSTILEE & ATTESTATION): An Apostille is the legalization of a document for international use (only in the member countries of the Hague Convention). On October 5, 1961, many nations joined to create a simplified method of “legalizing’ documents for universal recognition. This group of nations is known as the Hague Convention. They adopted a document referred to as an Apostille that is internationally recognized by all member nations. An Apostille certificate verifies that the document to which it relates is authentic and has been checked in its country of origin. Once this certificate or stamp has been attached the document is legalized and is acceptable to overseas authorities in countries that have joined the Hague Convention. Requirements vary from country to country and many countries that are not party to the Convention also recognize Hague Apostille Certificates. Those that do not may require further embassy legalization.
The document which is apostilled in one member country is acceptable in all the other member countries which are 104 countries as of the year 2018. The signatory to the referred Hague convention of October 5, 1961, has significantly simplified the Apostille/attestation procedure by making it such needless to get the documents arrested in each or for each of the countries separately.
In order for documents to be accepted and recognized abroad in another country, they will most likely need to be legalized for authenticity. The body or organization which you are presenting the documents to should be able to advise you whether you need to have them legalized / Apostilled. You can obtain advice generally from the relevant Government Department, Educational Establishment, Embassy, and Consulate.
An Apostille is required for educational certificates such as:
degree certificate, diploma certificate, school certificate (high school certificate, higher secondary certificate, transfer certificate (TC)
personal documents like:
birth certificate, marriage certificate, divorce certificate, death certificate, power of attorney, affidavits and many more.