Translation for UAE Residence and Immigration

Most often the marriage certificate, the birth certificate, and sometimes an educational qualification, a power of attorney or a good-conduct certificate. Any of these that is issued abroad in a language other than Arabic commonly needs an Arabic translation for the immigration file — but the receiving authority sets the requirement for your specific case.

For a file read inside the UAE, the target is almost always Arabic, because Arabic is the operative language of official business here. The direction reverses only when you need a UAE-issued document accepted abroad, where it is translated out of Arabic into the destination country's language.

As a general practice, the Arabic translation is produced against the fully stamped document, so it reproduces every seal the document ends up carrying. A foreign document therefore usually completes its legalisation chain and Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation before the Arabic translation is made. We map the order for your documents before anything is sent for stamping.

No. The UAE is not a party to the Hague Apostille Convention, so an apostille alone does not replace consular legalisation. A foreign document still needs the UAE mission's legalisation in the issuing country and Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation inside the UAE, followed by an Arabic translation against the completed document.

It can. For certain foreign documents the receiving authority expects a legal translation produced by a translator licensed by the Ministry of Justice, with the Ministry then attesting that translation. Whether this applies depends on the authority and the document, so confirm the requirement before you proceed.

It is the single most common source of friction on a family file. Reconcile the spelling against the passport as the controlling reference, use one Arabic rendering across the whole family's records, and correct any affected document with the issuing authority before you submit new applications against two competing spellings.

No. MANJAZ produces the Arabic legal translation of your documents. Attestation is arranged with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the relevant missions, and the residence or family visa is decided by the immigration authority. We keep those roles clearly separate and tell you which step belongs to whom.

GDRFA and ICP routinely require Arabic legal translations of foreign documents submitted for residence visas, such as marriage, birth and education certificates, and expect them from a Ministry of Justice-licensed translator attached to the attested original. Acceptance is decided by the officer reviewing the file, and usually depends on the certificate being properly attested through the embassy and the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the names matching the passport exactly.

Any supporting document not issued in Arabic — or English, where the receiving authority accepts it — typically needs certified translation. Common examples include birth and marriage certificates, degree and experience certificates, police clearance letters, medical or insurance papers, and bank statements. Foreign-issued certificates are normally attested first, then translated. The exact list depends on the visa category and the authority reviewing your file, so check its published requirements before ordering.

It depends on the Golden Visa category, but the documents most often translated into Arabic are degree certificates and transcripts, employment or salary letters, professional licences, investment or property evidence, and family civil-status certificates for dependants. Documents already in Arabic or English are often accepted as they are; foreign-language documents usually require attestation followed by legal translation. Confirm the current checklist with the ICP or GDRFA channel handling your application.