Education documents, issued in India, need to be attested first by the Ministry of Education of the state from where the degree was obtained, and then by the Ministry of External Affairs of India. The address of the External Affairs Delhi office is Consular Section, Patiala House, Tilak Marg, near India Gate. Other offices of the Ministry of External Affairs are in Chennai, Guwahati, Hyderabad and Kolkata. Attested documents are to be submitted in UAE Embassy from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, Monday to Friday. Rs. 1500/ is the fee per certificate in cash, and the document would be returned back after two working days, between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm. In case of urgency, the document can be returned back on the same day by paying extra, per certificate in cash.

Other certificates like marriage, birth, experience, affidavits, FIRs of lost passports, commercial documents, etc. need to be attested by the Ministry of External Affairs of India. The rest of the procedure remains the same. The fee for the commercial documents depends on the matter and the fee for the invoice varies with the Invoice value. Please contact the UAE Embassy’s Consular Section in case of any questions.