For personal and educational documents: Notary (if needed) → State HRD/Home Department → MEA, New Delhi → UAE Embassy, New Delhi → MOFA (in UAE). For commercial documents, a Chamber of Commerce step replaces or precedes the state-level step. The exact route depends on your document type — see the individual document pages for step-by-step detail.

Standard service takes 7–10 working days, Express 4–6 days, and Super Express 2–3 days for the full India-side process. MOFA attestation in UAE typically adds 2–5 working days on top. Delhi-based applicants are usually 1–2 days faster since both MEA and the UAE Embassy are located there.

Typically: the original certificate, passport copy (all pages), a passport-size photo, and an authorisation letter (we provide the template). Exact requirements vary by document type and whether you’re applying from India or already in the UAE — we confirm your specific list free within 30 minutes.

Apostille​‍​‌‍​‍‌ and attestation both serve to certify the authenticity of a document; however, they use vastly different systems to do so. An Apostille is a one-step certificate mainly used between two countries that are both members of the Hague Apostille Convention. Since India has been a member of the Hague Convention since 2005. Apostille has no acceptance in UAE (as UAE is not a member of the Hague Convention), hence it is mandatory that you do it through attestation only which goes via MEA, UAE Embassy, and ​‍​‌‍​‍‌MOFA.

The most common causes: a name mismatch between the certificate and passport, a laminated original (UAE rejects laminated certificates outright — a fresh unlaminated copy is needed), HRD attestation done in the wrong state, an old-format certificate no longer recognised, or a document submitted out of sequence. We check for all of these before submission.

Yes. Courier your original document to our India office along with a notarised Power of Attorney authorising our team to process it. We handle MEA and UAE Embassy attestation in India and courier the attested document back to your UAE address; MOFA is then completed locally by our UAE partners.

Yes — we provide real-time WhatsApp updates at every stage, from pickup through MEA, UAE Embassy, and final delivery, so you always know exactly where your original documents are.