A marriage contract or certificate is proof that two persons are married. This document is issued by the official authorities designated for issuing public records. Marriage certificates may also be issued by embassies of their country if getting married abroad, religious institutes such as churches, mosques, temples, etc.
While moving abroad, you will need to legalize your marriage certificate in order to sponsor your family or if any legal paperwork is to be set up between spouses. The steps involved in the process may change depending on the issuing authority.
If either of the home country or destination country is not a member of the Apostille Convention, the document cannot only bear an apostille. It has to be attested through a lengthy process.
The usual marriage certificate attestation process is as follows:
- Reissue of marriage certificate, if required.
- Notarization by Notary Public after verification
- Home Department / State department attestation
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Home Country
- Embassy of the destination country
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Destination Country
- Translation, if required.
In order to move to UAE with your family, you will need to get the marriage certificate attestation for UAE by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This helps to establish your relationship when applying to sponsor your family. Also, you will need to present the attested certificate to the hospital to give birth in the UAE. It stands as proof of legal married status.
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