Obtaining Consular Certification for Documents Bound for the UAE (United Arab Emirates, Dubai) [Embassy of the UAE in Japan, Notarization].

When you travel to the UAE (United Arab Emirates, Dubai) and apply for a visa, you will be asked to submit a copy of your Japanese family register.

Japanese official documents will not be accepted if you submit them as is to the destination in the UAE (United Arab Emirates, Dubai).
You will be instructed to “obtain a consular certification from the UAE Embassy in Japan.

UAE (United Arab Emirates) is a non-member of the Hague Convention

If a country is a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Non-Authentication of Foreign Public Documents (the “Non-Authentication Convention”), documents can be submitted to the other country simply by obtaining an apostille, but the UAE (United Arab Emirates, Dubai) is a non-member of the Hague Convention.

Therefore, it is necessary to notarize the document through the following process.
Official documents: Obtain official seal confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs → Obtain consular certification from the UAE Embassy in Japan
Private document: Obtain official seal confirmation at a notary public office → Obtain consular certification at the UAE Embassy in Japan

Official documents can be received after 4 business days from the date of application.
You can apply for official seal confirmation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs either by mail or at the counter, both of which will take 4 business days or later.
There is some information on the Internet, such as “if you apply at the counter, you can receive it the next day,” but this was the response before the Corona epidemic. Please note that this is old information.

Once the official seal is confirmed, apply for consular certification at the UAE Embassy in Japan!

Once you have obtained the official seal confirmation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or a notary public as described above, the next step is to apply for consular certification at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Japan, located in Nanpeidai, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo.

Address: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 9-10 Nanpeidai-cho, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0036, Japan

The nearest stations are Shibuya, Daikanyama, Naka-Meguro, and Shinsen.
It is located right in the middle of each station.
Incidentally, it is about a 15-minute walk from Shibuya Station.

Application Hours for Consular Certification at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in Japan

Applications for consular certification are accepted for two hours from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
No advance appointment is necessary, but the Embassy recommends that you call to confirm that the office is open before visiting if you are coming from far away, as the office is sometimes closed temporarily.
The rules may change depending on the time of year, so it is recommended to check before visiting.

Documents can only be picked up between 13:30 and 15:30.
Pickup cannot be done on the same day, and you must visit the UAE Embassy again the next day or later.

Consular authorization fee must be paid at the website prior to visiting the UAE Embassy.

In order to have your document certified for the UAE, you must pay the certification fee before applying at the Embassy, after registering your account on the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs website or through the application.

▼United Arab Emirates Ministry of Foreign Affairs WEB site
https://www.mofa.gov.ae/en

Fees for our service to obtain consular certification at the UAE Embassy in Japan*10% sales tax will be added.

Fees for our service to obtain consular certification at the UAE Embassy in Japan	22,000 yen
Entire service of obtaining official seal confirmation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs & consular certification of the UAE Embassy in Japan on behalf of the client.	30,000 yen
International shipping fee for documents	3,000 yen+ actual shipping costs
PDF scanned data conversion of documents	free
Return of documents to an address in Japan	free
Additional fee for two or more documents	After the second letter, 3,000 yen will be added per item.
Japanese to English Translation	From 4,500 yen per A4 size sheet

Free estimates are available.

Our office is located within a short distance from the UAE Embassy in Japan, the Notary Public's office, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, making it possible to immediately obtain certification of documents to be submitted to the UAE (United Arab Emirates, Dubai).

Going all the way to the notary office by yourself, and then visiting the UAE Embassy in Japan several times to apply & receive the document after certification, tends to take a lot of time and money for transportation.
Considering all the document preparation, translation work, and travel time, you can see that two visits to the Embassy are required for application and pick up, which is a lot of time that cannot be completed in two days.

From a cost-effective perspective, we recommend the use of an administrative scrivener specializing in obtaining apostille and consular certification who has an office near the UAE Embassy in Japan.

Just as you would outsource your tax returns to a tax attorney, it would likely be more economical from a cost-benefit perspective to outsource document authentication to a professional.
(If you are active enough to travel to UAE and Dubai, it would be more economically rational to outsource the complicated document authentication and concentrate on your core business.)

(If you are active enough to travel to Dubai, it would be more economical for you to focus on your core business.) If you have to try and redo the process yourself, you will lose a lot of valuable time before your trip, and you will be in a situation where you will feel unnecessary stress because you wish you had left it to an experienced administrative scrivener from the beginning.
When applying for consular certification, there is also a check to ensure that the translation is done properly, so if the translation is not done properly, the UAE Embassy will not accept the application for consular certification.

If the document is not properly authenticated, you will not be able to complete the procedure after you travel to the UAE (United Arab Emirates, Dubai), which will be very difficult.

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