The legalization of Spanish public documents for their use in
the UAE is not a straight forward task.
This is because the UAE is not a sigantory member of the 1961
Hague Convention by which member states are exempted from the below
legalizations steps by replacing with a simple apostille the
process, hence significantly reducing the formalism required with
non-member countries.
The most common legalizations are notarial documents (such
powers of attorney); judicial (such as judgments or birth or death
certificates); commercial (such as documents relating to companies,
certificates of origin or invoices) and academic (such as diplomas
or certificates).
Public Notary
Documents attested by a Public Notary must follow the below
legalization process:
