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Applying For A Birth Certificate: Uae
You need to get both an Arabic and English UAE birth certificate for your newborn. You will need both documents to get a passport and residence visa for your baby. You must also apply within 30 days of the birth.
Prerequisites
- Child born in Dubai (either private or government hospital)
- Parents are UAE residents
What to bring
- Passport and residence visas of both mother and father (originals and copies).
- Marriage certificate attested by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (originals and copies).
- Government health card or health insurance card of the mother.
- Notification of birth from hospital of delivery.
- Dhs.50 Arabic birth certificate
- Dhs.50 English birth certificate
- Dhs.30 translation fee
- Dhs.20 Ministry of Health attestation fee
- Dhs.155 Ministry of Foreign Affairs attestation fee - per document
- Dhs.130 health card (for newborn)
Procedure
- Al Baraha Hospital (formerly Kuwaiti Hospital).
- Go to the Department of Preventive Medicine and submit the above documentation.
- Complete application form, giving the name of your child.
- Pay fee for the Arabic birth certificate – this will be ready for collection within 10-15 minutes (check that it has been signed).
- Take the certificate to the typing centre within the hospital.
- Pay the fees to have this translated to English.
- Ministry of Health - Take both the Arabic and the English birth certificates to get them attested.
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Take both certificates to be attested.
NOTE: You will not receive a birth certificate from your home country – this is simply an English version of the UAE certificate. The next step is register the birth with your home embassy to ensure that your child can apply for a passport with that country.
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